A beautiful beautiful song. It echoes & reiterates the riches of redemption in Christ as the scriptures teach.
It captures our redemption by grace & our responsibility of proclaiming the eternal triumph of that great Shepherd of the sheep to the world. Oh! how lovely our Saviour is; He has redeemed the world to Himself, O that the world receives His redemption
I just sang it now and one of the one you said has been removed out of nineteen stanza is the one I love: 'i felt my Lord atoning blood close to my soul applied
Me, me he loved the son of God, for me for me he died.
“O For a Thousand Tongues” was written in 1749 on the eleventh anniversary of Charles Wesley’s own conversion experience. It is believed that it may have been inspired by a remark Peter Bohler, a Moravian leader, who exclaimed, “Had I a thousand tongues, I would praise Christ Jesus with all of them. ” The hymn originally had nineteen stanzas and when first published was titled, “For the Anniversary Day of One’s Conversion. ” Most of the verses no longer used deal with Wesley’s conversion experiences. For example:
“I felt my Lord’s atoning blood close to my soul applied
Me, me He loved—the Son of God—for me, for me, He died. ”
My husband and I just sang this hymn together sitting in our backyard doing our evening devotions. We choose to sing our great Redeemer’s praise in the midst of this worldwide covid-19 situation!
I love this hymn, always fills my heart with joy anytime I sing. Thank you for making all the verses handy online, now I can sing joyfully remembering all the words.