Bereansearching Bible Studies

Introduction: a hymn for every believer for every day

“O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing” is a hymn authored by Charles Wesley (1739)

The following is condensed/abridged version* of the original hymn:

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!

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

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.

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.

5 Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Savior come;
And leap, ye lame, for joy. Amen.

Three things to remember from the above:

1. Matthew 24:14, “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.“
2. The last verse of the hymn (in this version) relates to spiritual results of the proclamation of the Gospel of Salvation through the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ and the subsequent, resultant, healing of the deaf, dumb, blind, and lame. These speak to the Spiritual healing that pertains to eternal life in Heaven, which can only come via the Atoning Sacrifice of The Lord Jesus Christ. For more on that point, please see “The Hearing Ear and the Seeing Eye“
3. Once in Heaven, the believers will all have the privilege and joy of praising their Savior forever for His love in saving His people from the just penalty for their sins, by, and for, His Sacrifice in making them righteous in the eyes of God.

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