How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

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!