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Text: | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | HEBER |
Composer: | George Kingsley |
1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to 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 By Him my prayers acceptance gain,
Although with sin defiled;
Satan accuses me in vain,
And I am owned a child.
5 Weak is the effort of my heart,
And cold my warmest thoughts;
But when I see Thee as Thou art,
I'll praise Thee as I ought.
6 Till then I would Thy love proclaim,
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy name
Refresh my soul in death.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds |
Author: | John Newton (1779) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Adoption; Christ: Praise to; Jesus: name of(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HEBER |
Composer: | George Kingsley |
Meter: | C. M. |