A HYMN FOR THE HOLY NAME
Late 15th century, Translated by John Mason and Robert F. Neill
1
To the name that brings salvation
Praise
and honour let us pay,
Which
for many a generation
Hid
in God's foreknowledge lay,
But
to every tongue and nation
Holy
Church proclaims today.
2
Jesus--be that name we treasure,
Name
beyond that words can tell;
Name
of gladness, name of pleasure,
Ear
and heart delighting well;
Name
of sweetness, passing measure,
Freeing
souls from sin's dark spell.
3
Name that calls for adoration,
Name
that speaks of victory,
Name
for grateful meditation
In
the vale of misery,
Name
for loving veneration
By
the citizens on high.
4
Name that whosoever preaches
Makes
sweet music to the ear;
Who
in prayer this name beseeches
Finds
divinest comfort near;
Joyful
then the heart that reaches
To
embrace that name so dear.
5
Name by hard-won right exalted
Over
every other name;
And
when man was sore assaulted
Put
the enemy to shame:
Strength
to them that else had halted,
Sight
to blind, and health to lame.
6
Jesu, we thy name adoring,
Long
to see thee as thou art:
Of
thy clemency imploring
So
to write it in our heart,
That
hereafter, upward soaring,
We
with angels may have part.
7
Where thou reignest with the Father,
Thou
the everlasting Son,
Where
with the eternal Spirit,
Threefold
God, yet ever One,
May
our eyes behold the splendour
When
our earthly course is done.
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