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Hymns and Tunes 1876 179

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

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1How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In sinful man! 'twas death and hell! Eternal death, destruction sure— Who, who, what portion could endure!

2But O! the second Adam's name! Redemption comes, Good news, they cry— The holy throng,—let mortal man Descends to earth, God's holy Son.

3And dies for man, then lives again, A victor he the foe hath slain; Abolished death,—oh, wondrous plan! Salvation brought to fallen man.

4Oh! may we be the truly wise, Who seek with all our hearts this prize; Content no more for earth's renown, But look for an immortal crown.

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The verse

Meter
32
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 62% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In sinful man! 'twas death and hell! Eternal death, destruction sure— Who, who, what portion could endure!//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/32A

Verse 2

But O! the second Adam's name! Redemption comes, Good news, they cry— The holy throng,—let mortal man Descends to earth, God's holy Son.˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘///˘/32A

Verse 3

And dies for man, then lives again, A victor he the foe hath slain; Abolished death,—oh, wondrous plan! Salvation brought to fallen man.˘/˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 4

Oh! may we be the truly wise, Who seek with all our hearts this prize; Content no more for earth's renown, But look for an immortal crown.˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/33A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.