I HAVE A FRIEND SO PRECIOUS

I have a Friend so precious,

so very dear to me,

He loves me with such tender love,

He loves so faithfully;

I could not live apart from Him,

I love to feel Him nigh,

and so we dwell together,

my Lord and I.




He knows how much I love Him,

He knows I love Him well;

but with what love He loveth me

my tongue can never tell;

it is an everlasting love,

in ever rich supply,

and so we love each other,

my Lord and I.




He knows how I am longing

some weary soul to win,

and so He bids me go and speak

the loving word for Him;

He bids me tell His wondrous love,

and why He came to die,

and so we work together,

my Lord and I.




So up into the mountains

of heaven‟s cloudless light,

or away into the valleys

of darkness or of night.

Though round us tempests gather

and storms are raging high,

we‟ll travel on together,

my Lord and I.




And when the journey‟s ended,

in rest and peace at last,

when every thought of danger

and weariness is past,

in the Kingdom of the future,

in the glory by and by,

we‟ll live and reign together,

my Lord and I