Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: One there is above all others
Topic: Christ/Saviour
Writer: J Newton
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Dorrnance
Hymn Number: 496
Page Number: 167, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONE there is, above all others,
Well deserves the name of Friend;
His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end.
Which of all our friends, to save us,
Could or would have shed his blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
Reconciled in him to God.
When he lived on earth abased,
Friend of sinners was his name;
Now, above all glory raised,
He rejoices in the same.
O for grace, our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love;
We, alas! forget too often
What a Friend we have above.