Church Book ‎#217

217. O for a thousand tongues to sing

1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise!
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!

2 My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name.

3 Jesus, the Name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
'Tis music in the sinner's ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace.

4 He breaks the power of cancelled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His Blood availed for me.

5 Look unto Him, ye nations; own
Your God, ye fallen race;
Look, and be saved through faith alone,
Be justified by grace.

6 See all your sins on Jesus laid;
The Lamb of God was slain:
His soul was once an offering made
For every soul of man.

7 Glory to God, and praise, and love,
Be ever, ever given;
By saints below and saints above,
The Church in earth and heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: O for a thousand tongues to sing
• Author: C. Wesley (1740, a.)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Praise to Christ; Circumcision; Name of Christ; New Years Day; Sunday after New Year; Epiphany, Third Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Lent, Third Sunday; Passion Week; Twelfth Sunday after Trinity; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #75 or #260

Tune Information

• Name: ST. MARTIN
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Wm. Tansur, 1785