O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing

Album: Remedy (1738)
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Songfacts®:

  • Charles Wesley wrote "O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing" to celebrate the first anniversary of his conversion on Whit Sunday 1738. It was inspired by a Moravian friend Peter Bohler, who had remarked to him, "If I had a thousand tongues I would praise Christ with them all." The words set the poet's heart aglow and to celebrate the anniversary he wrote the hymn.
  • David Crowder Band recorded "O For A Thousand Tongues" for their 2007 album Remedy. Their eight stanza version includes two additional verses of their own.

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