Sing to the great Jehovah’s praise

Sing to the great Jehovah’s praise. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788). First published in a pamphlet, Hymns for New Year’s Day (1749/50), in three 8-line stanzas. It was not included in John Wesley*’s Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists (1780), but it appeared in the 1831 edition with Supplement, divided into 6 stanzas, and in this form it has been included in all subsequent Methodist hymnbooks in Britain. In MHB and subsequent books the final four lines have been omitted. The original text was as follows:   Sing to the great Jehovah’s praise!  All praise to him belongs,Who kindly lengthens out our days,  Demands our choicest songs:Whose Providence has brought us...