O For A Thousand Tongues

Text by Charles Wesley

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About this hymn

Date: 1740
Tune: Azmon
Composer: Carl Gotthelf Gläser
Key: Ab
Meter: 8 6 8 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Assurance, Atonement, Blood, Church in Heaven (Church Victorious/Church Triumphant), Church on Earth (Church Militant), Comfort.

Ps 96:1-3 · 1Pt 1:18-19 · Rev 5:11-13 · Eph 2:8-9 · Lk 7:7

Musical background

Azmon is presented in the source key of Ab, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Charles Wesley, 1740. Music: 'Azmon' Carl G. Gläser, 1828. Setting: Lowell Mason, 1839. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2007 Revision.