Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Topic: Christ/All in All
Writer: John Newton
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: CM
Tune: Whitney
Hymn Number: 251
Page Number: 084, 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;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary, rest.
Jesus, my Shepherd, Guardian, 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.