Jesus! the Name High over All

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Jesus! the name high over all, In hell or earth or sky

Author: Charles Wesley (1749)
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	Jesus! the Name High over All

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	All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

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	Three Festive Hymn Settings

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1 Jesus, the Name high over all,
in hell or earth or sky;
angels and mortals prostrate fall,
and devils fear and fly.
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.

2 O that the world might taste and see
the riches of His grace!
The arms of love that compass me
would all the world embrace.
Thee I shall constantly proclaim,
tho' earth and hell oppose;
bold to confess Thy glorious Name
before a world of foes.

3 His only righteousness I show,
His saving truth proclaim;
'tis all my business here below
to cry, "Behold the Lamb!"
Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp His Name,
preach Him to all, and cry in death,
"Behold, behold the Lamb!"

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #304

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Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Jesus! the name high over all, In hell or earth or sky
Title:	Jesus! the Name High over All
Author:	Charles Wesley (1749)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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An excerpt of the longer hymn, "Jesu, accept the grateful song," Hymns and Sacred Poems (1749), vol. 1, no. CXCIV.

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CORONATION (Holden)

Like MILES LANE (470), CORONATION was written for this text. Oliver Holden (b. Shirley, MA, 1765; d. Charlestown, MA, 1844) composed the tune in four parts with a duet in the third phrase. The tune, whose title comes from the theme of Perronet's text, was published in Holden's Union Harmony (1793).…

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LYDIA (Phillips)

O HOW I LOVE JESUS

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God (2023), p.364

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Instances

Instances (1 - 28 of 28)

Piano/Organ All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Introd., Interludes, & Codas on Traditional Hymns - Set 3 Alleluia! Alleluia! (Easy Organ Settings for Eastertide) More Piano/Organ...
Choral Three Festive Hymn Settings More Choral...
Instrumental Risen in Glory! All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name More Instrumental...
Handbells Crown Him Lord of All Crown Him Lord of All Raise Your Joys and Triumphs High More Handbells...

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