Any idea who wrote or sang this song????? I remember hearing it in vacation Bible school.....thank you for posting the lyrics.....I've been searching for this since ages....

Who's the beautiful black lady who sang this?

From the Manger where He lay, From the garden where he prayed
I often heard about this stranger
Then I opened up my heart, and He walked into my life
Now, we're not strangers anymore
For He's my friend, He's my Lord
Oh how I love Him, He's my Father
Now we walk, hand in hand
For we're not strangers anymore
I have heard about this man
Who could even raise the dead
I heard he calmed the troubled waters
But I never thought for me, He would calm the raging seas
But all I do is call HIs name
Chorus:
If you're looking for a friend, who'll be with you to the end
Someone whose closer than a brother
Why not give our Lord a try, For even now he's passing by
You won't be strangers anymore
He'll be your friend, and your Lord
Oh how you'll love Him as your Father
Then you'll walk, hand in hand
You won't be strangers anymore

They bound the hands of Jesus in the garden where he prayed
His disciples turned and ran away

But if I had known him then, I would've done the same
But now that I know Him better, I can say..........

He's my friend...........

From the manger where he lay, to the garden where he pray
I often heard about this stranger
Then I opend up my heart and he walked into my life
no were not stranges anymore

For hes my friend, and my Lord . Oh, how I love Him, He's my Father. Now we
walk, hand in hand, and we're not strangers anymore.

I have heard about this man
he could even raise the dead
I heard he calmed the troubled waters
But i never thought that he
could calm the raging sea
But all I do is call his name

For hes my friend, and my Lord . Oh, how I love Him, He's my Father. Now we
walk, hand in hand, and we're not strangers anymore.


If you looking for a friend that will be there untill the end
Someone who's closer than a brother
Now Jesus is the one He will help you untill the end
If you just call him, He'll be there


For hes my friend, and my Lord . Oh, how I love Him, He's my Father. Now we
walk, hand in hand, and we're not strangers anymore.

I am not 100% sure maybe someone will correct me, but here is goes:

From the manger where he laid, to the God that we praise
I often heard about this stranger
Than I open up my hart and he walk into my life
now we no strangers anymore

for He's my friend, and my Lord. Oh, how I love Him, He's my Father. Now we
walk, hand in hand, and we're not strangers anymore.

If you looking for a friend that will be there untill the end
Someone who's closer than a brother
Now Jesus is the one He will help you untill the end
If you just call him, He'll be there

I am looking for the verses to this song. The chorus is:

He's my friend, and my Lord. Oh, how I love Him, He's my Father. Now we
walk, hand in hand, and we're not strangers anymore.