O How I Love Jesus
words: Frederick Whitfield, 1855.
Music: 19th Century American melody

Intro (like the first and last lines of a verse)

Verse 1 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.

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.

Refrain O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!

Verse 3 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 4 It tells of One whose loving heart
Can feel my deepest woe;
Who in each sorrow bears
A part that none can bear below.

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O How I Love Jesus, continued

Verse 6 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.

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Verse 7 This Name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.

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Verse 8 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.

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