{"id":3326,"date":"2021-03-14T20:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2021-03-14T20:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:05:49","slug":"ive-found-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=3326","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Found a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> He loved me ere I knew Him;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> He drew me with the cords of love,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And thus He bound me to Him.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And round my heart still closely twine<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Those ties which naught can sever,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> For I am His, and He is mine,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Forever and forever.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> He bled, He died to save me;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And not alone the gift of life,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But His own Self He gave me!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Naught that I have mine own I call,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I\u2019ll hold it for the Giver,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> My heart, my strength, my life, my all<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Are His, and His forever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> All pow\u2019r to Him is given,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> To guard me on my onward course,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And bring me safe to heaven.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Th\u2019 eternal glories gleam afar,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> To nerve my faint endeavor;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> So now to watch, to work, to war,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And then to rest forever.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So kind and true and tender,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So wise a Counselor and Guide,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So mighty a Defender!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> From Him who loves me now so well<\/em><br \/>\n<em> What pow\u2019r my soul can sever?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Shall life or death, shall earth or hell?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> No! I am His forever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>George Stebbins 1878<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Public Domain<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend! He loved me ere I knew Him; He drew me with the cords of love, And thus He bound me to Him. And round my heart still closely twine Those ties which naught can sever, For I am His, and He is mine, Forever and forever. I\u2019ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=3326\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I\u2019ve Found a Friend<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3345,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions\/3345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}