PR E F A C E .

TH E F o un d ers of M e th o d i s m we re w ell aware of th e i m

po rta n c e of hy m n s an d p s a l m s as a i ds to a rel igi o u s l i fe .

J oh n W esley p ubl i sh e d a sm all v o lu m e ‘

for th is p u rp o s e ,
c
b e fo re th e fi rst S o i e ty was fo r m e d ; an d d u rin g t h e y ear
1 73 9 h e p ubl i sh e d a mu h larg er c .
vo lu m e ,
c o n tai ni ng
sele c t i o n s fr o m v ar i o u s au th o rs w i th m an y ,
of hi s br o the r
C harle s s
’
o ri g i n a l h y mn s . T h i s b o ok r ea c h e d a th i rd
ed i t io n th e sa me ye ar T he n u m b e rof C ha rl e s W e sley s ’
.

hy mn s , wr i tte n an d pu bl i sh e d up
'

t o ab o u t te n years b e fo re
hi s d eath , was le ss tha n s i x th o u san d N e arly all th ese
“

n ot .

p oe ti c al t ra c ts w er e i n e x ten s i ve d e man d , s o me of th e m
were te n re p ri n te d
of ,
an d l arg e e d i t i on s w er e so l d b o th i n
E n g lan d a n d I relan d .

‘
F r o m th e v ery b e g i n n i n g o f M e th o d i s m th es e hy mn s ,

ha v e b e e n .
m a d e an ab u n d an t b le ss i n g t o th e th o u san d s o f
rea d ers i n t o wh o s e ha n d s th ey ha ve falle n s o m e t im e s as '

,
-

h el p s t o d e vo t i o n fo r i n d i vi d ual C hr i st i a n s ,
'

or i n th e ser
vi c e o f s o n g —a t th e o ut -
d o o r p re a h i n g c as w el l as i n th e
mo r e s o c i al m ean s of g ra c e . T hey h a v e b e e n larg ely u se d
i n t h e w o rk of con v e rs i o n , i n rel i e v i n g d a i ly t o i l a n d e s p e ,

c i a lly in t i me s o f u ff
s er i n g b e rea v e m en t
, , an d d e ath . M o re
th an fi ve hu n d re d i n stan c e s o f th e i r u s e fuln e s s are re c o r d e d
i n th i s vo lu m e , a nd ab o v e tw i c e tha t n u mb er of c
i n i d e n ts
v i Pr efa ce .

c oul d have b een g i ven i f th e p la n o f t h e wo rk had p er

mi tt ed I n th e s e t h e a d v an tag e s o f ea rl y d e vo t i o n t o t he
.

se rvi c e of G o d, an d of a tta c h m e n t t o th e M e th o d i st c lass

an d p rayer m e et i n gs, wi ll b e s e en to be a ma rk e d fe a t ur e .

T he I nd e x w i ll d i r e c t t he rea d er to t he a
p g e s of the

M etfiaa zs t M ag a z i n e, wh er e fuller b i o gra p h i al d e ta i l s w i ll

’
’

c
b e fo un d res p e c t i ng e a h p e rs o n a n d th ese may s e rve c ,

t o i ll u strate a n o th er a d van ta g e ari s i n g fr o m rel igi o n — t h e

t en d e n c y whi c h i t h as t o p ro l on g l i fe , larg e p r o p o rt i o n
a

of th o s e w ho s e n am e s a re th er e re c o r d e d h a vi ng l i ved
to three s c o r e y e a r s a n d t e n , wh il e n o t a few h a ve rea c h ed
fo ur s c o re, a n d s o m e h ave ev en p a ss ed t h r ough t he w hol e
c ours e of a c e n tu ry .

F ro m a t i o n tha t t he h i st o ri c al , b i o g ra p h i c al , a n d
c o nv i c

e x p l an a t o ry i nfo rm at i o n whi ch t h e wo r k c o n ta i n s w i ll b e

fo un d us eful , n o t o nly t o M e th o d i s t s , b ut t o th e rel igi o us

p ub l ig e n er a lly , a n d th at t h e b o o k w i ll b e e sp e i ally
c c
c
we l o me fo r S un d ay rea d i ng, a n d a s a s ui ta b l e w o rk fo r

p r es e n t a t i o n ,
t he a u th o r c o mm en d s it to a ll l o ve r s of

W es l e y H y mn s , i n t h e h op e th a t i t may b e d eeme d i n
’
s

s o me r esp e c t s a no t unwort hy c o mp an i o n t o th o s e i nvalu

ab le c o mp o s i t i ons .

T he au t ho r a ck n o wledg es hi s ob l iga t i o n s t o t h e R ev .

E l ijah H oo e , l D D . .
,
t he R ev . Wi l li am B utt ers, an d o t h er
fri en d s , fo r c on tribu t i ons c
w h i h ha v e a d d ed c o n s i d e ab r ly to

t he i n t er e s t o f t h e v o u me l .

LO NDO N , N ovember 1 7 , 1 86 9 .
 iht mm ortam
C H A RLE S WE S L E Y ,
H Y M N O LO G I S T .

T h ou l
se a e s t u p t he s u m, f u ll of w i s d o m, a nd p f er e c t i n b e aut y T ho u
l lk d
.

wa st u p o n t heh o y m o u nt a i n o f G o d t ho u ha s t w a e up a nd d o wn i n t h e
mi d s t of t he s t o ne s o f fir e —E z z x
”
. . xx
v ii i 1 2 a nd 1 4 . .

B ARD ins pired by love divine ,

Hallowing infl uen ce benign ,

Ever vita l ever rife

, ,

Throbbing warm with inner life

Holy un ction quen chl ess fi re , ,

All c o ncentre in thy lyr e

Wreathe the laurel round thy brow ,

Israel s swee te st singer thou

’
.

W ho like maj esti c l ays

in
Ever voi ced Jehovah s pra ise ? ’ '
'

E ar th is choral with thy song s ,

From her c ountl es s m illion tongues ; -

Girdling the g reat world ar o und ,

Whereso ever ma n is found ,

H ea rts are m elted harps are stru ng , ,

And thy j ubila tes sung .

W h o b e side has hy mn d like thee ’

Jesu s dea th and a go ny

’

Jesu s on the alta r bound

’

Jesus c ru cified and cro w n d ’

He of lo ving t ender hea rt , ,

M eekly be a rin g sorrow s sma rt

’
,

He omnipotent to sa ve
, ,

Con qu ero r, ri sing from th e grave

 mo r za m
'

vi i i [ n M e

Thou hast sou nded a n ala rm ,

Broken S atan s hellish ch a rm’

Sinners star t ing fro m their slee p

, ,

Thou hast wo o d to pray a n d wee p

’

Spoken gen tle w o rd s whi ch prove

W inning as a m o the r s l o ve ’

Softes t sym pathy is thi ne ,

P ouring in the oil and wi ne .

Tenderest patho s c omfort sweet , ,

Ble nd ing in c o n c reti o n me et

Q ui cke ning pow er a n d li fe divine
H e re mysteriously conj o in
Joy unspe ak able and peace , ,

Flow togethe r a n d in crea se

Stre a m s of m ercy d ee p a n d broa d ,

As the pl enitude of G o d .

