Common Praise ‎#459a

459a. He wants not friends that hath thy love

1 He wants not friends that hath thy love,
and may converse and walk with thee,
and with thy saints here and above,
with whom for ever I must be.

2 In the blest fellowship of saints
is wisdom, safety, and delight;
and when my heart declines and faints,
it’s raisèd by their heat and light.

3 As for my friends, they are not lost;
the several vessels of thy fleet,
though parted now, by tempests tossed,
shall safely in the haven meet.

4 Still we are centred all in thee,
members, though distant, of one Head;
in the same family we be,
by the same faith and spirit led.

5 Before thy throne we daily meet
as joint-petitioners to thee;
in spirit we each other greet,
and shall again each other see.

6 The heavenly hosts, world without end,
shall be my company above;
and thou, my best and surest Friend,
who shall divide me from thy love?

Text Information

• First Line: He wants not friends that hath thy love
• Author: Richard Baxter, 1615-1691
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
  ;
  Colossians 1:18
  ;
  Psalm 16:3
  ;
  Romans 8:35

Tune Information

• Name: UFFINGHAM
• Composer: Jeremiah Clarke, c. 1673-1707
• Meter: LM
• Key: f♯ minor