289 ST. PETER C. M. Alexander R. Reinagle, 1826 I How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; 'Tis Manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary Rest. 4 Jesus, my Shepherd, Brother, Friend, 3 Dear Name! the Rock on which I build, 5 Weak is the effort of my heart, My Shield and Hiding-place, My never-failing Treasury, filled And cold my warmest thought; But when I see Thee as Thou art, I'll praise Thee as I ought. 6 Till then I would Thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath; 291 HOLY TRINITY C. M. Sir Joseph Barnby, 1861 I Jesus, the ver y thought of Thee With sweet-ness fills my breast; But sweet-er far Thy face to see, And in Thy pres-ence rest. A-MEN. 2 Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, 4 But what to those who find? Ah, this Nor can the memory find, A sweeter sound than Thy blest Name, O Saviour of mankind. 3 O Hope of every contrite heart, O Joy of all the meek, To those who fall, how kind Thou art! How good to those who seek! Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153.) Nor tongue nor pen can show : 5 Jesus, our only Joy be Thou, Tr. Rev. Edward Caswall, 1849: verse 4, 1. 4, alt. Fain would I sound it out so loud That earth and heaven should hear. AMEN. 292 JESU, MAGISTER BONE 7.6.7. 6. D. Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875 I I know no life di vi ded, O Lord of life, from Thee; us with Thy sal va- tion, En - ter every trem-bling heart. A-MEN. of faith, as its Beginning, Set our hearts at Visit End liberty. 3 Come, Almighty to deliver, 4 Finish, then, Thy new creation; Till in heaven we take our place, Till we cast our crowns before Thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. Rev. Charles Wesley, 1747: verse 2, ll. 4, 5, alt. |