# “This is My Beloved and This is My Friend." **Verse 1** Thou Magnet of my soul! Let me come nearer, till The life of self pulsates no more, But is forever still. **Verse 2** Thou Sunshine of my heart! Fill Thou each crevice there, And let Thy garden yield to Thee A fragrance sweet and rare. **Verse 3** Thou Ransomer from death! Possess Thy ransomed one: Appropriate to Thine own use The spoil that Thou hast won. **Verse 4** Thou Lord of Life and Light! I bow beneath Thy sway, And count it holy privilege Thy precepts to obey. **Verse 5** Thou Gift unspeakable! Straight from God’s heart of love; I break my heart to give Thee room And thus Thy sweetness prove. --- Meter: 6.6.8.6. Tune: Trentham Hymnals: - *Songs and Hymns of Life*: 236 - *Hymns*: 356 - *Christ in Song*: 404 - *Hymns for the Little Flock*: # Devotional [“Thou Magnet of My Soul” by Margaret E. Barber – Sing With Me](https://asweetsavor.org/thou-magnet-of-my-soul-by-margaret-e-barber/)