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I've Found a Friend

The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

6 words changed · 1 stanza only in SDA Hymnal #186

Christ in Song #235 · 1900SDA Hymnal #186 · 1985

Verse 1

I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
He loved me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him.

Verse 1

I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!
He loved me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him.

Verse 2

I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
He bled, He died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But His own self He gave me.

Verse 2

I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!
He bled, He died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But His own self He gave me.

Verse 3

I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
All pow'r to Him is given;
To guard me on my onward course,
And bring me safe to heaven.

Verse 3

I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!
All power to Him is given;
To guard me on my upward course,
And bring me safe to heaven.

Verse 4

I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
So kind, and true, and tender;
So wise a Counselor and Guide,
So mighty a Defender.

Verse 4

I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!
So kind, and true, and tender;
So wise a Counselor and Guide,
So mighty a Defender.

Not in this version

Refrain

Around my heart still closely twine
Those ties which naught can sever,
For I am His, and He is mine,
Forever and forever.