W o rd s with w o ndrous thoug ht c o mbi ned ,

All e up honi o us a ll refin ed , ,

P ure a nd exqui s itely bright ,

As a di a mond s fl a sh o f light
’

N a t ure s everl a sting rhym e

’

W el co m e as the eveni ng chi me -

,

M ore divine t o listening ea rs

Than the m u s i c of the spheres .

F a ith and courage a t t h y w o rd

'

'

, ,

Fight the ba ttles of the Lord ,

B urn i sh d shields and swords of flame

’ '

C lash i n w a r fo r J esu s na me
’

O n w a rd in the gl o rious strife

Onwa rd grasp the crown of li fe
Battle hymns are heard aro und
-
,

A n d the vi ctor w arri o rs cro wn d

’
-
. r

O er a ffl i c t i o n s waste of woe
’ ’
,

W here the w e eds of s orrow g ro w ,

C o m e thy angel hym n s of love -

L ike soft whi s perings fro m above

Gl a d s o me songs and bliss a re given ,

Grand rehea rsals hymn s o f hea ven , ,

W hile on Pi sga h s top we stand

’

G a zing o e r the pro mi sed l an d

’
.
 Ci z a r les Wes ley H y ma olog zs t ix
’

,
.

At the death b ed o er the grave

-
,
’
,

W here the sable ba nners wa ve ,

Thou has t stru ck the chord of p eace ,

Su ng the d irge of sweet relea se ;

Changed the slo w funereal knell
Int o a triu mphant swell ,

Until gloomy d eath grows bright ’

In the resurrection s ligh t .

As we p ass the surging fl oo d

H angi ng on the a rm of G o d ,

Song s of vi ct o ry bursts of j oy , ,

Still our raptured tongues employ

Songs fo r li fe and songs fo r d ea th
, ,

Shout we wi th o ur lates t breath ,

Burning w ords of vic t ory gi ven ,

Last o n earth and first i n heaven .

Bard of bard s in peerless li g ht

On the empyrea n height ,

All surpassing al l abo ve , ,

In thy ca nti cles of l o ve ,

Joining ha nd s with those who d well

W here etern al anthems swell ,

N ow we wrea the thy deathless brow ,

Israel s sweetest singer tho u

’
.

B E NJAM I N GO U G H .

M o urt r r ra w ,
FA V E RS H A M ,

O ct o ber 1 869 .
 M E T H O D I ST H YM N BO O K

i Ts AS S O C I A T I O N S
‘

AND .

M E T H O D I ST so c ieties and c o ngreg ation s h ave always been

i m pressed and influenc ed g reatly by the power of: sac red
'

song Thi s was a part i of d ivin e w orship ? i n whi ch b o t h

'
' '

~
. .

J ohn and Ch a rl e s W esley took a lively interest fro m the c o m

m e n c e m e n t of their evangelisti c labours ; an d as they both
possessed the gift an d spirit of sacred p oetry, they applied
the m selves to the co m position of hy m n s adapted t o the u se and
.

e d i fi ca t i o n of those who united with the m in the worshi of

p
God Charles W esley will ever be con sidered to b ethe poet of
.

M ethodis m .I n the early years of hi s publi c life h e was al m ost

,

daily exercised i n the co m posi t ion o f hym ns H i s thoughts

'

fl owed i n nu m bers an d his deep feelings of j oy, confidence, an d

,

zeal could find n o adequate ex pression b u t 111 verse H i s hym n s .

were ri ot the produ ction s of a l ively i m a g i ri a t i On ; su ggested by

the beauties of n ature no r were they the fruits of hard m ent a l
,

toil They were th e spontaneou s effusion s of h is heart pro m pted

.
,

by love and gratitude to God and they testify t o his j oyou s

, .

confidence in the divine truth and m ercy and to hi s yearning ,

.

a ffection for t h e souls of redee m ed m e n everywhere Thei r

’

wide spread and en d uring popularity i s chiefly due t o thei r

e m inently experi m e ntal and scrip tural cha racter, and the dis
t i n c t n e s s i n thei r state m ent of doctri ne .

N o m erely hu m a n co m positi on s can co m pare with the m for

’

'

the un iversality of their u se , and for their variety and ad a pta

b il i t y to all the w ants and circum stan ces f life B oth J oh nan d
g A
I 0 J
 T /ze M ethod i s t H y mn Book -
[ H Y . I .

Charles W esley wrote freely on i mport a nt subje c t s previously

to their c onversion but nearly all their hy m n s date their origi n
,

to incidents whi ch followed th e great spiritual change i n their

m inds I s it their purpose to state th e u tter depravity of hu m an
.

nature or the freenes s and fulne ss of the gospel plan of salva

tion or a sense of grateful obligation to the Giver of all good
.

for countles s m erci es r ec eived — they expres s the m selve s i n

verse, w it h a si mpli c ity purity , and p ower, whi ch have n ever ,
‘
be en surpassed by any uninspired writer A part fro m the m any .

beauties of senti m ent and di ction whi c h abound i n the sacred

co m position s o f the W esle ys, th ey c onta i n rr1an y historical
i'

allu sion s an d b iographi cal referen ces wh ich , when intelligently ,

explained , greatly in crease the interest which i s felt i n writings

so widely known and s o extensively u sed The design of these .

notes is to try and m ake the H ym n bo ok m ore instru ctive and -

m ore c on du ci v e to general ed i fi c a t i o n
'

The addition of severa l hu ndred illustrative i n c idents of the

practical u se of the hym n s , will greatly enhan ce the value of
these co m positions .

”
H YM N Oh for a t h o u s an d tongues to s ing F or t he A i m i -

rs i on —TUNE B i r s t a l 1 7 6 1
.

v er s a ry D ay of O fl e s Con v e
’
'

.
, ,

This hym n was written i n M a y 1 73 9 , and was first published

11 H y m n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 740 ”
The i nterest whi c h ,
.

atta c hes to thi s hym n , and the happy circ u m stan c e which it
'

co mm em orates m ay j u stify a state m ent of the particulars

, .

Charles W esley , at the t i m e of his con version , S unday M a y 2 1 , ,

1 7 3 8 , was confined by a severe attack of pleu isy to his roo m in

r
the hou se o f M r Bray, brazier, in Little B rita i n I n his j ou rnal .

h e writes ,
“

F r i d ay M a y 1 9, 1 73 8 —
'

At five thi s m orn ing the pain and

,
.

T heori g i n a l title of e ach hym n w ill be g iven throughout a fter the ,

first line as fa r as it can be asce rta ined tho se i n the supple m ent w i ll
,

b e t aken fro m tha t work when not found wi th the o ri g i n al s The

'

, .

tunes na med after the t i t le s a re those ch o se n by M r W esl ey an d printed ,

”
in the Sacred M el od y 1 7 6 1 Or the Sacred Harm ony 1 7 8 1
“ “
, , , .

