{"id":8848,"date":"2025-12-14T10:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-238-how-sweet-the-name-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:55","slug":"hymn-238-how-sweet-the-name-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-238-how-sweet-the-name-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 238 HOW SWEET THE NAME! Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 238 HOW SWEET THE NAME! Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nHow sweet the name of Jesus sounds<br \/>\nIn a believer&#8217;s ear!<br \/>\nIt soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,<br \/>\nAnd drives away his fear.<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nIt makes the wounded spirit whole,<br \/>\nAnd calms the troubled breast;<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis manna to the hungry soul,<br \/>\nAnd to the weary, rest.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nDear name, the rock on which I build,<br \/>\nMy shield and hiding place,<br \/>\nMy neverfailing treasury, filled<br \/>\nWith boundless stores of grace.<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nJesus! my Shepherd, Guardian, Friend,<br \/>\nMy Prophet, Priest, and King!<br \/>\nMy Lord, my life, my way, my end!<br \/>\nAccept the praise I bring.<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\nWeak is the effort of my heart,<br \/>\nAnd cold my warmest thought;<br \/>\nBut when I see Thee as Thou art,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll praise Thee as I ought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 238 HOW SWEET THE NAME! Lyrics &nbsp; 1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer&#8217;s ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; &#8216;Tis manna to the hungry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}