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Text: | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1806 |
Tune: | RACHEL |
Arranger: | Noël Harwood Tredinnick, b. 1949 |
Composer: | Christopher Alan Bowater, b. 1947 |
1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds
and drives away our fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
and calms the troubled breast;
it satisfies the hungry soul,
and gives the weary rest.
3 Dear Name, the rock on which I build,
my shield and hiding-place;
my never-failing treasury, filled
with boundless stores of grace!
4 Jesus, my shepherd, brother, friend,
my prophet, priest, and king;
my Lord, my life, my way, my end —
accept the praise I bring.
5 Weak is the effort of my heart,
and cold my warmest thought;
but when I see You as You are,
I'll praise You as I ought.
6 Till then I would Your love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of Your name
refresh my soul in death.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1806 |
Meter: | DCM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Topic: | The Temple: Praise |
Source: | Adapt.: Compilers of Hymns of Today's Church, 1982 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RACHEL |
Composer: | Christopher Alan Bowater, b. 1947 |
Arranger: | Noël Harwood Tredinnick, b. 1949 |
Meter: | DCM |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | © 1976 Sovereign Lifestyle Music; Arr. © Noël Tredinnick / Jubilate Hymns |