How Sweet The Name

How 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.

Dear Name! The Rock on which we build;
Our shield and hiding-place;
Our never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.

Jesus, our Saviour, Shepherd, Friend,
Prophet, and Priest, and King;
Our Lord, our Life, our Way, our End,
Accept the praise we bring.

Weak is the effort of our heart,
And cold our warmest thought;
But when we see Thee as Thou art
We'll praise Thee as we ought.

Till then we would Thy love proclaim
With ev'ry fleeting breath;
And triumph in that blessed Name
Which quells the power of death.

John Newton wrote this hymn
In (1779)
It is still as magnificent
As it was in his time!

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