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Text:How Sweet the Name of Jesus
Author:John Newton, 1725-1807
Tune:HOLY CROSS
Adapter:James C Wade

264. How Sweet the Name of Jesus

1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary, rest.

3 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.

4 Till then, I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy Name
Refresh my soul in death.

AMEN.

Text Information
First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Title: How Sweet the Name of Jesus
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807
Meter: C M
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Worship of the Son
Tune Information
Name: HOLY CROSS
Adapter: James C Wade (1847)
Meter: C M
Key: Bâ™­ Major



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