Just the Friend I need

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The loving Christ now lives with me

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [The loving Christ now lives with me]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 The loving Christ now lives with me,
He’s just the Friend I need;
I know He’ll ever faithful be,
He’s just the Friend I need.
He guides my feet when prone to stray,
Points out the safe and narrow way;
His love enfolds me day by day,
He’s just the Friend I need.

Refrain:
He’s just the Friend I need,
He’s just the Friend I need,
His praise I’ll sing,
My Savior King,
He’s just the Friend I need.

2 His timely aid doth strength impart,
He’s just the Friend I need;
He holds the first place in my heart,
He’s just the Friend I need.
He lifted me from depths of woe,
His saving pow’r my soul doth know;
My cup with joy doth overflow,
He’s just the Friend I need. [Refrain]

3 It matters not if skies are dim,
He’s just the Friend I need;
A present help I find in Him,
He’s just the Friend I need.
When all this changing life is o’er,
And I have gained the Homeland shore,
I’ll sing His praise forevermore,
He’s just the Friend I need. [Refrain]

Source: Williston Hymns #12

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	The loving Christ now lives with me
Title:	Just the Friend I need
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond
Refrain First Line:	He's just the Friend I need
Copyright:	Public Domain