Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#65

65. 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 given;
It scatters all their guilty fear,
It turns their hell to heaven.

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

5 His only righteousness I show,
His saving truth proclaim;
'Tis all my business here below
To cry, "Behold the Lamb!"

6 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
• Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Christian: Experience; Experience, Christian; Christ: Grace of Christ; The Godhead: The Son; Salvation; Name: Of Jesus; Grace: Of Christ; Jesus (See also Christ): Name of; Gospel: Freeness of

Tune Information

• Name: BYZANTIUM
• Composer: Thomas Jackson, 1715-1781
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: D Major