How Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds Chords

 
Verse 1

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How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a  be - liever's ears

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It soothes his  sorrows, heals his wounds and drives away his fear



Verse 2

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It makes the wounded spirit whole and calms the  troubled breast

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'Tis manna   to the hungry soul and to the weary, rest



Verse 3

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Dear name, the rock on which I build, my shield and  hiding place

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My never   failing treasury, filled with boundless stores of grace



Verse 4

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Jesus, my shepherd, brother, friend, o prophet, priest and king

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My Lord, my   life, my way, my end, accept the praise I bring



Verse 5

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Weak is the effort of my heart and cold my   warmest thought

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But when I    see Thee as Thou art I'll praise Thee as I ought



Verse 6

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Till then I would Thy love proclaim with every fleeting breath

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And may the music of Thy name refresh my soul in death