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Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme
Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme
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.
Sung to
- MANOAH — Arranged from Gioachino Rossini, 1851 · C.M.
- ARLINGTON — Thomas Augustine Arne · C.M.
- AZMON — Carl G. Gläser · C.M.
- BEATITUDO — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- DETROIT — William Bradshaw · C.M.
- DUNDEE — Scottish Psalter (Edinburgh), 1615 · C.M.
- EVAN — or 'Eva' William H. Havergal · C.M.
- LEA — James Lea Summers · C.M.
- NEW BRITAIN — Carrell & Clayton · C.M.
- PETER'S ADMONITION — Joshua Raj · C.M.
- RICHMOND — Thomas Haweis · C.M.
- ST. AGNES — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- ST. ANNE — William Croft · C.M.
- ST. ETHELDREDA — Thomas Turton · C.M.
- ST. FLAVIAN — Day's Psalter, 1562 · C.M.
- WINCHESTER OLD — Thomas Est, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1592 · C.M.
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: BALLERMA, CLEANSING FOUNTAIN, CRIMOND, GLASGOW, GRÄFENBERG, MARTYRDOM, MCKEE, ORTONVILLE, ST. MAGNUS, ST. STEPHEN, STRACATHRO.
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- Topics Praise, Faithfulness, Word of God
- Public domain published before 1931
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