The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3383

3383. Jesus! the Name High over All

1. Jesus! the name high over all,
In hell or earth or sky;
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fly.

2. Jesus! the name to sinners dear,
The name to sinners giv’n;
It scatters all their guilty fear,
It turns their hell to Heav’n.

3. Jesus! the prisoner’s fetters breaks,
And bruises Satan’s head;
Power into strengthless souls it speaks,
And life into the dead.

4. O that mankind might taste and see
The riches of His grace!
The arms of love that compass me
Would all the world embrace.

5. O that my Jesu’s heavenly charms
Might every bosom move!
Fly, sinners, fly into those arms
Of everlasting love.

6. Thee I shall constantly proclaim,
Though earth and hell oppose;
Bold to confess Thy glorious name
Before a world of foes.

7. His only righteousness I show,
His saving grace proclaim;
’Tis all my business here below
To cry Behold the Lamb!

8. Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp His name,
Preach Him to all and cry in death,
Behold, behold the Lamb!

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus! the name high over all
• Title: Jesus! the Name High over All
• Author: Charles Wesley (1749)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GRÄFENBERG
• Composer: Johann Crüger (1647)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 16512 33235 43215
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain