The Voice of Praise ‎#554

554. Jesus, the Name high over all

1 Jesus, the Name high over all
In hell, or earth, or sky;
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fly.

2 Jesus, the Name to sinners dear--
The Name to sinners given;
It scatters all their guilty fear;
It turns their hell to heaven.

3 Jesus the pris'ner's fetters breaks,
And bruises Satan's head;
Power into strengthless souls he speaks,
And life into the dead.

4 Oh, that the world might taste and see
The riches of his grace;
The arms of love that compass me,
Would all mankind embrace.

5 His only righteousness I show--
His saving truth proclaim:
'Tis all my business here below
To cry--Behold the Lamb!

6 Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp his name;
Preach him to all, and cry, in death,
Behold, behold the Lamb!

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, the Name high over all
• Author: C. Wesley
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Genesis 3:8
• Topic: The Christian Church: Ministry; The Minister's Only Business

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