1  I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
       He loved me ere I knew Him;
    He drew me with the cords of love,
       And thus He bound me to Him.
    And round my heart still closely twine
       Those ties which naught can sever,
    For I am His, and He is mine,
       Forever and forever.
 
 
 2  I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
       He bled, He died to save me;
    And not alone the gift of life,
       But His own self He gave me.
    Naught that I have my own I call,
       I hold it for the Giver;
    My heart, my strength, my life, my all,
       Are His, and His forever.
 
 
 3  I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
       So kind, and true, and tender,
    So wise a Counsellor and Guide,
       So mighty a Defender!
    From Him who loves me now so well,
       What power my soul can sever?
    Shall life or death, or earth or hell?
       No, I am His forever.