O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Charles Wesley
GenreHymn
Written1739
TextCharles Wesley
Based onPsalm 35:28
Meter8.6.8.6
Melody"Azmon" by Carl G. Glaser, arranged by Lowell Mason

"O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" is a Christian hymn written by Charles Wesley.[1][2] The hymn was placed first in John Wesley's A Collection of Hymns for the People Called Methodists published in 1780. It was the first hymn in every (Wesleyan) Methodist hymnal from that time until the publication of Hymns and Psalms in 1983.[3]

  1. ^ Foust, Michael (2004-12-31). "James Sullivan's faith, wit, leadership remembered at service". Baptist Press. Southern Baptist Convention. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  2. ^ According to the use of the Episcopal Church. The Hymnal 1982. The Church Hymnal Corporation, 1982, hymn number 493
  3. ^ Watson, J.R.; Trickett, K. (1988). Companion to Hymns and Psalms. Methodist Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-946550-15-9.

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