Common Tune

Hymn

Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme

DUNDEE · C.M. · words Isaac Watts · music Scottish Psalter (Edinburgh), 1615

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Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme when prom dy pow'r bound For He ise ing a less speak And The them y ed, His some make might wretch sound please, shines; men; broad; thing; as sal His my can that graved claim of gin, tongue, And dash in va won 1. Be Tell 5. He 4. En 3. Pro 2. to nal the ful ly worlds ter And death, brass Lord ness theme from whole e tion drous some faith heav'n great last mor form ter Ful de ing tal ing nal the our an His er im per e fills ev crees. lines. pen. God. king. and the has sweet y speaks, can hand the might that Those pow'rs writ prom works, Nor He His Sing The y ness cred His ier With And Of breath rase word grace, name al of the ise or dark sa of might might Isaac Watts, 1707 DUNDEE C.M. Scottish Psalter (Edinburgh), 1615
Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme when prom dy pow'r bound For He ise ing a less speak And The them y ed, His some make might wretch sound please, shines; men; broad; thing; as sal His my can that graved claim of gin, tongue, And dash in va won 1. Be Tell 5. He 4. En 3. Pro 2. to nal the ful ly worlds ter And death, brass Lord ness theme from whole e tion drous some faith heav'n great last mor form ter Ful de ing tal ing nal the our an His er im per e fills ev crees. lines. pen. God. king. and the has sweet y speaks, can hand the might that Those pow'rs writ prom works, Nor He His Sing The y ness cred His ier With And Of breath rase word grace, name al of the ise or dark sa of might might Isaac Watts, 1707 DUNDEE C.M. Scottish Psalter (Edinburgh), 1615

1.Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme
And speak some boundless thing;
The mighty works, or mightier name
Of our eternal king.

2.Tell of His wondrous faithfulness
And sound His power abroad;
Sing the sweet promise of His grace,
And the performing God.

3.Proclaim salvation from the Lord
For wretched, dying men;
His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen.

4.Engraved as in eternal brass
The mighty promise shines;
Nor can the powers of darkness rase
Those everlasting lines.

5.He that can dash whole worlds to death,
And make them when He please,
He speaks, and that almighty breath
Fulfills His great decrees.

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