That Name

"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins..." -Matthew 1:21

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"Wonderful name, how my heart thrills to hear it- the name of my risen Redeemer and King! It falls like music of heaven on my spirit, and fills me with rapture divine while I sing. Jesus, wonderful name! Sweeter than all the world to me; Jesus, ever the same, now through all eternity."

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Oh, that name! That rings with a sound to pierce the air
and pierce the hearts of stone,
That name whose music is soft to the ears of the aching, and whose
strength upholds the weary who are planted on the soil of the race.
That name brilliantly colored across the eternal skies, and sung
from the lips of every nation in a thousand different words, as they
lift up their forgiven hands in praise.
That name majestically carried by the courts of the winds, to where
the mountains and the trees herald their King, and swiftly on
to delve into the deepest valley and to the ocean’s floor, where even
the tumbling sand cries out His name.
That name that is declared day and night, from the pulpits of those who
were called to lead, and to announce the greatness and the healing
found in the splendor of the Lord, who they again and again proclaim
among the church, the body, the pardoned and purchased.
That name that healed, and forgave, and promised, and taught, and loved,
and endures. That name that is adorned in glory, upheld in honor,
clothed in greatness, mantled with righteousness, marked with mercy.
That name that is Jesus.

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"No voice can sing, no heart can frame, nor can the memory find a sweeter sound than Jesus' name, the Savior of man kind.