June 13, 2013

  • FRIENDS

    by Horace G. Halse

    Of all the many blessings that our gracious Father sends,

    I thank Him most of all today for loyal-hearted friends;

    Friends who know about my faults and keep on loving still,

    Friends whose friendship changes not with happy days or ill,

    Friends to whom my inmost secrets safely I confide,

    Friends who make me happy just to have them by my side;

    Yes! of all the many blessings that our gracious Father sends,

    I thank Him most of all today for loyal-hearted friends.

    I like my friends to meet each other—

    those for whom I care,

    I feel their friendship’s worth so much I want the rest to share;

    Friendship’s like the miracle of loaves in Galilee,

    Though shared by many others, there’s none the less for me,

    And since I’ve thought of you, dear friend, in friendship’s closest tie,

    I’ve longed to introduce you to a Friend, for He and I ~

    Spend many hours together in a happy solemn tryst,

    How I wish that you might know Him!

    My best friend, Jesus Christ.