Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

O Lord... thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power. Psa. 145:10-12; Lk. 4:18-19
I heard... thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb. Rev. 5:11-13
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1. Oh, for a thou - sand tongues to sing My great Re - deem - er’s praise,
2. My gra - cious Mas - ter and my God, As - sist me to pro - claim,
3. Je - sus! the name that charms our fears, That bids our sor - rows cease,
4. He breaks the pow’r of can - celed sin, He sets the pris - ’ner free,
5. He speaks, and, lis - t’ning to His voice, New life the dead re - ceive,

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6. Glo - ry to God, and praise and love Be ev - er, ev - er giv’n,

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My great Re - deem - er’s praise, The glo - ries of my God and king,
As - sist me to pro - claim, To spread through all the earth a - broad,
That bids our sor - rows cease— ’Tis mu - sic in the sin - ner’s ears,
He sets the pris - ’ner free; His blood can make the foul - est clean,
New life the dead re - ceive, The mourn - ful, bro - ken hearts re - joice,

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Be ev - er, ev - er giv’n By saints be - low and saints a - bove,

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1. The tri - umphs of His grace, The tri - umphs of

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The tri - umphs of His grace, The tri - umphs of His grace,
The hon - ors of Thy name, The hon - ors of Thy name,
’Tis life, and health, and peace, ’Tis life, and health, and peace,
His blood a - vailed for me, His blood a - vailed for me,
The hum - ble poor be - lieve, The hum - ble poor be - lieve,

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The church in earth and heav’n, The church in earth and heav’n,

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His grace, The tri umphs of His grace!

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The tri - umphs of His grace, The tri - umphs of His grace!
The hon - ors of Thy name, The hon - ors of Thy name.
’Tis life, and health, and peace, ’Tis life, and health, and peace.
His blood a - vailed for me, His blood a - vailed for me.
The hum - ble poor be - lieve, The hum - ble poor be - lieve.

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The church in earth and heav’n, The church in earth and heav’n.
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WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1739. MUSIC: “Lyngham”; Thomas Jarman, ca.1803. Public Domain.