{
  "title": "One there is, above all others",
  "author": "",
  "tune": "Godesberg",
  "number": "142",
  "lyrics": "One there is, above all others,\nWell deserves the name of Friend;\nHis is love beyond a brother's,\nCostly, free, and knows no end:\nThey who once his kindness prove\nFind it everlasting love.\n\nWhich of all our friends, to save us,\nCould or would have shed his blood?\nBut our Jesus died to have us\nReconciled in him to God.\nThis was boundless love indeed;\nJesus is a Friend in need.\n\nWhen he lived on earth abased,\n\"Friend of sinners\" was his name,\nNow above all glory raised,\nHe rejoices in the same;\nStill he calls them brethren, friends,\nAnd to all their wants attends.\n\nCould we bear from one another\nWhat he daily bears from us?\nYet this glorious Friend and Brother\nLoves us though we treat him thus:\nThough for good we render ill,\nHe accounts us brethren still.\n\nO for grace our hearts to soften!\nTeach us, Lord, at length to love,\nWe, alas! forget too often\nWhat a Friend we have above.\nBut when home our souls are brought,\nWe will love thee as we ought.",
  "first_line": "One there is, above all others,"
}