Text: | One There is Above all Others |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Tune: | AMEN SJUNGE HVARJE TUNGA |
Composer: | A. P. Berggren, 1801-1880 |
1 One there is above all others,
Well deserves the name of Friend.
His is love beyond a brother’s,
Costly, free, and knows no end.
They who once His kindness prove,
Find it everlasting love.
2 Which of all our friends to save us
Could or would have shed His blood?
But this Saviour died to have us
Reconciled in Him to God:
This was boundless love indeed:
Jesus is a Friend in need.
3 When He lived on earth abaséd,
Friend of sinners was His Name:
Now, above all glory raiséd,
He rejoices in the same:
Still He calls them brethren, friends,
And to all their wants attends.
4 Oh, for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love.
We, alas! forget too often
What a Friend we have above:
But when home our souls are brought,
We will love Thee as we ought.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | One there is above all others |
Title: | One There is Above all Others |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 (1779) |
Meter: | 8 7, 8 7, 7 7. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1901 |
Topic: | Faith and Justification |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AMEN SJUNGE HVARJE TUNGA |
Composer: | A. P. Berggren, 1801-1880 |
Meter: | 8 7, 8 7, 7 7. |