Music by Unknown, words by Frederick Whitfield
There is a name I love to hear;
I love to sing its worth.
It sounds like music in my ear:
The sweetest name on earth.
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!
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.
Jesus, the name I love so well,
The name I love to hear--
No saint on earth its worth can tell;
No heart conceives how dear.
This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road;
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.
And there, with all the blood-bought throng,
From sin and sorrow free,
I'll sing the new eternal song
Of Jesus' love for me.