The last n a m ed work is som eti mes des ign ated thoug h inc o rrectly as , ,
”
L am pe s Tunes to the Great Fe stiva l Hymns Sacred H a r
’
T he .

m o ny w as republished i n 1 789 with out the words of t h e hymns a n d

’’
, ,

in a mu ch sm aller fo rm Tunes of subsequent d a te are su ch as were .

chose n b the editors of the Hy m n Book after M r W es ley s dea th in

’
y ,

1 79 1 .
HY . L ] an d i ts A s s oci a t i ons .
3
di fficulty i n breathing return ed ? T h e fs urg eo n was sent for, b ut
I fel l asl e ep b efore he c ould bleed m e a se c ond ti me 1 A t seve n .

M r s Turner ca m e , and told m e I s hould not ri se fro m t hat bed

“
t i ll I believed I believed her saying , and asked , H as God ,
.

then , bestowed faith upon you ? ‘Y es , H e has F s elin g an

’
.
’ ' ‘

anti cipat ion of j oy upon her accoun t, and thanking Chri st as I

could, I looked for H i m all night with prayers and sighs , an d
unceasing desires .

“
S a t u r d ay ; M ay 20 I waked m u c h d i s a p po m t ed , and c on
.
-

t inu ed all day 1 n great dej ection , whi ch the Sacram ent did not
i n t h e least abate; N eve rtheless God would n ot suffer me t o ,
'

d oubt t h e truth of H i s pro m ises H e t h en Ope n ed a Testa

'

ment, and read the first words that presented, M att ix 1 . .

'

“
A nd H e entere d into a ship & c I t was a long while before
”
,
.

he could read thi s through for tears of j oy .

T H E D AY O F PE N T E C O S T .M ay — I waked
i n hope an d expectation of H is c o m ing A t nine m y brother .

and so m e friends ca m e and san g a hym n to the H oly Ghost .

M y c o m fo rt and hope were hereby in creased I n about h a l f an .

hour they went I betook m yself to prayer the substan c e as

.
,

follows . 0 J esus , Thou hast said I will co m e u nto you ,

Thou hast said , I will sen d the Co mforter u nto you ; Thou
hast said M y Father an d I will c o m e unto you , and m ake our
,

a bode with yo u “ Thou art God , who can st n ot lie ; I wholl y

"

r ely upo n Thy m ost true pro m ise ; ac c omplish it i n Thy ti m e

'

and m anner ’
. H aving sai d this , I was co mposing m yself to
sleep i n quietness an d peace when I heard one co m e i n an d
,
‘
say, I n the nam e Of J esu s of N azareth , a rise an d believe an d , ,

thou shal t be healed of all th y i n fi rm i t i es The wo rds stru ck .

’

m e t o the heart I lay m using and tre m bling W ith a strange

. .

palpitation of heart , I said , yet feared to say, I believe , I ‘

bel i eve . M r B r ay told M r W esley that hi s si ster had been
ordered by Christ to say t hose words to hi m B y degrees the .

darkness of hi s unbelief was cleared away and i mm ediately he

was thoroughly con v i nced , he fell to intercession Looking into .

the S criptures , he An d n ow, Lord , what i s m y hope ?

Tru ly rriy h ope is e ve n i n Thee ”
A nd again ; H e hath put a
new song in m
.
“

m outh even a thanksgiv i ng unto our God M r

“

y , .

W e sley now fou nd m yself at pea c e with God, and

”
rejoiced in hope of loving Christ .

O n the first ann iversary of this h appy e vent the hy mn wa s

4
writte n whi c h i s n ow pla ced fi i s t in the
? e th odi st H ym n
'
» “M

B ook ”
I t i s the first also i n t h e c ol l e c t i o n s u s ed by other se c
'

1 - - ~
.

tions of the M ethodist fa m ily .

' '
1

The o ri g i n a l h y m n extends to Z e ig h t ee n ve rs e s th e fi rs t o f
'

n
,

whi c h co mm en ces thus

Gl o ry to God a n d pra i s e
, ,
a nd l ove
l
B e ever ev er g ive n
,

and the author proceeds to say, on that gla d d ay t he gloriou s

” “
S u n of Righteou sness arose o n h is benighted s oul, and filled i t
with repose ”
The doctrine of present and i nstant s alvation rs
.

plainly stated , an d was fully de m on strat ed in l u s , s ub s e quen t

li fe The first six stanza s of the ori ginal hym n , and the
fifteenth an d sixtee nth , were o m itted b y J o hn W e sley w
.

hen
he selected the hy m n with whi ch h e co mm en ced hi s c ollection .

T h e fact of its being the first h y m n 1 n th e book has caused it to

be as wid ely known as a n y hym n w
_

h ich was ever written It .

form s a n appropriate introductory hy m n and it occupies a ,

pro m inen t p l ace l n other collections besides M r W e sley s ’

.

The whole co mposition reads like a sketch of t he Chr istia n ,

career of a n ew born so ul i t i s full of Christ , a n

-
d glowing with
,

the desi re to co m m end H i s love t o sinners W hen t he poet .

consult ed Peter B O hl er about praising Chri st, B O hl er replied

H ad I a th ousand tongues , I would praise H i mw
,

ith them
all .
”
Thi s m em orable utterance of the pious M oravian , Charle s
W esley has en shrined i n t his glorious hy m n ; and the sam e
senti m ent is e mb od ied in som e Germ an h y n s as well as i n
‘
m
one by the Rev H F Lyte I n this hy m n as also 1 n m
,

. . . .ost of ,

t h e other in stan ces in which M r J ohn W esley abrid ged h i s

b r othe r s co m positions we observe, once for all that the bes t
’
, ,

verses are selected .

M r Alexander M ather , who was sent out by M r W esley to

travel at the Conferen ce of 1 7 5 7 dur ing the sam e year visited a
poor conde m ned m
,

alefactor 1 n N ottingham Gaol who had been ,

so hardened that he was resolved to be a devil M r M ather .

.was hi m self a you n g convert , and his zeal in trying to rescue

this poor cri m inal was signally owned of God O n the m orning .

of execution he acc om pan ied the wretched m anto the scaffold ,

erected at the outskirt s of the town , where writes M r M ather,

”
,
“
we sung p art of a hy m n
n
a I 11 1 1 ; Oh fo r a thousand tongues to sing !
 T fie M etkba zfist H y mn Book
’ '
-

i sts , w i fe of a l oc al preac h er She was c on vi n c ed of

a nd t h e .
.

sin at the age of fou rt een by re a ding the li fe of M is s B ingha m

, .

She join ed h er m other s c lass , and be c a m e an e x e mplary ’

Chri stian D uring her last illness the fear of death d istre ssed
.
,

her ; but ere the end cam e j oy su cceeded fear and her happi , ,
“
n ess was abounding A mongst her las t word s were , I rest
.

s weetly 1 n the ar m s of Jesu s I have done with the world : I .

a m going ho m e : I shal l see Jesu s as H e is Glory, glory be to . .

God ! ”
And then with surpris ing energy she repeated th e
v erse, c o mm en cing
“
Jesus the name to sinn ers dear &c , , 1

O n t h em orning of her death her peace see med to flow li ke a

river .A s th e end approached , s h e twice raised her h and , '

faintly breathing ou t , Prai se the Lord an d s o sh e fell asleep

in J esu s .

