Hymns, #66

1. How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
       In a believer’s ear!
   It soothes his sorrow, heals his wounds,
       And drives away his fear.
   
   (Repeat the last two lines of each stanza)
   
   
2. It makes the wounded spirit whole,
       And calms the troubled breast;
   ‘Tis manna to the hungry soul,
       And to the weary rest.
   
   
3. Dear Name! the Rock on which we build;
       Our shield and hiding-place;
   Our never-failing treasury, filled
       With boundless stores of grace.
   
   
4. Jesus, our Savior, Shepherd, Friend,
       Our Prophet, Priest, and King;
   Our Lord, our Life, our Way, our End,
       Accept the praise we bring.
   
   
5. Weak is the effort of our heart,
       And cold our warmest thought;
   But when we see Thee as Thou art,
       We’ll praise Thee as we ought.
   
   
6. Till then we would Thy love proclaim
       With every fleeting breath;
   And triumph in that blessed Name
       Which quells the pow’r of death.