Church Ceremony

1. O Jesus, joy of loving hearts,
The fount of life, the light of men,
From all the pleasures each impart,
We turn unfilled to you again

2. We taste and eat, O living bread
And long to feast upon you till;
We drink of you, the fountain-head
Our thirsting souls again you fill.

3. Your truth unchanged has ever stood;
You save all those who on you call;
To them that seek you are all good,
To them that find you are their all.

1. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer'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;
It'manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary, rest,

3. Dear name, the rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding-place
My never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace

4. Jesus! My shepherd, brother, friend,
My prophet, priest and king,
My lord, my life, my way, my end,
Accept the praise I bring.

5. Weak is the effort of my heart
And cold my warmest thought,
But when I see thee as your are,
I'll praise thee as I ought.

6. Till then I would thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath
And may the music of your name
Refresh my soul in death!

1. The lord's my shepherd, I'll not want
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green he leadeth me
The quiet waters by

2. My spirit he restores again
My life he does reclaim
He guides me into righteousness
To glorify his name

3. Although I walk in death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For you are with me and your rod
And staff my comfort still

4. My table you have well prepared,
In presence of my foes
My head you do with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows

5. Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me
And in god's house for evermore
My dwelling place shall be.