O Thou, Before the World Began
Author: Charles Wesley
Composer: Frank W. Asper
Languages (4)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- English: O Thou, Before the World Began
- English Braille: ⠠⠕ ⠠⠹⠳⠂ ⠠⠃⠑⠿⠑ ⠮ ⠠⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙ ⠠⠃⠑⠛⠁⠝
- Korean: 창조 이전에
- Tongan: Ne teuʻi pe mei muʻa
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1922 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest known source: Hymns on the Lord’s Supper, John and Charles Wesley (1745).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
The Juvenile Instructor (1866–1929), Jan 1922.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. O thou, before the world began, Ordained a sacrifice for man, And by th’eternal Spirit made An off’ring in the sinner’s stead; Our everlasting Priest art thou, Pleading thy death for sinners now.
2. Thy off’ring still continues new Before the righteous Father’s view. Thyself the Lamb forever slain; Thy priesthood doth unchanged remain. Thy years, O God, can never fail, Nor thy blest work within the veil.
3. Oh, that our faith may never move But stand unshaken as thy love, Sure evidence of things unseen; Now let it pass the years between And view thee bleeding on the tree: My Lord, my God, who dies for me.
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