O How I Love Jesus
There is a name I love to hear,
I love to speak its worth;
It sounds like music in mine ear,
The sweetest name on earth.
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O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!
It tells me of a Savior’s love,
Who died to set me free;
It tells me of His precious blood,
The sinner’s perfect plea.
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It tells me of a Father’s smile
Beaming upon His child;
It cheers me through this little while,
Through desert, waste, and wild.
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It tells me what my Father hath
In store for every day,
And though I tread a darksome path,
Yields sunshine all the way.
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It tells of One whose loving heart
Can feel my deepest woe;
Who in my sorrow bears a part,
That none can bear below.
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It bids my trembling heart rejoice;
It dries each rising tear;
It tells me, in a still small voice,
To trust and never fear.
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Jesus, the name I love so well,
The name I love to hear!
No saint on earth its worth can tell,
No heart conceive how dear.
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This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.
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And there, with all the blood-bought throng,
From sin and sorrow free,
I’ll sing the new eternal song
Of Jesus’ love to me.
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Words: Frederick Whitfield, 1855.
This hymn also goes by the title, There is A Song I Love to Hear.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
Beautiful song!
…Ellen, I hope that you will enjoy a lovely day.
Happy Sunday, my friend!
Another wonderful old hymn, that by just reading the words, filled me with the music. Thank you.
Another great hymn that we song often at our church!!
happy Valentine’s day, Ellen! i love that you share these old hymns every Sunday. I know all 89 verses of most of them … and they are the songs that come in the night and give comfort and hope. bless you!
Linda, Hope your Valentine’s day was filled with good things. I love how this great old hymns pop into our memory in the night! Blessings!
Love the hymn…and the artwork!