Turn up the volume on this one–O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing, by Charles Wesley. And read the lyrics: Wesley’s lyrics are always teaching, always bringing out treasure from the Scriptures.
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‘O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing’ (Charles Wesley)
I wish I knew who was singing this, so I could give them credit: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing, by Charles Wesley. Listen, and follow the lyrics: this is much of the New Testament, set to music. Let it fortify our spirits for the day.
Encore, ‘O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing’
Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band perform O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing.
This is the hymn the old-fashioned way. This is how George Washington would have heard it, in his lifetime.
‘O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing,’ Old-Style
You might not quickly recognize this as the traditional hymn, O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing–because this is the way it was sung 300 years ago.
Thanks to reader “Fiat Lux,” I now know that the lead singer here, Maddy Prior, is also the woman who sang that wonderful rendition of To Be a Pilgrim, which I posted yesterday. She is an English folk singer with a career that started way back in the 1960s. Oh, what a voice!
By Request, ‘O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing’
Linda, you asked for it, so here it is–O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing.
I hope my readers like this rendition by the David Crowder Band. It’s not quite the way they have it in the Methodist hymn book. But the lyrics are right, the spirit is there, and the message is intact.
In posting all these hymns and worship songs, I’ve become much more receptive to some of the more modern treatments of this music.
But it’s still hard to beat the lady playing the piano.
‘O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing’
One more hymn, today, a much-loved Charles Wesley classic–O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing. This is from the Church of the Redeemer in Morristown, NJ, 2008.
By Request, ‘O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing’
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, choir and full orchestra, O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing–wow! Thanks to Linda for requesting it.
Does anybody know if this hymn also has Christmas lyrics? I have a feeling that it does.