M rs M ary D a y , of W hitefiel d Street Lo n don N orth Circuit, ,

feared the Lord fro m her youth She bore a l o ng a fil i ct i o n . .

with patient resigna tion A s the c losing s c ene dre w nigh , her
.
'

faith and hop e in creased , and w ith e mphasis she repe ated the
lines
Jesus the nam e that charms our fears
, .

”
That bids o ur sorr ows cea se &c
’

.
,

“
H er last words were , J esu s i s pre ciou s .

A nthony T ri ffi t of S t illi n gfeet near Y ork, was c onv in c ed of

, ,

sin whilst hearing a lo cal preacher declare the tru th as it i s m

J esus A t a love feast held i n Y ork s oo n afterwards he found
.
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, ,

pea c e with God whilst the congregation was singing the lines
,

He breaks the power of ca n cel l d sin ’

,
”
He sets the priso ner free &c ,
.

H e be c a me a u seful local preacher and was tran sferred i nto the ,

separated m ini stry i n whi c h he labou red with acceptan c e fo r

,

fifty years Am ong his last w . ords were Blessed Jesu s ”

.

Tho m as M ol i n eu x was born in 1 7 89 H aving a pious .

m other he was early taught the way to heaven , and at the age
,

of ten years enjoyed a clear sen s e of the pardon of sin A s a .

youth he was a ppointe d to lead a class and at that ti m e regu

.

l arl y attended , at M adeley, M rs Fletcher s S unday m orning

’

m eeting, and at her re q uest m ade hi s fi rst atte mpt to preach

the gospel in 1 8 1 5 H e was an earn est i ndustrious , god ly
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m an ; meé t i ng i n c l as s eve ry Sunday at five o c lo c k i n t h e

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m orning Throughout life , a n d i n d ea th, b e m anifest ed entire
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s ub m ission to the will of '

God O n the verge of m ortality , he
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sai d to a friend , wh o as k ed h o w he felt , Free fro m grief , free

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fro m are ; free fro m s in ”
To on e of his daughters , shortly
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before h i s exit , he replied

H is blood ca n make the foulest clea n ,

His bl o od avails for nie .

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W ith a c ountenan c e bea m ing with hope and j oy h e fell asleep

i n Jesus .

Peter Bentley was born at H elms ley F ebruary 2 5 1 7 86 H e , ,

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was blest with g odl y parents who early led h i m to associate ,

with the M ethodists and to m eet in class W hilst attending

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thi s b le s s ed m ea n s of gra c e and the li nes were being sung

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He breaks the powe r o f cancel l d sin ’

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hi s c ha i n s fell o ff a n d he broke forth i n prayer and p raise A s

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an excise m an , he lived i n the fear of God , and peacefu lly changed

m ort a lity for life , at B ald er s l y , near Thirsk A pril 2 4 1 8 5 9 , , .

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H YM N Co m e si n ners , to the gospel feast 7 711: Grea t
S u fi ” ( Luke xiv 1 6 .
— TUNE, I nvitation , 1 7 6 1 .

This 1 5 on e o f Charles W esley s fin est c om pos itions , o ffering

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t o all a fre e and full salvation I t was first published i n

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1 7 4 7 , and for m s N o 5 0 o f H ym ns for those that seek and

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those that have Rede m ption in the blood of Jesu s Christ ,

tract of sixty eight pages , c o n t a i n i ng fi ft y two hym ns T h e

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original has twenty four stanz as , only n ine of which M r W esley

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has selected , an d of these he ha s m ade variou s alteration s 1 n

four of the verses , so m e of w hi ch are undoubtedly i mpr ove
m ents . M r J a me s N ichol s pri nted an ed ition of thi s hym n ,

with n ote s fro m the author s M S in 1 84 2 Th e first edition of

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the Rede m ption H ym n s appeared i n 1 74 7 ; the fou rth edition

i n 1 7 5 5 ; the 7 t h edition i n 1 76 5 The hym n which i m m e .

d i a t e ly follow s t hi s i n t h e original tract is the well known -

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Pilgri m s H ym n, H ow H appy i s the P ilgri m s lot !
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tune here a ffix ed 15 that u sed i n the Great Fes t i val H ym ns ”

by Lam pe 1

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Sarah B aker, of C u l m sto c k , iverton , lived m ore than forty

years igno ra nt of God and un con c ern ed abou t h er so ul s salva
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tion » I n t h e yea r 1 7 99, s he was g o i ng on e Sabbath 'aft ernoon

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t o c h ur prea cher, was pre ac hing in a

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ch M r a l o ca l
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wind ow and it ple ased the Lord t o a pply the word preached
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with power t o her h eart ,a n d t o gi ve h er to feel the ; need o f a .

Saviour A s the preacher was g i vi n g o ut the words of the hym n

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Thi s is the ti m e no ,
m o re d el a y ,

she resolved to accept the offered m ercy she sought the Lord .
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and found H i m to th e j oy of h er heart She n ever lost [her

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she was rich 1 n f aith, giving glory to God I n great peace she .

fell asleep l n J e su s, m a g ood old age .

H YM N 3 . 0 all that pa ss by, To Jesu s draw near —07z -

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E wer l a s t z ng L ow —TUNE, Tallis 1 76 1

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This hym n was first published i n Ch arles W esley s tra c t of ’

H ym n s on God s E verlasti ng Love 1 74 1 , i n wh ich i t i s the

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third I t I S c o p i e d 'e nt i re with only the alteration of one word ;

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and i s printed for of in the fou rth line of the fifth stanza
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Thi s was a favourite subj ect i n Charles W esley s early se rm ons, ’

a n d t h ehy m n was o f t en sung by the first M etho dist c onverts .

H YM N thirsts , dra w nigh —T /z e .

N E An g el s H y mn , 1 7 6 1
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T h e o r 1g 1n a l of th is fine an d dignified paraphrase con sists

of thirty one stanzas and appeare d first i n 1 7 40, in Charles
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W esle y s H ym ns and S acred

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hym n 1 n t h ethird part of the book The entire chapter 1 5 para .

p h rased ; but J ohn W esle y selected only the first nine verses
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a n d these are printed as the fourth hy m n in his collection with

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faithful n e ”
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hy ss , Lord ,E ach m o m ent we fi nd

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secon d i n Charles W esley s H ym n s on

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T hi s fo r m s t h e ’ “

God s E verlasting
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i s o itt d ; the word foulest i s c h anged for vilest i n the
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first stanza and m the third, I f sin i s yo ur burden ,

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c h a ng ed mt o be 1 I 5 1 3 L
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M rs E llen I n ce of Lowton Lan c a shire m other of M r

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W illiam I n c e, late of So utha mpt o n Street , Lon d on, w as bo rn i n

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769 an d i n e arly l i fe w a s m on vi ri c ed o f s i n c h i efly by me an s

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the Liturgy : of th e Ch u r ch i o fi E ngland I n rep ly to her, 1 n

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qui ry after the w ay of salvation she was taken to a M ethodist ,

chapel, w here sh e so on found peace through believing 1 11 J e sus .

