Jesus! the Name High over All

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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,
though 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: Hymns to the Living God #195

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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

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Notes

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

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LYDIA (Phillips)

GRÄFENBERG

Composed by Johann Crüger (PHH 42) as a setting for Paul Gerhardt's "Nun danket all’ und bringet Ehr," GRÄFENBERG was first published in the 1647 edition of Crüger's Praxis Pietatis Melica. The tune is arbitrarily named after a water-cure spa in Silesia, Austria, which became famous in the 1820…

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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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Instances

Instances (1 - 16 of 16)	Title	First Line	Tune	Author	Meter	Scripture	Date	Subject	Source
Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #404	Jesus, the name high over all	Jesus, the name high over all	LYDIA	Charles Wesley			2008
Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #99	Jesus the name high over all	Jesus the name high over all					2000
Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #364	Jesus, the name high over all	Jesus, the name high over all	LYDIA	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	CM extended	1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 Timothy 4:10; 2 Chronicles 15:4; Acts 3:16; Acts 4:12; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:21; Ephesians 2:7; Ephesians 3:19; Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 61:1; James 2:19; James 4:7; John 1:29; John 11; John 20:31; Luke 1:31; Luke 2:21; Luke 4:18; Luke 7:21; Luke 11:9; Mark 5:12; Matthew 1:21; Matthew 8:28; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Philippians 2:9; Philippians 3:9; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 71:16; Psalm 119:25; Psalm 146:7; Revelation 5:14	2000	Easter \| ; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving \| ; Year A \| Christ the King
Complete Mission Praise #385	Jesus the name high over all	Jesus the name high over all			86 866		1999
Hymns and Psalms: a Methodist and ecumenical hymn book #264	Jesus - the name high over all	Jesus - the name high over all	LYDIA	Charles Wesley			1983
Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #213	Jesus! the name high over all	Jesus! the name high over all	LYDIA	C. Wesley (1707-1788 )	8 6 8 6 (CM) extended	John 1:29	1987	God, Saviour \| Praised and Worshipped; Advent 3 \| The Forerunner; Epiphany 1, Revelation \| The Baptism of Jesus; The Ascension of Christ \| ; Pentecost 3 \| The Church's Confidence in Christ; Pentecost 10 \| The Mind of Christ; Last Sunday after Pentecost \| Citizens of Heaven
Hymns to the Living God #195	Jesus, the Name High Over All	Jesus, the Name high over all	HIGH OVER ALL	Charles Wesley	CMD		2017	Jesus Christ \| Resurrection and Exaltation
Sing Glory: Hymns, Psalms and Songs for a New Century #323	Jesus the name high over all	Jesus the name high over all			86 866		1999
Singing the Faith #357	Jesus – the name high over all	Jesus – the name high over all	LYDIA	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	CM extended	Psalm 71:16; Romans 5:6	2011	Jesus Christ the Saviour: Lord of All \|
The Book of Hymns (A fresh anthology of favourite hymns) #48	Jesus — the Name high over all	Jesus — the Name high over all					2006
The Cyber Hymnal #3383	Jesus! the Name High over All	Jesus! the name high over all	GRÄFENBERG	Charles Wesley	CM				<cite>Hymns and Sacred Poems</cite>, 1749
The United Methodist Hymnal #193	Jesus! the Name High over All	Jesus! the name high over all	GRÄFENBERG	Charles Wesley	CM	Philippians 2:9-11	1989	Christian Year \| Baptism of the Lord; The Grace of Jesus Christ \| In Praise of Christ; Assurance \| ; Jesus Christ \| ; Jesus Christ \| Name of; Testimony and Witness \|
The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #149	[Jesus! the name high over all]	[Jesus! the name high over all]	GRÄFENBERG	Charles Wesley; William Cowper			1991
The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II #67	[Jesus! the name high over all]	[Jesus! the name high over all]	GRÄFENBERG				1993
Together in Song: Australian hymn book II #218	Jesus! the name high over all	Jesus! the name high over all	LYDIA	Charles Wesley, 1707-88	86.86 extended	1 Timothy 2:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; 2 Timothy 4:1-5; Acts 3:1-19; Colossians 1:21-29; Genesis 3:15-24; Isaiah 61:1-4; John 1:29; John 1:35; Luke 4:18-21; Philippians 2:9-11	1999	Circumcision \| ; Death \| ; Fear \| ; Forgiveness \| ; Heaven \| ; Jesus Christ \| Redeemer; Lamb of God \| ; Liberation \| ; Mission/Sending \| ; Name/s of Jesus \| ; Satan \| ; The Gospel \| ; Witness \|
찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship: the Korean-English Presbyterian hymnal and service book #199	에 수 는 가 장 높 으 신 (Jesus! the Name High over All)	에 수 는 가 장 높 으 신 (Jesus! the name high over all)	GRÄFENBERG	Charles Wesley	CM	Philippians 2:9-11	2001	예 수 그 리 스 도 \| ; 예 수 의 이 름 \| ; 예 수 찬 양 \| ; 증 거 \| ; Assurance \| ; Jesus Christ \| ; Jesus Christ \| Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ \| Name of; Testimony and Witness \| ; 확신 \| ; 예수의생애 와 사역 \|	Korean trans. The United Methodist Korean Hymnal Committee

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