Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Can there a balm on earth be found
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Wakefield
Meter: PM
Tune: Friendship
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 310, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCan there a balm on earth be found
To heal the wounded soul!
'T is friendship, for it cheers though all around
The waves of trouble roll;
But friends must die,
But friends must die,
And in the grave for-sa-ken lie.
If there be aught beneath the skies
That vies with things above,
'Tis friendship; when its sacred charms arise
From pure and virtuous love;
But still how vain!
Dust must return to dust again.
Yet, while our earthly comforts fly
We still retain one friend;
'Tis Jesus! while he lives we cannot die,
Nor can his friendship end:
His love shall last
When death expires and time is past.