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Text:Not a friend but Jesus
Author:Lucy A. Bennett
Tune:[Not a friend but Jesus]
Composer:C. H. Forrest

291. Not a friend but Jesus

1 Not a friend but Jesus
Fully understands;
All the secret lieth
In His holy hands.

2 Not a heart that beateth
Beateth wholly true;
He alone who made us
Reads us through and through.

3 Not an eye around us
Reads the tale aright:
But in Him no darkness
Who is Light of light.

4 Not a hand uplifted
For our sorest need,
But His “I am with thee”
Maketh blest indeed.

Text Information
First Line: Not a friend but Jesus
Title: Not a friend but Jesus
Author: Lucy A. Bennett
Language: English
Publication Date: 1902
Tune Information
Name: [Not a friend but Jesus]
Composer: C. H. Forrest
Meter: 6.5.6.5.



Media
MIDI file: MIDI

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