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Jesus, I love Thy charming name, ’Tis music in my ear; Fain would I sound it out so loud That earth and heaven should hear. Yes, thou art precious to my soul, My transport and my trust; Jewels to Thee are gaudy toys, And gold is sordid dust. All my capacious powers can wish, In Thee doth richly meet: Nor to mine eyes is light so dear, Nor friendship half so sweet, Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, And sheds its fragrance there; The noblest balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care. I’ll speak the honours of Thy name With my last labouring breath; Then, speechless, clasp Thee in my arms, The antidote of death.
Jesus, I love Thy charming name, ’Tis music in my ear; Fain would I sound it out so loud That earth and heaven should hear. Yes, thou art precious to my soul, My transport and my trust; Jewels to Thee are gaudy toys, And gold is sordid dust. All my capacious powers can wish, In Thee doth richly meet: Nor to mine eyes is light so dear, Nor friendship half so sweet, Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, And sheds its fragrance there; The noblest balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care. I’ll speak the honours of Thy name With my last labouring breath; Then, speechless, clasp Thee in my arms, The antidote of death.
Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- Philip Doddridge
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- Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 329 · printed citation: Doddridge · subject: JESUS
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