Psalm 40:3 And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. When Charles Wesley was impressed with the thought that he ought to live a different life to that which he was living, a more distinctly Christian life — he was anxious from this very point to get a satisfactory answer to the question, "Is it necessary to acknowledge Christ openly, to tell to people that I am a Christian?" And, walking in the streets one day, he met a holy, saintly Moravian minister, and he asked him, in the course of conversation, "Is it really necessary that I should openly confess Christ?" That good, blessed man said to him, "If you had a thousand tongues, use them all in telling of your Saviour." Well, he sought and found the great blessing of peace through Jesus Christ; and then you know what followed, and what always comes in Christian experience. He did not need to ask men whether he should tell others that he had found the pearl of great price; he sat down, and he wrote that hymn — Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer's praise, The glories of my God and King, The riches of His grace! Parallel Verses KJV: And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. |
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