Songs

Song title What A Friend Thou Art To Me
Year Composed 1896
Author Fanny J. Crosby
Alias (if any)
Composer Hubert P. Main
Songbook Sacred Songs, No. 1
Songbook page 55
Time sig. 3/4
Music key Eb
Stanzas 3
Times Published 11
Source URL https://hymnary.org/text/o_my_redeemer_what_a_friend_thou_art_to_
Lyrics 1. O my Redeemer, What a friend Thou art to me! Oh, what a refuge I have found in Thee! When the way was dreary, And my heart was sore oppressed, ’Twas Thy voice that lulled me To a calm sweet rest. Refrain Nearer, draw nearer, Till my soul is lost in Thee; Nearer, draw nearer, Blessèd Lord, to me. 2. When in their beauty Stars unveil their silver light, Then, O my Savior, Give me songs at night— Songs of yonder mansions, Where the dear ones, gone before, Sing Thy praise for ever, On that peaceful shore. [Refrain] 3. Jesus, my Savior, When the last deep shadows fall; When in the silence I shall hear Thy call— In Thine arms reposing, Let me breathe my life away, And awake triumphant, In eternal day. [Refrain]
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