There is a word that melts my heart,
No other moves me so;
For me no other can impart—
What this word Both bestow.
"Jesus" is my unrivaled word;
A golden word to me;
For in its sound all these I've heard,
Love, pardon, life for thee!
This word is with me in the dark
I hear it on the wild;
It sheds a light upon my path
And I am reconciled.
In the loud storms it soundeth clear;
And oft I bless this word;
It tells me that my help is near,
That my faint cry is heard.
Would I exchange this word for ought
Of gold or costly gems?
Ah, no! a world to it were naught,
Though piled with diadems.