She Walked 1n the fear o f the Lord for s i xty seven years Of
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her t hirtee n chi ldren , ni n e prec eded her to heaven The .

death of her l ast surviving son a ffected her m uch A fe w days . .

before h er death , she said of her son W h at a glorious state h e

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is i n fm e from hi s Weak an d su ffering body, m the prese nce of

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his Lord ! W e sh all not be parted long O n the m orn ing of .

the d ay of t he fi rs t an nive rsary of her son s i nterm ent , she read

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t h es criptures for two hours , c h iefly 1 n I saiah ; and o n closing

the book, she exclai m ed to her daughter Glory be t o God i n
the hi g hes t fo r H i s gr eat love i n d y i ng fo rs i n ners
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the da y, having read her hym n b o ok for so m e ti me,she repeat ed

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W e a l l a re forg iven fo r Jes u s s sake
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Our title to heaven His m erits we t ake ,

an d then she added , N ow l et m e rest

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sl eep ”
A nd m a few m inutes she s wee tly fell al s eep 1n Jes u s
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without e ven a sigh .

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H YM N 6
S inners , turn , why will ye die ?
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8 W hat c ould your Redee m er do

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Charles W esl ey s H ymn S o n G o d s E v erl a s t i ng Love a p l

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p e are d first in
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e d i t i o n i n 1 7 5 6, the third in

1 77 0 t he fourth i n 1 7 9 2
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thirty si x pag e s and forty eight pages , resp ec ti vely 1T o the first
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was originally added a singular poe m entitled The Cry of a “

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Reprobate Thi s will be fou nd reprinted 1 n the firs t volu m e of

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J ackson s Li fe of Ch arle s W esl ey That whi ch form s N o 1 3

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i n the second par t i s reprinted i n W esley s Col lection as three

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s e parate hym n s ; I t form s a long c om prehensive and affe cting , ,

inqui ry, b ased o the prophet E zekiel s wo rds W h y will ye

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d ie, 0 hou s e of I srael ? ”

Four ou t of the s i xt een stanza s of the
original are o m itted There are only three words altered , except .

i n g that i n se ver al instan c es

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you and ye are interchanged
by J ohn W esley, i n orde r to give 1 greater e mphasi s to hi s
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brother s words
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M r B unting suggest s that , as t h e se venth
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hym n i s both prolix and prosa i c, i t would be be t ter left out ”

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Come, for a l l
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H YM N 9 . S inners , obey the gospel word .

f il i ng s a re n ow r ea dy
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The original form s hym n 1 5 5 i n the first volu m e of H ymn s

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and Sa c red Poe m s , 1 7 4 9 by C W esley I t i s an e x act reprin t

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A present salvation for every penitent sinner i s the poet s the m e ,

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and he represents the whole three Person s i n the Trinity as

waiti ng to welco m e sinners to the S aviour There is a detailed .

pa thos and s i mplicity i n the hym n wh i c h give m u ch beauty to

the poetry M r : Bunting suggests that this hym n wo uld be
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i mproved by dividing it at the fifth v erse .

Speaking of these early v olu m es of the W esley p oetry, and

of John W esley 1 n parti cular the Rev Sa m uel B radburn on c e , .

observed , John W e sley had a fine t aste for poet ry, and c orn
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p osed, hi m self m any o f our hym n s ; but he told me that he and

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hi s brother Charles agreed not to di stingu ish their h y m n s fro m

ea ch other s ’
.Thi s rule was ob se rved by the m for j ust ten years ;
but m 1 7 49 Charles W esley published , on hi s own a c c ount , the
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two volu m es fro m whi ch the n inth hy m n 1 s chosen Thi s work .

contain s a large nu m ber of the hym n s i n the collection of 1 7 8 0 ,

n o w in use throughout the co nexion n I n John W esley s Plain

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A ccount of Christian Perfection the author m akes the follow

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i ng statem ent I n the year 1 749 , my brother printed two

v olu m es 1
of H ym n s and S acred Poe m s As I did n ot .
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see these before they were published , there were so m e things

i n them which I did n ot approv e o f. B u t I quite approved
of the m ain of the hym n s on thi s head — f
Present Salvation ,

and Perfect I t i s i m portant that these two t esti monies

should be recorded This hymn i s t h e first whi ch i s e xtra c te d
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fro m those volu mes .

Y e thirsty for
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H YM N 10 . God to J esus give ear
—TUNE , N ewcastle 1 7 6 1
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The original form s N o 43 2 in Charles W esle y s Short S crip

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ture H y mn s v ol 2 , whi ch first appeared in I 7 6 2 The work

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was considerably altered and i n t h at form i t w as repu b lished

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i n two volu mes i n 1 794, s i x years after the author s dea t h The ’
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only alteration m ade i s in the fou rth line which re ads th us ,

The sense of salvation ac c epting t hrough gra c e g .

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and 7 71 A s socza t z oh s
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H YM N God, t he o fi en d ed Go d Most H i gh
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w e a re a mbas s a d ors for Chr i s t S e ( 2 Cor v —TUN E ,
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Canon , 1 7 6 1 .

The original form s N o 20 i n Charles W esley s H ym ns on

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the first published in 1 7 6 7 The only alteration m ade .

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is in the last line of the third verse, wh ere goodness i n the ,

original is c han g ed to m er c y ”
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H YM N 12 . Co me,ye tha t lo ve t he Lord H .

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ea r t h — TUN E La mpe s , 1 746

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Th i s hymn was written h y D r W a t t s , and first publi shed i n

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J uly 1 7 0 7 I t form s N o 3 0 i n t he author s se c ond book M r

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W esley has m ad e j udi c iou s alterat ion s in eleven lines and the ,

original i s two vers es longe r I t is pla c ed as the first hym n in .

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the second section of M r W esley s collection , u nder the head

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of D escribing the Pleasantness of Religi on ”
The hy m n has .

always been a favo urite ; the si m pli c ity of its langu age and its
natural 1 m agery have greatly aided i t s popularity E very verse .

of 1 t has bee n u sed a s dyi ng testi mony .

B artholo m ew Calvin a c onverted Stockbridge I ndian , died ,

in his eightieth year saying, M y trust i s in the m erits of the

Lord Jesus Ch rist S ing at m
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y funera l .

Co me y e tha t love the Lo rd , ,

And let your

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H e continu ed to pray whilst spee c h re m ain ed , an d gently sunk

i nto the arm s of death without a struggle .

: M r J am e s M artin of Li ve rpool was convin c ed of s in u nder

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a serm on preached by the Rev V W ard an d soon afterward s . .

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he found peace with God H e was appointed a leader in 1 8 1 1 .

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and held that office fo r fo r t y fi ve years I n 1 8 3 1 he was a .
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passenger in th e R oths ay Cas tl e whe n she was wrecked b e

tween Liverpool an d B eau m aris , when ninety three person s -

perish ed an d onl y t w
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enty on e were saved W hen he was float

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i n g on a plan k fro m o ff which several had been washed, as the

waves w
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ere breaking over h i m, he exclai m ed,

T he G od that rules on high ,

Tha t al l t h e ea rth su rveys ,

Tha t rides upon the stormy sky

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And ca l ms the roaring s eas &cx
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After he was rescued, hi s life was afresh dedicated to God .

