O For the Tongue of an Angel

Top Media Text Author Text Info Tune Page Scans Instances

O for the tongue of an angel

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [O for the tongue of an angel]
Published in 2 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 O for the tongue of an angel,
To sing my Redeemer’s praise;
Surely His tender compassion
Has followed me all my days.
Out of my bondage He brought me,
Astonished His love I trace;
Once I was led by the tempter,
But now I’m a child of grace.
O for the tongue of an angel,
To sing my Redeemer’s praise;
Surely His tender compassion
Has followed me all my days.

2 O for a voice like a trumpet,
So loud that the world might hear;
Gladly I’d publish redemption,
Through Jesus my friend so dear.
Over the regions of darkness,
I’d sing of His love so free;
Ever repeating the story
Of what He has done for me.
O for a voice like a trumpet,
So loud that the world might hear;
Gladly I’d publish redemption,
Through Jesus my friend so dear.

3 Lost in the depths of His mercy,
And filled with His infinite love!
Upward my spirit is rising,
Away to its home above.
Glory to Jesus, all glory,
That when His dear face I see;
I’ll thank and adore Him forever,
For what He has done for me.
Lost in the depths of His mercy,
And filled with His infinite love!
Upward my spirit is rising,
Away to its home above.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #8284

All representative texts • Compare texts ^ top

Author: Fanny Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

^ top

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	O for the tongue of an angel
Title:	O For the Tongue of an Angel
Author:	Fanny Crosby
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.7 D
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O for the tongue of an angel
Copyright:	Public Domain