Text Based On John Chapter 15 (KJV)
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain:

(Public Domain)
Words: Mary Ann Shorey: 1851-1890
Music: Hubert Platt Main: 1839-1925
H.P. Main v4/F

MY LORD AND I

1.  I have a Friend so precious, So very dear to me,
He loves me with such tender love, He loves so faithfully;
I could not live apart from Him, I love to feel Him nigh,
And so we dwell together, My Lord and I.

2.  Sometimes I’m faint and weary, He knows that I am weak,
And as He bids me lean on Him, His help I gladly seek;
He leads me in the paths of light, Beneath a sunny sky,
And so we walk together, My Lord and I.

3.  I tell Him all my sorrows, I tell Him all my joys,
I tell Him all that pleases me, I tell Him what annoys;
He tells me what I ought to do, He tells me how to try,
And so we talk together, My Lord and I.

4.  He knows that I am longing, some weary soul to win,
And so He bids me go and speak the loving word for Him;
He bids me tell His wondrous love, and why He came to die,
And so we work together, My Lord and I.