Oh How I Love JESUS

Frederick Whitfield (1829-1904)

Words: Fred­er­ick Whit­field, 1855. Music: 19th Cen­tu­ry Amer­i­can mel­o­dy . Al­ter­nate tune:

• Tyrone, com­pos­er un­known, in The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Hymn­al, by George Booth (ed­it­or) and Hen­ry Cow­ard (mu­sic­al ed­ito­r) (Lon­don: Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889), num­ber 151 

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Oh How I Love JESUS

There is a Name I love to hear,
I love to sing its worth;
It sounds like music in my ear,
The sweetest Name on earth.

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      O how I love Jesus,
      O how I love Jesus,
      O how I love Jesus,
      Because He first loved me!

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.

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It tells me of a Father’s smile
Beaming upon His child;
It cheers me through this little while,
Through desert, waste, and wild.

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It tells me what my Father hath
In store for every day,
And though I tread a darksome path,
Yields sunshine all the way.

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It tells of One whose loving heart
Can feel my deepest woe;
Who in each sorrow bears
A part that none can bear below.

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It bids my trembling heart rejoice.
It dries each rising tear.
It tells me, in a “still small voice,”
To trust and never fear.

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Jesus, the Name I love so well,
The Name I love to hear:
No saint on earth its worth can tell,
No heart conceive how dear.

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This Name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.

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And there with all the blood-bought throng,
From sin and sorrow free,
I’ll sing the new eternal song
Of Jesus’ love for me.

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