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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

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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

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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 >

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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