No. 234

Jesus! The Name High Over All

Words by Charles Wesley


Jesus! The name high over all,
in hell or earth or sky;
Angels and men before it fall,
and devils fear and fly;
And devils fear and fly.

Jesus! The name to sinners dear,
the name to sinners giv'n;
It scatters all their guilty fear,
it turns their hell to Heav'n:
It turns their hell to Heav'n.

Jesus! The prison'r's fetters breaks,
and bruises Satan's head;
Pow'r into strengthless souls it speaks,
and life into the dead;
And life into the dead.

His only righteousness I show,
His saving grace proclaim;
'Tis all my business here below
to cry behold the Lamb;
To cry behold the Lamb!

Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp His name,
preach Him to all and cry in death,
behold, behold the Lamb:
Behold, behold the Lamb!


Main tune

"Lydia" - Thomas Phillips

Alternate tune 1

"Gräfenberg" - Johann Crüger

Alternate tune 2

"Coronation" - Oliver Holden