Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer's ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds, and drives away our fear.
VERSE 2
It makes the wounded spirit whole and calms the troubled breast;
'tis manna to the hungry soul, and to the weary, rest.
VERSE 3
O Jesus, shepherd, guardian, friend, my Prophet, Priest, and King,
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring.
VERSE 4
How weak the effort of my heart, how cold my warmest thought;
but when I see you as you are, I'll praise you as I ought.
VERSE 5
Till then I would your love proclaim with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of your name refresh my soul in death.