H e beca m e a l ea der of three cl ass es and worked wi t h untiring

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I n h s l ast hours of c o n s c w u s n es s
e nergy in the cau se of God i .

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he said I know n oth ing about doubts
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c a l ml y r es t i n g o n the ev erla stin g

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Tho m as H azlehurst , of R un c orn , w as born i n 1 7 7 9 1 At t he

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e a rl y a g e of s ev e n y e ars be was c o n v i n c ed o f si n by m
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ean s of a
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conversation with the s chool m istress who taught h i m the fi rst

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ele m ents of learning At th e age of twenty seven he obtained.

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e a ce B o t h he and
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hi s w ife j oined t h e M et h o d i s t S ociety a nd re m ained faith ,

ful w i t ri e é s es for Chri st to t h e l e n d of l rfe a n d they entered ,

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Paradi se separated only b y a ffe w we eks : M r tH a z l eh urs t had ,

s e ve r a l favo ur i t e h y m n s which he oft en i r ep e a t e d with stron g

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feelin g : O ne of t h e s e w a s t h e 1 2 th, and e specially the third

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There we shall s ee His fa ce ,

And n ever never s i n &C

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H e d ied quite suddenly, bu t ; full y prep ared fo r the change,

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M r s Topha m was early converted to God by a serm on preached

fro m the words I kno wth at m
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she j oined the M eth odis t S ociety, and r em ai ned a consi sten t
m e m ber to the end of her da y s S h e s e t a parti cular value on
the class m eeting A long and painful affliction preceded her
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death , during which her m ind was sweetly stayed u pon God ,

and she was truly happy Shortl y before the last struggle, .

fier c e temptation assailed h er but she cam e o ff m ore than c on ,

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There we s hall se e H i s fa ce,

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A n d never n ever sin
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S ho rtly afte r, w ithout a fs t ru g gl e, she fell asleep 1 n J esti s

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The quiet villag e of W icken , S oha m near M ildenhall was , ,

form erly the residen ce of H en ry son of Oliver Cro m well , an d ,

the birthplace of t he well known Andrew F uller M ethodis m -

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has flourished there for half a century— one of 1 t s oldest m e mber s

being J ohn D ocking H e was a Church m an in early life , but
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u nder the preaching of the M ethodi s ts h e was convinced of s in

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and w ith the m he cast in his lot After obtain ing a clear sen se
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of pardon, he threw all his energie s into the servi c e of God, and
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s ixty two years , and a witness to the doctrine of Christian per

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fe ct i o n fift y three years

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A ttending t h e m eans of gra c e to t h e
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end of her days , she started for her c lass one d a y , but a di s
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tressing asth ma co m pelled her to halt at a friend s house on ,

the way, where in the s t ate of a c ute s uffering, she patiently

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said , ‘J esu s is m ine , and I a m H i s ’

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T h e m en of g ra ce have found
Gl ory b egun below &c ,
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I never c ould have th ought that I c ould h av e b een m ade so

h appy as I a m now Oh , what ha ppi n e s s ! Oh , what glory !
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I t i s too sweet for dying ”

After a short peri od she added, All
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i s right all i s well, and peace fully expi red .

George B otto m ley was brought to God when about eighteen

years of age H is consi sten cy of Chara c ter was maintained
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throughout life and as a c lass leader he was grea t ly beloved

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H e dwelt m uch on th e pro m is es of God ; and hi s last words,

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half an hour before he died were ,

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a r ching through I i n ma nu el s gr oun d

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To fa irer worl d s 011 high .

W a i t i ng
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HY M N H appy soul that, free fro m harm s
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o r u l l R ed emp t z oaz —T U NE , A rne 1 7 8 1
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The original form s N o 1 0 6 i n C h a rl e s W esle ys Hymn s and

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S a c red Poe m s 1 7 49 vol ii E ight l i n es i n the original are left

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o ut the first line is altered fro m H appy soul, that, safe fro m
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harm s to”
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H appy soul , th at fr ee fro m harm s and in the , ,

second line, fourth verse, Perfe c t in i s altered to Perfect

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through

HY M N 14 H appy th e m a n that finds the gra c e ” —Proverb s

i ii 1 3 , &c —TUNE Stanton , 1 7 6 1
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Thi s was written by Cha rl es W esley as one of his Rede mption

H ymn s, 1 7 4 7 The original i s three v erses longer f I n the first
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line that i s substituted for who .

H Y M N 15 Happy the souls to J esu s jo i n d f T he S acr a ment

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a p l edg e q ea vezz —TU NE, S p i t a l fi el d s , 1 7 6 1

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The ori ginal form s N o 96 in Charles W esley s H ymn s on’

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the Lord s Suppe r, 1 74 5 The third and fo ur th lines r ead thu s
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W alki ng in all t hy w ay s we find
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Our heaven on earth begun .

Tho mas R oss was b rought up a Ro m an Cathol i c b ut on h i s

c om ing of age he read the S criptures for hi mself saw the errors
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of hi s past life , bega n to attend the m inistry of the M ethodists

i n 1 7 9 7 , and was ad m itted a m e m ber of S o c iety by the Re v .

Sa m uel B radbu rn H e was for so m e years a steward , trustee

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and class leader an d faithfu lly served 1n each offi c e H i s last

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illness wa s short , but hi s m in d enj oyed m uch pea c e T h e night .

before his departure h e repeated his favourite hymn, whi c h spoke

the l angu age of his heart

H appy the so uls to Je sus j oined ,

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And saved by grace alone &c , .

I n th i s delight ful fram e, hi s spirit returned to G o

d who gave i t .

H YM N 1 6 H appy the s o
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17 J esus , fro m who m all blessings flow

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Pfimz z e C rh i — TUNE, Athlone , 1 7 8 1

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t v s t a n ty .

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Th i s appears as one hy n i n Charles W esley s H ym n s and ’

Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 49 , vol i i , and form s N o 2 46 The original

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has th irty stanzas a nd John W esl ey has printed twenty two

verses i n m aking the two hy mn s I n the l ast line of verse six, .
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in the second part , m ay i s altered fro m m ight , but this
change was m ade after M r W esley s death ’
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The poetry of thi s c o m position i s s m ooth and harm on ious .

I t describes the Church as c o m posed of living stones and the ,

c onversion of sin ners as the result of the preaching of the gospel .

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The all usion in the ninth verse, D raw by the m usi c of thy .

nam e , see m s to have been suggested by the fable of Orpheus ,

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who by the charm s of hi s lyre subdued the wildness of

beast s, and held m ountains , rivers an d trees i n subj ection to ,

the power of hi s m u sic And charm into a beauteous fram e ”

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This hy m n appeared first in 1 7 44 and was printed by J ohn ,

W esley at the en d of h is A ppeal to M e n of Reason and

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Reli g ion , and separately as one of M r Wesley s halfpenny

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tract s M r B enson re c ords the fact that t hi s hym n was long a

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favourite with M r F let c her, V i c ar of M adeley, who after dinner

s p e n t s bme ti m e in devotional servi ces , and generally sele c ted
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v erses fro m
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Pr imiti ve Christianity, parti c ularly this
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Lord would co un t the m ee t

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O h that my
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To wa sh His dea r d is cipl e s fee t ! ’

H e has been known to read th i s hy m n till tears of j oy and

gr atitude strea m ed down h i s face, that he had been m ade a
partaker of that Christian ity .

