Sunday's Hymn: I've Found a Friend, O Such a Friend

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;
And round my heart still closely twine
Those ties which nought can sever,
For I am his, and he is mine,
For ever and for ever.

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!
Nought that I have mine own I’ll call,
I’ll hold it for the Giver,
My heart, my strength, my life, my all
Are his, and his for ever.

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:
Eternal glory gleams afar,
To nerve my faint endeavor:
So now to watch, to work, to war;
And then to rest for ever.

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!
From him who loves me now so well
What pow’r my soul can sever?
Shall life or death, shall earth or hell?
No! I am his for ever.

—James G. Small

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• May the Mind of Christ, My Savior at The Happy Wonderer
• Self-Acquaintance at The Upward Call
• Fear not at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: Are you ready? at Pyromaniacs

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Sunday's Hymn: Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners

Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!
Jesus! Lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me,
He, my Saviour, makes me whole.

Hallelujah! what a Saviour!
Hallelujah, what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
He is with me to the end.

Jesus! what a strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in him;
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
He, my strength, my vict’ry wins.

Jesus! what a help in sorrow!
While the billows o’er me roll,
Even when my heart is breaking,
He, my comfort, helps my soul.

Jesus! what a guide and keeper!
While the tempest still is high,
Storms about me, night o’ertakes me,
He, my pilot, hears my cry.

Jesus! I do now receive him,
More than all in him I find,
He hath granted me forgiveness,
I am his, and he is mine.

—J. Wilbur Chapman

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• Call to Worship at By Grace Alone
• Arise, My Soul, Arise at The Happy Wonderer
• Mourning and Longing at The Upward Call
• The best antidote at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: “Clean” at Pyromaniacs

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Take the Trinity Test

How well do you know that doctrine of the Trinity? Take the little quiz I posted this morning at Out of the Ordinary to find out.