Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JESUS THE NAME MOST HIGH, by CHARLES WESLEY


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First Line: Jesus, the name high over all
Last Line: Behold, behold the lamb!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


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

Jesus, the name to sinners dear--
The name to sinners given:
It scatters all their guilty fear;
It turns their hell to heaven.

Jesus, the pris'ner's fetters breaks,
And bruises Satan's head;
Power into strengthless souls He speaks,
And life into the dead.

O that the world might taste and see
The riches of His grace;
The arms of love that compass me,
Would all mankind embrace.

His only righteousness I show--
His saving truth proclaim:
'Tis all my business here below,
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!





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