J oseph M ood W esleyan m inist er, w a s born n ear B edal i n

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1818 . I n early you th he was dedica te d by a p 10 u s m other to

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the servi ce of God and one S unday m orn i ng befo re breakfast ,

at the prayer m eeting he found peace through believi ng Con

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verted hi m self he soon beg an to preach the gospel by wh ich

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he had been saved an d after five years labours as a l o ca l ,

preacher i n 1 8 4 3 he took a circu i t H i s m i nistry was at t ra c

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tive acceptable and u seful , and he won m any of the young to

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Christ H i s last illness was brief bu t he was prepared for its

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issues The m orn ing on whi c h he died he

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repeated the seven ,

t e en t h hym n throughout Shortly after h e said , Sing ! get your .

hym n book and sing and whilst hi s frien d s were trying to m eet
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hi s wishes , hi s countenan ce was lighted with a heavenl y s m ile ,

which re m ained for so me m inutes H e then said , I shall live “

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for ever, and alm ost i nstantly hi s s piri t es c aped to i mmortality

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M aker S aviour o f m ank i nd —F or Ch i l a ren

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H YM N 1 8 ,
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TUNE A m sterdam 1 7 6 1
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This I S an exact reprin t of N o 1 5 of Charle s W esl ey s Hym ns

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for Children the first edition of which appeared in 1 7 63 the
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se co nd in 1 7 6 8 and the th ird i n 1 7 7 8

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The esti m ation in whi ch these co m position s were held 1 5

indicated i n a l etter written by M r T h o m a s Pearse of Ca m el '
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ford Cornwall To hi s daughter at s chool he writes

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of M r E va n s M r W esle y s H y m n s for Children an d get the m ’ ’

by heart I will pay for the book an d give you a penny for each
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hym n [you learn] which I b el i e ve will a m 0unt to n early four

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shillings Those hym n s afforded m uch co m fort to y ou r si ster

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This volu me contain s just

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Peggy who i s now i n heaven

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one hundred hy m n s and a cons i derable nu m ber of the mare

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favourites w i th the yo ung I n verse three l ine six M r B untin g .

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alters fwhen to t i ll
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H YM N 1 9 Rej oic e e ve rrn o r e with a ng el s ab o ve

. F or t hos e .

t h a t h a ve fo z ma R ed emp t i oh q —TU NE ,
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Thi s fo rm s N o 3 in Ch arl es W e s l é y s R ede m ption H ymn s ”
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H YM N 20 that
. wander W eary
wide — T he I n v i ta t i on
s o ul s , . .

TUNE, D edication 1 7 8 1 _
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The origin al i s N o 4 of Charles W esley s Rede m ption .

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H ym ns ”
The first line in the original reads thu s W eary
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souls w ho wonder wide and the fourth li n e of the third verse
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reads , Live on earth instead of Find on earth the life of ,

heaven There is an earnest and loving S pirit of exh ortation

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to sinners pervading the whole , and s o m e striking contrasts are

exhibited throughout .

H YM N si m ple souls that stray

21 . Ye F or t hos e t ha t ha v e .
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m i — TUNE , O lney, 1 7 6 1
fo u n d R ed e p t on .

Thi s hy mn form s N o 1 6 of the Rede m ption H ym ns but

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whether written by Joh n or Charles W esley see m s hardly to be

decided D r W hitehead clai m s the hym n for Charles , and M r
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H en ry M oore says it i s J ohn W esley s The internal evidence ’

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the purity, strength and sobriety of the language suggest that

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it was written by J ohn I t was published first in 1 7 4 7 The . .

original i s eight lines lo n ger an d there are alteration s m ade ,

in every verse I n the fifth verse the m inistration of angels i s

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a d m irably stated The fact that so m any alteration s are m ade

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throughou t would indi c ate Charles W esley to be the author,

a n d J ohn the corrector .

H YM N B ehold the S aviour of m ankind —0n t he

22 . .

Cr u cifi x i on — TUNE, Fetter Lane , 1 7 6 1 .

The author of this hym n was th e Rev Sa m uel W esley re c tor .

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of E pwo rth , wh o died i n the yea r 1 7 3 5 The hym n was first .

published by hi s son s i n 1 7 3 9 , in their first c ollected volu m e of

H ymn s and S acred Poe m s
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I n the colle c tion as it appeared .
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in 1 7 80 it has the first place a m ongst the hym ns u nde r the title
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D escribing the goodness of God

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And certainly never was .

goodness m ore strongly m anifested than in the gift of Christ to

save a lost world and in H is dyi n g to redeem m a n The intern a l
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_ stru cture of the hym n shows how fully the writer appeared t o
realise the infinite i mportan ce of the event he so tou chingly a n d
e ffectively describes B ut there is a short and tou ching history
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of th i s hym n which should not pass without n otic e I t wa s .

probably writt en a short ti m e before the Rectory at E pworth

wa s b urnt down i n 1 7 09 for i m mediately aft er t he fi re t he
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original m anus c ript blown by the wind out of th e Rectory

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window was found partly burnt in ‘

, the Rector y garden Thu s .

when m any m ore valuable things were con su m ed a gentle ,

h ee z e carried this lately fini shed m anu script o ff the study tab le
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into a place of safety The hy m n has m usi c adapted to it ,

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probably by H enry Purcell or D r Blow I t is the only hym n by .

the rector of E pworth in the M ethodi st collection Two verse s .

are left out , o n e after the first and one after the fourth , as they
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appear in the hy m n book W e shall be pardoned for inserting

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here the o m itted verses

Tb o ugh fa r un equal o ur low pra i se
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To Thy va st s ufferings prove ,

0 L a mb o f G o d thus al l our d ays

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Thus will we gri eve a n d l o ve .

Thy loss o ur ru ins did rep a ir ,

D e a th by T h y d ea th is sl a in
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Tho u wilt a t l ength exalt us where

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Th ou do st in g l o ry reign .

The hy m n would not be m uch i m proved by th e addition of

these verses I t was at thi s fire and on this occasion , that
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J oh n W esley h i m self was saved but only by being lifted out of ,

hi s bedroo m window , by one m a n stand ing on the shoulders of

others , ju st before the burning roof of the parsonage fell in when ,

everyth ing else was consu m ed i ncluding the rector s library , ,

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furnitu re and all hi s m anu scripts , his serm ons and a work on
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H ebrew poetry which w a s an E nglish poeti cal rendering of the

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Psal m s and other H ebrew hym n s in the B ible .

O f the author hi m self the father of the W esleys it i s scarc ely

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possible to speak too highly H e was born at W interbu rn .

