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Jesus

O name of names the dearest, O Friend of friends

Author: Mabel J. Camp
Tune: [O name of names the dearest]
Published in 6 hymnals

Representative Text

1 O Name of names the dearest,
O Friend of friends the nearest,
O Light of lights the clearest,
Jesus! Jesus!

2 The grace of heaven showing,
The peace of God bestowing,
The love divine, outflowing,
Jesus! Jesus!

3 The Comforter in sorrow,
The Guardian of the morrow,
The Strength whose power we borrow,
Jesus! Jesus!

4 The Way to realms supernal,
The truth forever vernal,
The Life complete, eternal,
Jesus! Jesus!

5 The Saviour true and tender,
The Shelter and Defender,
The Hope none can surrender,
Jesus! Jesus!

6 O Name of names the dearest,
O Friend of friends the nearest,
O Light of lights the clearest,
Jesus! Jesus!

Source: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #188

Author: Mabel J. Camp

The Cyber Hymnal™, citing Hustad, Don­ald Paul, Dic­tion­a­ry-Hand­book to Hymns for the Liv­ing Church; Car­ol Stream, Il­li­nois: Hope Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1978, pp. 216-17, says:     Born: No­vem­ber 25, 1871, Cha­nute, Kan­sas.      Died: May 25, 1937, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.      A bank­er’s daugh­ter, gift­ed pi­an­ist and sing­er, Ma­bel went to a girls’ school in Steu­ben­ville, Ohio. She mar­ried law­yer Nor­man H. Camp, and they be­came Chris­tians to­ge­ther at one of Dwight Moo­dy’s Bi­ble Un­ion class­es taught by Wil­liam New­ell. She and her hus­band were mem­bers of the Moody Me­mor­i­al… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O name of names the dearest, O Friend of friends
Title: Jesus
Author: Mabel J. Camp
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Jesus, Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain

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Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #188

Pilgrim Songs for the Homeward Jounrey #d14

Songs You Love No. 1 #d19

The Big Four Quartet Book #d33

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The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #231

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The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #231

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