One There Is, Above All Others
- Authors
- John Newton
- Year
- 1779
- Example Text
- One there is, above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend...
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- Scripture References
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- Psalm 34:8
- Proverbs 18:24
- Song of Solomon 5:16
- Jeremiah 31:3
- Matthew 9:13; 11:19; 12:48-50; 18:11
- Mark 3:33-35
- Luke 7:34
- John 13:1; 15:9; 15:12-15
- Romans 5:6-8
- Hebrews 2:11-12
- Lyrics
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 their blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
reconciled in Him to God;
this was boundless love indeed!
Jesus is a Friend in need.
3 Men, when raised to lofty stations,
often know their friends no more;
slight and scorn their poor relations
though they valued them before.
But our Savior always owns
those whom He redeemed with groans.
4 When He lived on earth abased,
Friend of sinners was His name;
now, above all glory raised,
He rejoices in the same;
still He calls them brethren, friends,
and to all their wants attends.
5 Could we bear from one another,
what He daily bears from us?
Yet this glorious Friend and Brother
loves us though we treat Him thus;
though for good we render ill,
He accounts us brethren still.
6 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;
but when home our souls are brought,
we will love Thee as we ought.
Source:Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #319
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