Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Jesus I love thy charming name
Topic: Christ/His Mediatorial Reign
Writer: <no first name given> Doldridge
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 251
Page Number: 155, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, I love thy charming name,
'T is music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That all the earth might hear.
Yes, thou art precious to my soul,
My transport and my trust;
Jewels to thee are gaudy toys,
And gold is sordid dust.
All that my ardent soul can wish
In thee doth richly meet;
Nor to my eyes in light so dear,
Nor friendship half so sweet.
Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart,
And shed its fragrance there;
The noblest balm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.
I'll speak the honors of thy name
With my last lab'ring breath,
And, dying, triumph in thy cross,
The antidote of death.