S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 8 0                 27 October '96

                        How Sweet the Name

                                by Rev. John Newton,  1779
                                 (author of `Amazing Grace')


                How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
                        In a believer's ear!
                It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
                        And drives away his fear.

                It makes the wounded spirit whole,
                        And calms the troubled breast;
                'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
                        And to the weary, rest.

                Dear Name!  the rock on which I build!
                        My shield and hiding-place!
                My never-failing treasury, filled
                        With boundless stores of grace!

                Jesus! my Shepherd, Brother, Friend,
                        My Prophet, Priest, and King,
                My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
                        Accept the praise I bring.

                Weak is the effort of my heart,
                        And cold my warmest thought;
                But when I see thee as thou art
                        I'll praise thee as I ought.

                Till then I would thy love proclaim
                        With every fleeting breath;
                And may the music of thy Name
                        Refresh my soul in death!  Amen.

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Q1.  What is the chief end of man?  
A.   Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
                                       (- from a 1643 Presbyterian catechism)





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