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O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace. |
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My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad, The honors of Thy name. |
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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. |
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His love my heart has captive made, His captive would I be, For He was bound, and scourged and died, My captive soul to free. |
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He breaks the power of canceled sin, He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood availed for me. |
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So now Thy blessed Name I love, Thy will would e’er be mine. Had I a thousand hearts to give, My Lord, they all were Thine! |
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Piano Hymns
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Miami, Florida, United States
Such a beautiful song & melody with such a profound meaning! I grew up on it & it yet remains very dear to me.
Accra, Ghana
This song takes away any burden of a sort ...
Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria
A beautiful beautiful song. It echoes & reiterates the riches of redemption in Christ as the scriptures teach.
It captures our redemption by grace & our responsibility of proclaiming the eternal triumph of that great Shepherd of the sheep to the world. Oh! how lovely our Saviour is; He has redeemed the world to Himself, O that the world receives His redemption
Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
I just sang it now and one of the one you said has been removed out of nineteen stanza is the one I love: 'i felt my Lord atoning blood close to my soul applied
Me, me he loved the son of God, for me for me he died.
United States
“O For a Thousand Tongues” was written in 1749 on the eleventh anniversary of Charles Wesley’s own conversion experience. It is believed that it may have been inspired by a remark Peter Bohler, a Moravian leader, who exclaimed, “Had I a thousand tongues, I would praise Christ Jesus with all of them. ” The hymn originally had nineteen stanzas and when first published was titled, “For the Anniversary Day of One’s Conversion. ” Most of the verses no longer used deal with Wesley’s conversion experiences. For example:
“I felt my Lord’s atoning blood close to my soul applied
Me, me He loved—the Son of God—for me, for me, He died. ”
Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
My husband and I just sang this hymn together sitting in our backyard doing our evening devotions. We choose to sing our great Redeemer’s praise in the midst of this worldwide covid-19 situation!
Kent, United Kingdom
JESUS... the name above all names!
Highly inspiring hymn. O for a thousand tongues to sing my redeemer praise.... 🎶👑🎵🎶🎵🎼
Harare, Zimbabwe
beautiful hymn
Lakeland, Florida, United States
Love this song!!
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
I love this hymn, always fills my heart with joy anytime I sing. Thank you for making all the verses handy online, now I can sing joyfully remembering all the words.
Good work done Kudos