"The Lily of the Valley" ("I've Found a Friend in Jesus") is a Christian hymn written by William Charles Fry (1837–1882) in London for the Salvation Army.

He used this verse of Scripture to represent the message of the preacher William Booth to the people during the protests of 1881 describing a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus.

Charles Fry died the year after publishing the hymn, on August 24, 1882, in Park Hall, Polmont, Scotland.

American evangelist Ira D. Sankey adapted Fry's words to the music of "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" composed in 1871 by Will Hays for a secular minstrel show.

The "Lily of the Valley," in Him alone I see, All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole In sorrow He's my comfort, in trouble He's my stay He tells me ev'ry care on Him to Roll