Text: | How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | ST. PETER |
Composer: | Alexander Robert Reinagle |
1 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole
And calms the troubled breast;
'Tis Manna to the hungry soul
And to the weary Rest.
3 Dear Name! The Rock on which I build,
My Shield and Hiding-place;
My never-failing Treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.
4 By Thee my prayers acceptance gain,
Although with sin defiled:
Satan accuses me in vain,
And I am owned a child.
5 Weak is the effort of my heart
And cold my warmest thought;
But when I see Thee as Thou art,
I'll praise Thee as I ought.
6 Till then I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy Name
Refresh my soul in death.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds |
Title: | How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds |
Author: | John Newton (1779) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1937 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Church Year: New Year; New Year's Day; Death: Prayer for help in(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. PETER |
Composer: | Alexander Robert Reinagle (1826) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | A Major |