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There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worthAuthor (refrain): Anonymous; Author: Frederick WhitfieldTune: O, HOW I LOVE JESUS Published in 438 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, SibeliusAudio files: MIDI | ||
1 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.
Refrain:
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!
2 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. [Refrain]
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. [Refrain]
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. [Refrain]
5 It tells of One whose loving heart
Can feel my deepest woe;
Who in each sorrow bears a part
That none can bear below. [Refrain]
6 It bids my trembling heart rejoice;
It dries each rising tear;
It tells me, in a “still small voice,”
To trust and never fear. [Refrain]
7 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. [Refrain]
8 This Name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God. [Refrain]
9 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. [Refrain]
Timeless Truths
Whitfield, Frederick, B.A., son of H. Whitfield, was born at Threapwood, Shropshire, Jan. 7, 1829, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his B.A. in 1859. On taking Holy Orders, he was successively curate of Otley, vicar of Kirby-Ravensworth, senior curate of Greenwich, and Vicar of Stanza John's, Bexley. In 1875 he was preferred to St. Mary's, Hastings. Mr. Whitfield's works in prose and verse number upwards of thirty, including Spiritual unfolding from the Word of Life; Voices from the Valley Testifying of Jesus; The Word Unveiled; Gleanings from Scripture, &c. Several of his hymns appeared in his Sacred Poems and Prose, 1861, 2nd Series, 1864; The Casket, and Quiet Hours in the Sanctuary. The hymn by which he is most wid… Go to person page >| First Line: | There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worth |
| Title: | Oh, How I Love Jesus |
| Author (refrain): | Anonymous |
| Author: | Frederick Whitfield |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | Oh, how I love Jesus, |
| Instances (21) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| African American Heritage Hymnal #291 | There is a name I love to hear | O How I Love Jesus | O How I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield, 1829-1904 | 8.6.8.6 D | 1 John 5:19 | HOW I LOVE JESUS | A Flat Major | 2001 | ||||||||
| Baptist Hymnal 1991 #217 | There is a name I love to hear | Oh, How I Love Jesus | Oh, how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield | 8.6.8.6 with refrain | 1 Peter 1:8 | OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS | A Flat Major | 1991 | ||||||||
| Baptist Hymnal 2008 #560 | There is a name I love to hear | Oh, How I Love Jesus | Oh, how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield | Anonymous | 8.6.8.6 with refrain | OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS | G Major or modal | English | 2008 | |||||||
| Celebrating Grace Hymnal #601 | There is a name I love to hear | O How I Love Jesus | O how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield | 8.6.8.6 D | O HOW I LOVE JESUS | G Major or modal | 2010 | |||||||||
| Celebration Hymnal #92 | There is a Name I love to hear | O How I Love Jesus | O how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield | 8.6.8.6 with refrain | 1 Peter 1:8 | O HOW I LOVE JESUS | G Major or modal | English | 1997 | |||||||
| Chalice Hymnal #99 | There is a name I love to hear | O, How I Love Jesus | O, how I love Jesus | anon.; Frederick Whitfield | O, HOW I LOVE JESUS | G Major or modal | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Church Family Worship #228 | There is a Redeemer | Irregular | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #111 | There is a name I love to hear | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Complete Mission Praise #672 | There is a name I love to hear | Irregular | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Complete Mission Praise #673 | There is a Redeemer | Irregular | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Hymns of Faith #281 | There is a name I love to hear | O, How I Love Jesus | O, how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield | John 20:31; 1 John 4:19 | [There is a name I love to hear] | G Major or modal | 1980 | |||||||||
| Lift Every Voice and Sing II: an African American hymnal #95 | There is a name I love to hear | O How I Love Jesus | O how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield (1829-1904) | [There is a name I love to hear] | A Flat Major | English | 1993 | |||||||||
| Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #676 | There is a name I love to hear | Oh, How I Love Jesus | Oh! how I love Jesus! | Frederick Whitfield | Sean Ivory | OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS | F Major or modal | 2013 | |||||||||
| Revival Hymns and Choruses #118 | There is a name I love to hear | O How I Love Jesus | O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield, 1829-1904 | John W. Peterson, 1921- | [There is a name I love to hear] | G Major | English | 1982 | ||||||||
| Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #248 | There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worth | [There is a name I love to hear] | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Sing Glory: Hymns, Psalms and Songs for a New Century #396 | There is a Redeemer | Irregular | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| The Christian Life Hymnal #62 | There is a name I love to hear | Oh, How I Love Jesus | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| The New Century Hymnal #52 | There is a name I love to hear | There Is a Name I Love to Hear (O How I Love Jesus) | O how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield | 8.6.8.6 with refrain | Mark 6:47-52 | O HOW I LOVE JESUS | G Major or modal | 1995 | ||||||||
| The United Methodist Hymnal #170 | There is a name I love to hear | O How I Love Jesus | O how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield | 8.6.8.6 D | O HOW I LOVE JESUS | A Flat Major | English | 1989 | ||||||||
| The Worshiping Church #509 | There is a name I love to hear | O, How I Love Jesus | O, how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitefield; Anonymous | 8.6.8.6 with refrain | Acts 4:12; 1 John 4:19 | O, HOW I LOVE JESUS | G Major | English | 1990 | |||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #109 | There is a name I love to hear | O, How I Love Jesus | O, how I love Jesus | Frederick Whitfield, 1829-1904 | 8.6.8.6 with refrain | John 8:33-36; John 2:25; 1 John 4:19; Isaiah 53:4; Philippians 2:10; Acts 4:12 | O, HOW I LOVE JESUS | G Major or modal | 2001 |
