Church Book ‎#220

220. One there is above all others

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.
They who once His kindness prove,
Find it everlasting Love.

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:
This was boundless Love indeed:
Jesus is a Friend in need.

3 When He lived on earth abaséd,
Friend of sinners was His name,
Now, above all glory raiséd,
He rejoices in the same:
Still He calls them brethren, friends,
And to all their wants attends.

4 O for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love,
We, alas! forget too often
What a Friend we have above:
But when home our souls are brought,
We will love Thee as we ought.

Text Information

• First Line: One there is above all others
• Author: John Newton (1779)
• Meter: 8, 7, 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Praise to Christ; Epiphany, Second Sunday; Epiphany, Fifth Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Passion Week; Third Sunday after Trinity; Twelfth Sunday after Trinity; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #252

Tune Information

• Name: LIEBE DIE DU MICH ZUM BILDE
• Meter: 8, 7, 7.
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Darmstdt Gb. 1698