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Jesus! the Name high over all,
In hell or earth or sky;
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fly.
Jesus! the Name to sinners dear,
The Name to sinners given;
It scatters all their guilty fear,
It turns their hell to Heaven.
Jesus! the prisoner’s fetters breaks,
And bruises Satan’s head;
Power into strengthless souls it speaks,
And life into the dead.
O that mankind might taste and see
The riches of His grace!
The arms of love that compass me
Would all the world embrace.
O that my Jesu’s heavenly charms
Might every bosom move!
Fly, sinners, fly into those arms
Of everlasting love.
Thee I shall constantly proclaim,
Though earth and hell oppose;
Bold to confess Thy glorious Name
Before a world of foes.
His only righteousness I show,
His saving grace proclaim;
’Tis all my business here below
To cry “Behold the Lamb!”
Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp His Name,
Preach Him to all and cry in death,
“Behold, behold the Lamb!”
---Alternative verses---
O that the world might taste and see
The riches of His grace!
The arms of love that compass me
Would all the world embrace.
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1889 | # 37 | | 1965 | # 279 | | 1977 | # 150 | | 2000 | # 99 | | 2000 | # 385 | | 1899 | # 220 | | 1983 | # 264 | | 1988 | # 213 | | 1964 | # 127 | | 2000 | # 364 | | | # 126 | | 1954 | # 92 | | | # 17 | | 1999 | # 323 | | 1991 | # 307 | | | # 256 | | 1999 | # 218 | | 1989 | # 193 |
MUSIC
Name:
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LYDIA
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 6
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 17 | D | | # 127 | D | | # 307 | D | | # 264 | D | | # 191 | D | | # 126 | Eb | | # 212 | Eb | | # 1 | Eb | | # 92 | Eb |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
Name
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meter
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 8 6 |
echo ' | ';
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