My Dearest Friend

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Blessings everywhere abound

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck
Tune: [Blessings everywhere abound]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Blessings ev’rywhere abound,
But the sweetest I have found,
Is the best one God could send,
Jesus Christ, my dearest friend.

Refrain:
Jesus loves me day by day,
He will help me all the way;
On His goodness I depend,
Jesus is my dearest friend.

2 Jesus knows my daily need,
And His arm is strong, indeed;
He is near me to defend,
Jesus is my dearest friend. [Refrain]

3 Jesus is my trusted guide,
Walking closely at my side;
Till my life on earth shall end,
He will be my dearest friend. [Refrain]

4 When for me the gates shall swing,
Where the happy angels sing,
Everlasting days I’ll spend,
With my best and dearest friend. [Refrain]

Source: Gospel Herald in Song #115

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Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersy, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Blessings everywhere abound
Title:	My Dearest Friend
Author:	Mrs. Frank A. Breck
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Jesus loves me day by day
Copyright:	Public Domain