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Text:One Above All Others
Author:J. Newton
Tune:DORRNANCE
Composer:I. B. Woodbury

171. One Above All Others

1 One there is above all others,
Well deserves the name of Friend;
His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end.

2 Which of all our friends, to save us,
Could or would have shed his blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
Reconciled in him to God.

3 O for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, to truly love;
We, alas! forget too often
What a Friend we have above.

Text Information
First Line: One there is above all others
Title: One Above All Others
Author: J. Newton
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christ: Christ Precious
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: DORRNANCE
Composer: I. B. Woodbury
Meter: 8s & 7s
Key: E Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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