Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#325a

325a. Where is the Friend?

1 Where is the Friend for whom I'm ever yearning?
My longing grows when day to night is turning;
And though I find Him not as day recedeth,
My heart still pleadeth.

2 I know He's there in every force and power,
Where waves the harvest and where blooms the flower;
I'm ever in my breath and sighs so burning,
His love discerning.

3 When summer winds blow gently, then I hear Him;
Where sing the birds, where rush the streams I'm near Him;
But better far when in my heart He blesses
Me with caresses.

4 And yet to hide Him oft a cloud prevaileth;
My prayer can reach Him, but my vision faileth.
Would I could see His face and heart so loving,
And cease my roving.

5 Oh, where such beauty is itself revealing
In all that lives, through all creation stealing,
What must the source be whence it comes, the Giver!
Beauty forever.

Text Information

• First Line: Where is the Friend for whom I'm ever yearning?
• Title: Where is the Friend?
• Author: Johan Olof Wallin, 1779-1839 (1818)
• Meter: 11 11, 11 5.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1901
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: First Tune

Tune Information

• Name: HERZLIEBSTER JESU, WAS HAST DU VERBROCHEN
• Composer: Johann Crü</Font>ger, 1598-1662</Font> (1640)
• Meter: 11 11, 11 5.