A Name I Highly Treasure

I just heard this song a bit ago and my, how the words stir my heart each time I hear them!

A Name I Highly Treasure

I’ve learned to know a name I highly treasure;

Oh, how it thrills my spirit thro’ and thro’.

Oh, precious name, beyond degree or measure,

My heart is stirred whene’er I think of You.

My heart is stirred whene’er I think of Jesus.

That blessed name that sets the captive free.

The only name through which I find salvation;

No name on earth has meant so much to me.

That name brings gladness to a soul in sorrow.

It makes life’s shadows and its clouds depart.

Brings strength in weakness for today, tomorrow,

That name brings healing to an aching heart.

My heart is stirred whene’er I think of Jesus.

That blessed name that sets the captive free.

The only name through which I find salvation;

No name on earth has meant so much to me.

That name still lives, and will live on forever;

While kings and kingdoms will forgotten be.

Through mist and rain ‘twill be beclouded never;

That name shall shine, and shine eternally.

My heart is stirred whene’er I think of Jesus.

That blessed name that sets the captive free.

The only name through which I find salvation;

No name on earth has meant so much to me.

(Oscar C. Eliason)