O How I Love Jesus

Verse 1
There is a name I love to hear, (Song of Solomon 1:3)
I love to speak its worth;
It sounds like mu­sic in mine ear,
The sweet­est name on earth.

Chorus
O how I love Je­sus,
O how I love Je­sus,
O how I love Je­sus,
Because He first loved me! (I John 4:19)

Verse 2
It tells me of a Sav­ior’s love,
Who died to set me free; (Rom. 5:8)
It tells me of His pre­cious blood, (I Pet. 1:18-19)
The sin­ner’s per­fect plea.

Verse 3
It tells me of a Fa­ther’s smile
Beaming up­on His child;
It cheers me through this lit­tle while,
Through de­sert, waste, and wild. (Deut. 32:10)

Verse 4
It tells me what my Fa­ther hath
In store for ev­ery day,
And though I tread a dark­some path,
Yields sun­shine all the way.

Verse 5
It tells of One whose lov­ing heart
Can feel my deep­est woe; (Heb. 4:15)
Who in my sor­row bears a part, (Isa. 53:4)
That none can bear be­low.

Verse 6
It bids my tremb­ling heart re­joice;
It dries each ris­ing tear;
It tells me, in a still small voice, (I Kings 19:12)
To trust and nev­er fear. (Ps. 56:3)

Verse 7
Jesus, the name I love so well,
The name I love to hear! (Song of Solomon 1:3)
No saint on earth its worth can tell,
No heart con­ceive how dear.

Verse 8
This name shall shed its frag­rance still (Song of Solomon 1:3, II Cor. 2:14)
Along this thor­ny road,
Shall sweet­ly smooth the rug­ged hill (Isaiah 40:4, Luke 3:5)
That leads me up to God.

Verse 9
And there, with all the blood-bought throng, (Rev. 5:9, Acts 20:28, I Pet. 1:18-19)
From sin and sor­row free, (Rev. 21:4)
I’ll sing the new eter­nal song (Rev. 5:9, Rev. 14:3)
Of Je­sus’ love to me.