294 How I Love Jesus. C.M.

(537) The Dearest Name.

There is a name I love to hear,

I love to sing its worth;

It sounds like music in mine ear,

The sweetest name on earth.

CHO.--Oh, how I love Jesus,

Oh, how I love Jesus,

Because he first loved me.

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.

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.

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.

Frederick Whitfield, 1859.