How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

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1 How sweet the name of Je - sus sounds in a be - liev - er's ear!
2 It makes the wound - ed spir - it whole and calms the trou - bled breast;
3 O Je - sus, shep - herd, guard - ian, friend, my Proph - et, Priest, and King,

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4 How weak the ef - fort of my heart, how cold my warm - est thought;
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Till then I would your love pro - claim with ev - ery fleet - ing breath;
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It soothes our sor - rows, heals our wounds, and drives a - way our fear.
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'tis man - na to the hun - gry soul, and to the wea - ry, rest.
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, ac - cept the praise I bring.
but when I see you as you are, I'll praise you as I ought.
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and may the mu - sic of your name re - fresh my soul in death.
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Text: John Newton, 1779 ST. PETER
Tune: Alexander R. Reinagle, 1836 www.hymnary.org/text/how_sweet_the_name_of_jesus_sounds_in_a

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