152. Thy Name We Love, Lord Jesus

7,7,8,7, bis.
by W. Yerbury
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Thy name we love, Lord Jesus;
 
And lowly bow before Thee;
 
And while we live, to Thee we give
 
All blessing, worship, glory;
 
We sing aloud Thy praises,
 
Our hearts and voices blending,
 
’Tis Thou alone we worthy own,
 
Thy beauty’s all transcending.
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Thy name we love, Lord Jesus;
 
It tells God’s love unbounded
 
To ruined man ere time began,
 
Or heaven and earth were founded;
 
Thine is a love eternal,
 
That found in us its pleasure,
 
That brought Thee low to bear our woe,
 
And make us Thine own treasure.
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” (Ephesians 1:4)
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Thy name we love, Lord Jesus;
 
It tells Thy birth so lowly,
 
Thy patience, grace, Thy gentleness,
 
Thy lonely path, so holy;
 
Thou wast the "Man of sorrows";
 
Our grief, too, Thou didst bear it;
 
Our bitter cup Thou drankest up;
 
The thorny crown — didst wear it.
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” (Isaiah 53:3-4)
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” (Matthew 26:39)
“He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.” (Matthew 26:42)
“Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?” (John 18:11)
“And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe.” (John 19:2)
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Thy name we love, Lord Jesus;
 
God’s Lamb — Thou wast ordainèd
 
To bear our sins (Thyself all clean),
 
And hast our guilt sustainèd:
 
We see Thee crowned in glory,
 
Above the heavens now seated,
 
The victory won, Thy work well done,
 
Our righteousness completed.
“Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” (Acts 17:31)
“But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” (1 Peter 1:19)
“Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy hands.” (Hebrews 2:7)
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” (Hebrews 2:9)
“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.” (Hebrews 2:14)
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
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