How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (Alexander Robert Reinagle)
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- (Posted 2020-04-28) CPDL #58283:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-04-28). Score information: A4, 1 page, 41 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Words and melody from Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard. Verses not underlaid. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- (Posted 2020-04-28) CPDL #58282:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-04-28). Score information: A4, 1 page, 30 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Words and 4-part harmony from Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard. Verses underlaid. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Composer: Alexander Robert Reinagle
Lyricist: John Newton
Tune: St. Peter
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1836
Description:
External websites: http://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html
Original 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.
Jesus! my Shepherd, Brother, 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.