Friday, 08 August 2008

• How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds-John Newton

  
  
  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 I build,
  My Shield and Hiding Place,
  My never failing treasury, filled
  With boundless stores of grace!
  
  By Thee my prayers acceptance gain,
  Although with sin defiled;
  Satan accuses me in vain,
  And I am owned a child.
  
  Jesus! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend,
  O 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.
  
  Till then I would Thy love proclaim
  With every fleeting breath,
  And may the music of Thy Name
  Refresh my soul in death!
  

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