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Text: | O for a thousand tongues to sing |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-88 |
Tune: | OXFORD NEW |
Composer (attributed to): | George Coombes |
1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace!
2 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.
3 *He breaks the power of cancelled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood availed for me.
4 He speaks; and, listening to his voice,
New life the dead receive,
The mournful broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.
5 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come;
And leap, ye lame, for joy!
6 My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim
And spread through all the earth abroad
The honours of thy name.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O for a thousand tongues to sing |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-88 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | St. Luke: October 18th; Sickness and Healing |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | OXFORD NEW |
Composer (attributed to): | George Coombes |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Isaac Smith's Psalmody, 1770; 'Mr Combes' in Twenty Psalms, 1775 |