Hymn
The Friendship of Jesus
Words: Budd, Ida M.
Have you accepted the friendship of Jesus? Do you walk with Him day by day, Resting secure in His blessed assurance, “Lo, I am with you alway?”
Refrain
By and by, by and by, They who walk with Him here below, In His glorified likeness awaking, As they are known, shall they know.
Dear as a mother, or sister or brother, To His infinite heart of love, Is He that doeth the will of the Father, Seeking for strength from above. [Refrain]
Servants no longer, but friends He doth call us, If we do what His love commands, Yesterday, now, and forever His promise, Fixed and unchangeable stands. [Refrain]
Public domain · as printed in Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2, 1909 · text courtesy of Hymnary.org. Wording may differ slightly from your hymn book.