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How Sweet the Name (Ortonville) 283t

Tune: Thomas Hastings, 1837; Arranged by Benjamin Franklin White, 1850
Alto: B. P. Poyner, 1902
Lyrics: John Newton, 1779
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
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 treas’ry, filled
With boundless stores of grace.

’Till then I would Thy love proclaim
With ev’ry fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy name
Refresh my soul in death.