288 I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend! 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. And round my heart still closely twine Those ties which naught can sever, For I am His, and He is mine, Forever and forever. 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. Naught that I have my own I call, I hold it for the Giver; My heart, my strength, my life, my all, Are His, and His forever. 3. I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend! So kind, and true, and tender, So wise a Counsellor and Guide, So mighty a Defender! >From Him who loves me now so well, What power my soul can sever? Shall life or death, or earth or hell? No, I am His forever.