How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

General information

This is an hymn by John Newton, first published in Olney Hymns, 1779, as Hymn 57, entitled, The Name of Jesus.

Settings by composers

• Samuel Babcock — Watertown  STB
• Rod Mather — How sweet the name of Jesus sounds  SATB
• William Moore — Salem  STB
• Alexander Robert Reinagle — How sweet the name of Jesus sounds  SATB 

Text and translations

English text 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,  My 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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