O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

Words by Charles Wesley, 1740.

Verse 1. Oh, for a thousand tongues, to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my God and King
The triumphs of his grace.

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

Verse 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.

Verse 4. He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the pris’ner free:
His blood can make the foulest clean—
His blood availed for me.

Verse 5. He speaks—and, list’ning to his voice
New life the dead receive;
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.

Verse 6. Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Savior come;
And leap, ye lame, for joy.

Text copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). The words were published in 1740, which places them in the public domain in the United States, so your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.

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