1 I know a name that can drive away all sorrow,
I know a name that is sweeter than them all.
I know a name from which comfort I may borrow
When others fail and my tears of anguish fall.
Refrain:
I know a Name, a wonderful Name,
That wonderful Name is Jesus.
2 I know a name that can still the raging tempest,
I know a name that can calm the troubled sea;
I know a name with a tender touch of healing
For ev’ry heart that by sin may troubled be. [Refrain]
3 I know a name that dispels the pow’rs of evil,
I know a name that can break the tempter's snare.
I know a name that unlocks the gates of heaven
When thro’ its merits I go to God in prayer. [Refrain]
4 I know a name, wondrous name above all others,
O sacred name by angelic hosts adored;
I know a name that is altogether lovely,
O precious name of my living Christ and Lord. [Refrain]
Source: Great Gospel Songs #42
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
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