Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
68b Ortonville
Words: John Newton, 1779
Music: Thomas Hastings, 1837
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer’s ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fears.
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
’Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.
Dear name! the rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding place;
My never-failing treasury filled
With boundless stores of grace.
In a believer’s ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fears.
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
’Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.
Dear name! the rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding place;
My never-failing treasury filled
With boundless stores of grace.