The phrase "friendless" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Lifting those who fall;
To the poor and friendless
Give with open hand—...
Lifting those who fall;
To the poor and friendless
Give with open hand—
...Tenderly calling them back.
Telling of hope to the friendless,
Cheering the homes where they dwell;...
Tenderly calling them back.
Telling of hope to the friendless,
Cheering the homes where they dwell;
...Be Thou my pattern, Thou my guide;
This friendless heart from sorrow hide,
Reposing on Thy care....
Be Thou my pattern, Thou my guide;
This friendless heart from sorrow hide,
Reposing on Thy care.
...May to the Savior repair and be safe;
Christ once was friendless and hungry and poor,
That’s why He pities the waifs at the door....
May to the Savior repair and be safe;
Christ once was friendless and hungry and poor,
That’s why He pities the waifs at the door.
...Let sorrow be ended,
The friendless befriended,
O help somebody today!...
Let sorrow be ended,
The friendless befriended,
O help somebody today!
...Knowing that Jesus will be with us still.
Bring in the children, so friendless and poor;
Joy to their hearts will the Savior restore;...
Knowing that Jesus will be with us still.
Bring in the children, so friendless and poor;
Joy to their hearts will the Savior restore;
...When the ransomed will all meet above.
To the friendless on earth
Give some joy in their dearth,...
When the ransomed will all meet above.
To the friendless on earth
Give some joy in their dearth,
...On Jesus Christ call;
Now go to Him, friendless,
There’s death in the strife,...
On Jesus Christ call;
Now go to Him, friendless,
There’s death in the strife,
...This is joy and life to me;
Thou wilt never leave me friendless
While I cling, O Christ, to Thee....
This is joy and life to me;
Thou wilt never leave me friendless
While I cling, O Christ, to Thee.
...To the heart by grief o’ertaken,
To the friendless brothers
Who in darkness dwell,...
To the heart by grief o’ertaken,
To the friendless brothers
Who in darkness dwell,
...This is joy and life to me;
Thou wilt never leave me friendless
While I cling, O Christ, to Thee....
This is joy and life to me;
Thou wilt never leave me friendless
While I cling, O Christ, to Thee.
...Scatter kind words to the lonely,
The friendless, the weak and oppressed;
Go scatter kind words to the erring;...
Scatter kind words to the lonely,
The friendless, the weak and oppressed;
Go scatter kind words to the erring;
...Thou hast redeemed us—we are Thine own;
Thou wilt not leave us friendless alone;
Hope to the promise trustingly clings,...
Thou hast redeemed us—we are Thine own;
Thou wilt not leave us friendless alone;
Hope to the promise trustingly clings,
...While the lingering twilight fades
See that suffering, friendless One,
Weeping, praying there alone....
While the lingering twilight fades
See that suffering, friendless One,
Weeping, praying there alone.
...“Let law the orphan’s claim secure:
List to the friendless and the poor:
Protect the weak, assert their right,...
“Let law the orphan’s claim secure:
List to the friendless and the poor:
Protect the weak, assert their right,
...Before the wrath of God!
How are thy friendless exiles sent
Through distant lands to roam!...
Before the wrath of God!
How are thy friendless exiles sent
Through distant lands to roam!
...Room for the world in the arms of the Savior,
Room for the friendless, the lone and oppressed;
There will He comfort the poor and forsaken,...
Room for the world in the arms of the Savior,
Room for the friendless, the lone and oppressed;
There will He comfort the poor and forsaken,
...To heal their sorrows, Lord, descend,
And to the friendless prove a friend.
I come, I come at Thy command,...
To heal their sorrows, Lord, descend,
And to the friendless prove a friend.
I come, I come at Thy command,
...For Thy pleasure is to bless;
Me, too, when my soul was friendless,
Thou didst to Thy bosom press:...
For Thy pleasure is to bless;
Me, too, when my soul was friendless,
Thou didst to Thy bosom press:
...Bid health to plant a rose.
Go where the friendless stranger lies;
To perish is his doom:...
Bid health to plant a rose.
Go where the friendless stranger lies;
To perish is his doom:
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