Text: | One there is above all others |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | TALMAR |
Composer: | Isaac B. Woodbury |
1 One there is above all others
Well deserves the name of Friend;
His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end.
2 Which of all our friends, to save us,
Could or would have shed His blood?
But this Saviour died to have us
Reconciled in Him to God.
3 When He lived on earth abasèd,
Friend of sinners was His name;
Now, above all glory raisèd,
He rejoices in the same.
4 Oh, for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love;
We, alas! forget too often
What a Friend we have above.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | One there is above all others |
Author: | John Newton (1779) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Christ: Friend; Christ: Love of; Christ: Praise to(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TALMAR |
Composer: | Isaac B. Woodbury |
Meter: | 8s, 7s |