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Text: | One There Is, above All Others |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Tune: | AMEN SJUNGE HVARJE TUNGA |
Composer: | Andreas P. Berggren, 1801-1880 |
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 Savior died to have us
Reconciled in him to God:
This was boundless love indeed;
Jesus is the friend we need.
3 When he lived on earth, they scorned him;
"Friend of sinners" was his name.
Though the angels have adored him,
Still he answers to that claim;
Still he calls them dearest friends
And to all their needs 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 | |
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First Line: | One there is, above all others |
Title: | One There Is, above All Others |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 (alt.) |
Meter: | 87 87 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Justification; Easter 6; Love |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AMEN SJUNGE HVARJE TUNGA |
Composer: | Andreas P. Berggren, 1801-1880 |
Meter: | 87 87 77 |
Key: | C Major |