Take the Name of Jesus With You
Lillian Baxter wrote the words to this Baptist invitation song, 'Take the Name of Jesus With You' in 1870. Baxter was born in Petersburg, New York and let to Christ by a Baptist Missionary, along with her sister. They helped the missionary, Eben Tucker to establish the local Baptist church there. Later, she married and moved to New York City where she opened her home to many religious leaders while meetings were being held there. Although she was an invalid as an adult, she continued to actively support the Church and evangelism for Christ through writing and her music. Others would marvel at the way she triumphed over pain and confinement and often asked: 'How do you do it?' 'I have some very special armour,' she would reply. 'A secret weapon?' her friends would jokingly ask. 'Oh, no,' she would say. 'You see, I have the name of Jesus, and I use that name as my special protection' when the tempter tries to make me blue or despondent, I mention the name of Jesus, and he can't get through to tempt me anymore.' 'Take the Name of Jesus With You' was written by Mrs Baxter on her sick bed just four years before her death in 1874 at the age of 65. Throughout her lifetime she was known as an avid student of the Bible who loved to discuss the significance of scriptural names with her friends. W. Howard Doane wrote the tune to Baptist invitation song 'Take the Name of Jesus With You' to be published in a hymnal called Pure Gold.

Take the Name of Jesus with you,
Child of sorrow and of woe,
It will joy and comfort give you;
Take it then, where'er you go.

Refrain
Precious Name, O how sweet!
Hope of earth and joy of Heav'n.
Precious Name, O how sweet!
Hope of earth and joy of Heav'n.

2 Take the Name of Jesus ever,
As a shield from every snare;
If temptations round you gather,
Breathe that holy Name in prayer.

3 O the precious Name of Jesus!
How it thrills our souls with joy,
When His loving arms receive us,
And His songs our tongues employ!

4 At the Name of Jesus bowing,
Falling prostrate at His feet,
King of kings in heav'n we'll crown Him,
When our journey is complete.