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Introduction:
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I have a Friend, whose faithful love
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Is more than all the world to me:
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&rsquo Tis higher than the heights above,
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And deeper than the soundless sea
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So old, so new, So strong, so true
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Before the earth received its frame,
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He loved me&mdash Blessed be His name!
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He held the highest place above,
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Adored by all the sons of flame,
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Yet such His self-denying love,
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He laid aside His crown and came
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To seek the lost, And at the cost
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Of heavenly rank and earthly fame
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He sought me&mdash Blessed be His name!
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It was a lonely path He trod,
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From every human soul apart
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Known only to Himself and God
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Was all the grief that filled His heart,
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Yet from the track He turned not back,
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Till where I lay in want and shame,
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He found me&mdash Blessed be His name!
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Then dawned at last that day of dread,
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When desolate, yet undismayed,
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With wearied frame and thorn-crowned head,
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He, God-forsaken, man-betrayed,
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Was then made sin On Calvary,
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And, dying there in grief and shame,
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He saved me&mdash Blessed be His name!
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Long as I live my song shall tell
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The wonders of His dying love
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And when at last I go to dwell
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With Him His sovereign grace to prove,
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My joy shall be His face to see,
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And bowing there with loud acclaim
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I&rsquo ll praise Him&mdash Blessed be His name!