How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds Lyrics

How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Minister Kinnette Myrick

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1. How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds

In a believer’s ear!

It soothes his sorrow, heals his wounds,

And drives away his fear,

2. It makes the wounded spirit whole,

And calms the troubled breast;

’Tis manna to the hungry soul,

And to the weary rest,

3. Dear Name! the Rock on which I build;

My shield and hiding-place;

My never-failing treasury, filled

With boundless stores of grace,

4. Jesus, my Shepherd, Brother , Friend,

My Prophet, Priest, and King;

My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,

Accept the praise I bring

5. Weak is the effort of my heart,

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;

And may the music of thy name refresh my soul in death.