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Text:How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
Author:John Newton
Tune:ST. PETER
Composer:Alexander R. Reinagle

104. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole
And calms the troubled breast;
'T is manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary, rest.

3 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.

4 Till then, I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy name
Refresh my soul in death.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Title: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
Author: John Newton (1779)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1957
Topic: Jesus Christ: Life
Tune Information
Name: ST. PETER
Composer: Alexander R. Reinagle (1830)
Meter: C. M.
Key: E♭ Major



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