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610. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

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Text Information
First Line: O for a thousand tongues to sing
Title: O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1739, alt.)
Translator (into Spanish): Federico J. Pagura
Meter: CM
Language: English; Korean; Spanish
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Adoration; The Church; Evangelism (4 more...)
Source: Korean trans. The United Methodist Korean Hymnal Committee
Copyright: Spanish Trans. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House (admin. The Copyright Company) ; Korean Trans. © 2001 The United Methodist Publishing House (admin. The Copyright Company)
Tune Information
Name: AZMON
Composer: Carl Gotthelf Gläser (1828)
Arranger: Lowell Mason (1839)
Meter: CM
Key: G Major


Text Information:

This text comes from an 18-stanza hymn the author wrote to mark the first anniversary of his life-changingconversion experience. It is now customarily the first hymn in Methodist hymnals worldwide. This tune, adapted from a German composer, is the usual North American setting.


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