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Text:Blessed Friend
Author:James Rowe
Tune:EREZ
Composer:A. B. Jordan
Composer:B. D. Parker
Media:MIDI file

16022. Blessed Friend

1 Blessed Jesus, how I love Thee!
All my heart to Thee I give;
In my life there’s none above Thee,
Day by day for Thee I live.

Refrain:
Keep, O keep me Thine forever,
Hold me in Thine arms of love;
Naught my heart and Thine shall se­ver,
O Thou blessèd Friend above.

2 Of Thy grace my soul is singing,
Thou art all in all to me;
To Thy promise I am clinging,
Sure that I Thy face shall see. [Refrain]

3 Keep me faithful, Friend eternal,
Let Thy glory be my pride,
Till in yonder world supernal,
In Thy glory I abide. [Refrain]

4 Soon will end all sin, all scorning,
Soon my soul will find her own,
In that land of endless morning,
When I see Thee on Thy throne. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Blessed Jesus, how I love Thee!
Title: Blessed Friend
Author: James Rowe
Refrain First Line: Keep, O keep me Thine forever
Meter: 87.87 D
Language: English
Source: Carol Crown by James D. Vaughan (Lawrenceburg, TN: James D. Vaughan, 1915)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: EREZ
Composer: A. B. Jordan (1915)
Composer: B. D. Parker (1915)
Meter: 87.87 D
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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