The Sweetest Name
Matthew 1:21
DULCE NOMEN  |  Same-Tune Hymns  |  Bible Passage
Author: George W. Bethune, 1805-1862
Musician: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868

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There is no name so sweet on earth,
No name so sweet in heaven,
The name, before His wondrous birth,
To Christ the Saviour given.

Refrain:
We love to sing of Christ our King,
And hail Him blessed Jesus!
For there's no word ear ever heard
So dear, so sweet, as "Jesus!"

And when He hung upon the tree,
They wrote this name above Him;
That all might see the reason we
For evermore must love Him.

So now, upon His Father's throne,
Almighty to release us
From sin and pain, He gladly reigns,
The Prince and Saviour, Jesus.

O Jesus! by that matchless name
Thy grace shall fail us never;
Today as yesterday the same,
Thou art the same forever.


OTHER HYMNS with the SAME TUNE:

•   For My Sake and the Gospel's, Go  Edward H. Bickersteth, 1825-1906


BIBLE PASSAGE:

21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.