Hymn
The name of Jesus
There is no name so sweet on earth,
No name so sweet in heaven,
The name, before His wondrous birth
To Christ the Savior given.
We love to sing around our King,
And hail Him, blessed Jesus!
For there's no word ear ever heard
So dear, so sweet, as "Jesus!"
And when He hung upon the tree,
They wrote this name above Him,
That all might see the reason we
Forevermore must love Him.
So now, upon His Father's throne,
Almighty to release us
From sin and pain, He gladly reigns,
The Prince and Savior, Jesus.
To Jesus ev'ry knee shall bow,
And ev'ry tongue confess Him,
And we unite with saints in light,
Our only Lord to bless Him.
O Jesus! By that matchless name
Thy grace shall fail us never:
Today as yesterday the same,
Thou art the same forever.
Amen.
The name of Jesus — Text from The New Christian Hymnal, 1929. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-name-of-jesus
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The name of Jesus?
The words of The name of Jesus were written by George W. Bethune; the version here was published in 1929. The library holds 2 more hymns by George W. Bethune, including It Is Not Death to Die and Singing and Working for Jesus.
Is The name of Jesus public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The New Christian Hymnal, published in 1929. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The name of Jesus?
The name of Jesus is in 8.7.8.7 with refrain. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Even Me, The Great Physician and What Child Is This.