Together in Song ‎#218

218. Jesus! the name high over all

1 Jesus! the name high over all,
in hell, or earth, or sky;
angels and earthlings to it fall,
and devils fear and fly,
and devils fear and fly.

2 Jesus! the name to sinners dear,
the name to sinners given;
it scatters all their guilty fear,
it turns their hell to heaven,
it turns their hell to heaven.

3 Jesus! the prisoner's fetters breaks,
and bruises Satan's head;
power into strengthless souls it speaks,
and life into the dead,
and life into the dead.

4 O that the world might taste and see
the riches of his grace;
the arms of love that compass me
would everyone embrace,
would everyone embrace.

5 Happy, if with my dying breath
I might but gasp his name:
preach him to all, and cry in death:
behold, behold the Lamb,
behold, behold the Lamb!

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus! the name high over all
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 (alt.)
• Meter: 86.86 extended
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Timothy 2:1-4
  ;
  2 Corinthians 5:14-15
  ;
  2 Timothy 4:1-5
  ;
  Acts 3:1-19
  ;
  Colossians 1:21-29
  ;
  Genesis 3:15-24
  ;
  Isaiah 61:1-4
  ;
  John 1:29
  ;
  John 1:35
  ;
  Luke 4:18-21
  ;
  Philippians 2:9-11
• Topic: Circumcision; Death; Fear; Forgiveness; Heaven; Jesus Christ: Redeemer; Lamb of God; Liberation; Mission/Sending; Name/s of Jesus; Satan; The Gospel; Witness

Tune Information

• Name: LYDIA
• Composer: Thomas Phillips, 1735-1807
• Meter: 86.86 extended
• Key: D Major
• Source: Arr. adapted from 'Psalm and Hymn Tunes', London, 1844
• Copyright: Arrangement © C. L. Fouvy