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Song: O for a thousand tongues to sing
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1. Song: O for a thousand tongues to sing
This is hymn #349 in the hymnal.

2. Song: O for a thousand tongues to sing
Verse routePsalms 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. [kjv]
Verse routeαγαλλιασαιντο και ευφρανθειησαν οι θελοντες την δικαιοσυνην μου και ειπατωσαν δια παντος μεγαλυνθητω ο κυριος οι θελοντες την ειρηνην του δουλου αυτου [lxx]
Verse route35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι η γλωσσα μου μελετησει την δικαιοσυνην σου ολην την ημεραν τον επαινον σου [lxx]



The hymn "O for a thousand tongues to sing" was written by Charles Wesley and is based on Psalm 35:28 The hymn title is based on the original 7th stanza of the 18 stanza poem.
"He wrote for Sunday, May 21, 1739—the first anniversary of his conversion on Pentecost Sunday, or Whitsunday as it was known then" (umcdiscpleship.org)

3. Psalms 35:27
   Psalms 35:27 
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KJV: Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Hebrew: ירנו וישמחו חפצי צדקי ויאמרו תמיד יגדל יהוה החפץ שלום עבדו׃
Greek: αγαλλιασαιντο και ευφρανθειησαν οι θελοντες την δικαιοσυνην μου και ειπατωσαν δια παντος μεγαλυνθητω ο κυριος οι θελοντες την ειρηνην του δουλου αυτου

4. Psalms 35:28
   Psalms 35:28 
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KJV: And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Hebrew: ולשוני תהגה צדקך כל היום תהלתך׃
Greek: και η γλωσσα μου μελετησει την δικαιοσυνην σου ολην την ημεραν τον επαινον σου

5. Words: Charles Wesley

6. Songs: Charles Wesley
Some popular hymns by Charles Wesley include the following.


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7. Words

8. Whitsun
In England, going back to before the Middle Ages, Pentecost was, and still is, known as "Whitsun" for "White Sunday" when those to be baptized would wear white. Paul writes the following.
Verse route1 Corinthians 16:8 I will tary at Ephesus untyll whit sontyde. [ty]

(Middle English Tyndale)
Verse routeBut Y schal dwelle at Efesi, `til to Witsuntide. [wy]

(Middle English Wycliffe)
Verse routeBut I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. [kjv]



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9. Music
Music: O for a thousand tongues to sing
Carl Glaser in 1828 wrote the basis of the tune for "O for a thousand tongues to sing" called Amazon.

In 1839, Lowel Mason (1792-1872), American church musician, arranged the tune.

10. Tune: Lowel Mason

11. Lowel Mason tunes

12. Verse 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!

13. Verse 2
My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread thro' all the earth abroad
the honors of your name.

14. 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.

15. Verse 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.

16. Verse 5
To God all glory, praise, and love
be now and ever given
by saints below and saints above,
the Church in earth and heaven.

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