O How I Love Jesus
Words and music by Frederick Whitfield · 1855
Key of G · 92 BPM · 3/4 · Adoration,Praise · 1 John 4:19
Verse 1
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.
Chorus
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!
Verse 2
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.
Verse 3
It tells me of a Father’s smile
Beaming upon His child;
It cheers me through this "little while,"
Through desert, waste, and wild.
Verse 4
It tells me what my Father hath
In store for every day,
And though I tread a darksome path,
Yields sunshine all the way.
Verse 5
It tells of One whose loving heart
Can feel my deepest woe;
Who in my sorrow bears a part,
That none can bear below.
Verse 6
It bids my trembling heart rejoice;
It dries each rising tear;
It tells me, in a "still small voice,"
To trust and never fear.
Verse 7
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.
Verse 8
This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.
Verse 9
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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