How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
God highly exalted [Christ], and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name. Philippians 2:9
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1. How sweet the name of Je - sus sounds in a be - liev - er’s ear!
2. It makes the wound - ed spir - it whole and calms the heart’s un - rest;
3. Dear name! the Rock on which I build, my shield and hid - ing place;
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4. O Je - sus, Shep - herd, Guard - ian, Friend, my Proph - et, Priest, and King;
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It soothes our sor - rows, heals our wounds, and drives a - way our fear.
’tis man - na to the hun - gry soul and to the wea - ry, rest.
my nev - er - fail - ing treas - ury filled with bound - less stores of grace.
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my Lord, my life, my way, my end, ac - cept the praise I bring.
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5. How weak the effort of my heart, 6. Till then I would Your love proclaim
how cold my warmest thought; with every fleeting breath;
but when I see You as You are, and may the music of Your name
I’ll praise You as I ought. refresh my soul in death.
TEXT: John Newton, 1779, alt. ST. PETER
MUSIC: Alexander Robert Reinagle, 1830 CM
