Let Every Heart Exulting Beat

Representative Text

1 Let ev'ry heart exulting beat
With joy at Jesus' name of bliss;
With ev'ry pure delight replete,
And passing sweet, the music is.

Chorus:
Let ev'ry heart exulting beat,
With joy at Jesus' name of bliss;
With ev'ry pure delight replete,
And passing sweet, the music is,
And passing sweet the music is.

2 Jesus the comfortless consoles,
Jesus each sinful fever quells,
Jesus the power of hell controls,
Jesus each deadly foe repels.
Let every heart, etc.

3 Oh! speak His glorious name abroad!
Jesus let every tongue confess;
Let every heart and voice accord
The Healer of our souls to bless.
Let every heart, etc.

4 Jesus, the sinner's Friend, abide
With us, and hearken to our prayers:
Thy frail and erring wanderers guide,
In mercy our transgressions spare.
Let every heart, etc.

5 All might, all glory be to Thee,
Refulgent with this Name Divine;
All honor, worship, majesty,
Jesus, for evermore be Thine.
Let every heart, etc.

Source: Laudis Corona: the new Sunday school hymn book, containing a collection of Catholic hymns, arranged for the principal seasons and festivals of the year #138

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Author: J. D. Chambers

Chambers, John David, M.A., F.S.A., son of Captain Chambers of the R. N., was born in London in 1805, and educated at Oriel College, Oxford, graduating with honours, in 1827 (M.A. 1831). He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1831. In 1842 he published an elaborate treatise on the Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery over the persons and property of Infants, and was appointed Recorder of New Sarum the same year. At Salisbury his attention was specially attracted to the Liturgical and other Ecclesiastical lore appertaining to the Cathedral, and to St. Osmund, its Bishop, 1078. St. Osmund compiled from different sources a series of Divine Offices, and Rules for their celebration within his diocese. These Rules were in two parts, t… Go to person page >

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