worship tongue twisters

Historic hymns and salvation history songs are a magnificent blend of the theological and the beautiful.  Poets have long been drawn to the lyrics of church music while the musicians themselves could write melodies that would lift with the theological insight.  Recently I was thinking of a song from my childhood written by William Clark Martin, entitled "Still Sweeter Everyday".  The chorus goes like this:
The half cannot be fancied, this side the golden shore, O there! He'll be still sweeter than He ever was before.
​As I sang it in my head I was reminded of the fast tempo and how it was hard to say the phrases and stay with the music at the same time.
In fact, you would hold "O There!" for a while and then rush "He'll be still sweeter than He ever was before!"  The song may still be a challenge, but the truth abides.  Praise God!