E’en now my weary soul release, and raise me by thy gracious hand;
Guide me into thy perfect peace, and bring me to the promis’d land.
Davisson, the compiler of the Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, claims this tune. It is similar to ‘The Bird Song’, Sharp, ii., 215. For other tune relationships see ‘[I Will Arise]’ in this collection.
No. 126
[CHARMING NAME], CHH 90
Heptatonic ionian, mode 3 A b (I II III IV V VI VII)
Jesus, I love thy charming name,
’Tis music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That earth and heav’n should hear,