Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John 15:14
Words: Ruben T. Nygren, 1926. Appeared in The Covenant Hymnal (Chicago, Illinois: Covenant Book Concern, 1931), number 69.
Music: Daniel B. Towner (🔊 pdf nwc).
Do you long for a friend who will love you
And forever be known as your own?
Let me tell you of One who is faithful,
When you’re weary and sad and alone.
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It is Jesus the Friend of the friendless;
Oh, let Him come into your heart;
Let Him in, He will give to you peace and joy,
And from you He will never depart.
Do you long for a friend who can help you
When the world seems to leave you alone?
When there’s no one who quite understands you,
And the bright hopes of promise have flown?
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Do you long for a friend who’ll befriend you
When the shadows of death linger near?
Who will carry you safe over Jordan,
Where there’ll be no more sorrow and fear?
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Oh, receive Him today who so loved you
That He died on the cross for your sin;
Oh, believe Him, and open your heart’s door,
Let the Savior who loves you come in!
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