There is no name so sweet on earth

There is no name so sweet on earth. George Washington Bethune* (1805-1862).  This hymn is normally dated 1858. The earliest page scan in Hymnary.org is from an 1859 hymnal of the Dutch Reformed Church (of which Bethune was a minister), Young Singer’s Friend: or, the Lee Avenue Collection of hymns and songs, sacred and secular, suitable for Sabbath schools, social circles, children’s meetings, concerts, anniversaries, etc., edited by Jeremiah Johnson (New York, 1859). The ‘Lee Avenue’ in the title may refer to a DRC church of that name. The book’s verso pages are headed ‘Lee Avenue Collection’.  In 1859 the hymn was headed ‘The Name of Jesus’. The text was as follows:  There is no name so...