Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> Newton
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Paradise
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 136, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast:
'T is manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary, rest.
Dear Name, the rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding place;
My never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.
Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King;
My Lord, my Life, My Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.
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.
Till then I would thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of thy name
Refresh my soul in death.