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Text: | How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | ST PETER |
Composer: | Alexander Robert Reinagle |
1 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes the sorrows, heals the wounds,
and drives away all 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 Jesus, my Shepherd, Brother, Friend,
my Prophet, Priest, and King,
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
accept the praise I bring.
5 The effort of my heart is weak,
and cold my warmest thought;
but when I see you whom I seek,
I'll praise you as I ought.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds |
Title: | How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds |
Author: | John Newton (1779, alt.) |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and Praise; Blessings(36 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST PETER |
Composer: | Alexander Robert Reinagle (ca. 1830) |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 |
Key: | D Major |