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| Text: | How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds |
| Author: | Rev. John Newton |
| Tune: | ST. PETER |
| Composer: | A. R. Reinagle |
| Composer (Descant): | Dr. Alan Gray |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds |
| Author: | Rev. John Newton (1779) |
| Meter: | C.M. |
| Publication Date: | 1939 |
| Topic: | The Holy Name; Circumcision of Christ: January 1; Saints' Days and Other Holy Days: The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, March 25 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ST. PETER |
| Composer: | A. R. Reinagle (1836) |
| Composer (Descant): | Dr. Alan Gray |
| Meter: | C.M. |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Descant by permission of the Cambridge University Press. |
| Notes: | For a lower setting see No. 37 |
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