O Could I Speak The Matchless Worth
- Words:
- Samuel Medley
- Music:
- Mozart, Arranged by Lowell Mason
Sheet music
- 1O could I speak the matchless worth,O could I sound the glories forth,Which in my Savior shine!I’d soar and touch the heav’nly strings,And vie with Gabriel while he singsIn notes almost divine,In notes almost divine.
- 2I’d sing the precious blood He spilt,My ransom from the dreadful guiltOf sin and wrath divine!I’d sing His glorious righteousness,In which all perfect heav’nly dressMy soul shall ever shine,My soul shall ever shine.
- 3I’d sing the character He bears,And all the forms of love He wears,Exalted on His throne;In loftiest songs of sweetest praise,I would to everlasting daysMake all His glories known,Make all His glories known.
- 4Will, the delightful day will come,When my dear Lord will bring me home,And I shall see His face!Then with my Savior, Brother, Friend,A blest eternity I’ll spend,Triumphant in His grace,Triumphant in His grace.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1789, the words are in 808 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.