W hit c hurch in 1 66 2 ; educated at D orchester, and N ewington

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Green London and E xeter College Oxford , where h e wrote

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and published M aggots to obtain the m ean s of living H e .

was ordained in 1 6 8 8 m ade a priest i n St A ndrew s Chur c h ,

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H olborn , in 1 6 89 and becam e a curate on 15 2 8 a year D uring

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th e sa m e year he was m arried to Su sanna A nnesley, and n in e

teen children were afterwards added to their fa m ily circle S u c h .

pri vation s su fferings , and h a rdsh ip s seldo m fall to the lot of any
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household, as becam e the lot a n d inheritan c e of the W esley

fam ily and yet n o other fa m ily since the days of the A po s tl es
d i d m ore for the s p re ad of pure re l i gio n, an d fo r t h e g l or y o f
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God The venerable rector was auth or of the Life of Chri st
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an heroi c poe m the H istory of the Old and N ew Testa m ent ”

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i n verse i n 3 vols the H istory of J ob , in Latin , an d other
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books ; and died after being rector of E pworth forty years , A pril
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2 5 1 7 3 5 , aged 7 2
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Thi s hy m n has been instru m ental in the hands of God of

p ointing sinners to their only S aviour The Rev Owen D avi s . .
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b orn at W rexha m N orth W ales in 1 7 5 2 was influen ced by the

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exa m ple of godly M ethodists, through who m he was led to their

preach ing , and on ce there one asked h i m if he h a d a desire to
flee fro m the wrath to co me ? ”
Another on e invited h i m t o a
class m eeting and through m eeting with the people of God
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light soon rose on hi s dark m ind A fter m eeting in c lass nine .

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m onth s, at a love feast , wh ile one was gi ving out the hy m n
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c omm en c ing
B ehold the S a vi o ur of m ankin d
Na il d to the shameful tree
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he w a s enabled to see that Chri st bore hi s sin s in H i s own body

and that H is blood was a sufficient atone m ent for the sin s of the
whole world The change wrought in his life was m anifest to
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all H e beca m e one of the Co mm un ity preachers i n London

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an d by B enj am in Rhodes for who m he preached at five o clock

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one m orning in City Road Chapel he was reco mm ended to M r ,

W esley, and afterwards a ccepte d a s a preacher A long life of .

u seful labour as an earnest m in ister of the gospel was the best

eviden ce of hi s change of heart an d he died as he had lived ,
honouring the gospel and the grace of God .

W e co m m e m orate th e dyi ng of our blessed Lord on the day

we call Good Friday O n that day, i n 1 8 40 a truly good ma n,
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M r H W ight , a class leader and a m a n of upright charac

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ter, attended divine worship i n the W esleyan Chapel at Ply

m outh i n the early part of the day i n h is u sual health I n the, .

afternoon he walked with hi s wife to the prayer m eeting, and -

went u p to the desk Opening the hym n book, he announ ced

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the 2 2 d hym n , and read ,

B eho l d
S aviour o f m ankind
t he
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N a i l d to the sh a m e ful tree 1
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S c ar c ely had he uttered the last word when he fell ; pulsation

a n d breathing a ppeared to cease i n a m o m ent ; hi s S pirit had

p a ssed , wi thout a m o m ent s noti c e of illnes s, to the b eat i fie

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vision amo ngst th e redeem ed and he saw J esus for hi m self with,

out a cloud between F e w die s o suddenly— n one m ore safely

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his was a translation he knew not death or dying but by one ,

step he passed direct fro m blissful servi ce on earth to eternal

rest i n heave n .

Another exam ple i s worthy of record of the words of this

hym n having been m ade u se of by the H oly Spirit to lead a
penitent into the enjoym ent of the liberty whi ch pardon brings .

The m other of the Rev D r J obson has left the i m press of her
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transparent piety on the heart of her son and i n return that ,

son has e mbal m ed the m e m ory of hi s sainted m other i n a

m e m oir which exh ibits m u ch of heavenly wisdo m I n early .

life , that m other had partaken of the sacred e m blem s of our

Lord s passion and with a bruised spirit she returned ho m e to
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seek a personal i nterest in the atone m ent O n repeating the .

hym n c o m men cm g
B eho l d t h e Saviour of mank ind &c , .
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she was e n abled to appropri ate by faith to her own case the , ,

m erits of the death of Chri st ; and then while utter i ng the ,

verse
B u t s o o n He 11 bre a k de a th s envious ch ain
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h er soul burst into the clear su nlight and liberty of the children
of God The bright exa m ple of a l ife of m ore than fifty years
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was the best eviden ce of the certainty of the change which

divi ne grace had wrought .

H YM N 23 . E xtended on a cursed tree T hey s ha l l [ ooh

on M e w h o m t h ey h a v e fi i erced
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( Z ech xii — T U NE ,
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P udsey ,
1 76 1 .

J ohn W esley was very suc cessful in his tran slation s of Ger
m an hy m n s The original of thi s one was written by Paul
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Gerhardt in 1 6 5 9 it form s N b 1 04 i n the H ern h u t t Collectio n ,

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a n d i n it s E nglish dress prepared by J ohn W esley first

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appeared in Hym n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 0 on page 3 4 , , .

I t is reprinted in the first v olu m e of Charles W esley s Poetic al ’

W orks 1 8 6 8
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l a t i o n s i n the h y m n book of which th i s i s the first

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Paul .

Ge rhardt was born at G ra efen h aen i ch en , 1 n Sa xony, i n 1 606 .

H e suffered m uch duri n g the thirty ears war H e first beca me ’

y .

a village pastor , when h e m arried and in 1 65 7 was call ed t o ,

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and i nteresting article by the Rev Tho m as J ackson , i n the

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W es l ey a n M ag a z i n e, 1 8 5 4 page 7 7 8 et s eq The whole arti c le

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i s a defence of the language u sed by the W esleys against so m e

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of the m inor criti cs who have presu m ed to turn correctors .

H YM N 26 . I thirst Thou wounded La m b of God

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A P r ay er t o Ch r i s t — TUNE Co m plaint , 1 7 6 1 ,
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The original of thi s h ym n was written i n Germ an by Coun t

Z inzendorf and J ohn and Anna N i t z ch m a n I t was tran slated .

by John W esley, and published in H y m ns and Sa c red Poe m s ,

1 74 0 .

Like many of the Ger m an hym n s this co m b i nes scriptural ,

truth poeti cal fervour and deep religiou s experience I t has

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been long a favourite with new c onverts and will always find ,

adm irers a m ongst those who are beginning to know so m ething

of the boundless love of Chri st and who are desiring conform ity ,

to H is m ind and will .

J ohn Tasker late of Skipton , sought the Lord in early li fe

, .

H e was convin ced of sin u nder the preaching of D r B unting and

D r N ewton and m uch en couraged i n h is religious life by the
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Rev J ohn Crosse vicar of Bradford W hen h e gave hi s heart

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to God he gave all his powers to be u sed i n H i s service

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and during a long life h e faithfully served the Lord W he n .

failing health indicated the approach of death he said wi t h ,

resignation
I thirst Th o u wounde d La mb of G o d
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T o wa s h m e in Thy c l ea n s i ng bl o o d
T o d w ell within Thy wounds then p a in
I s s we e t a n d li fe or de a th is ga in
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H e died as he had lived at peace with God ,

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D uring m any years of suffering M ary Pritchard testified by ,

patient endurance , and loving obedien ce to the will of God ,

that she had passed fro m death unto life The M ethodist S ociety .

at Tintern Abbey was adorned by her godly exam ple and whe n ,

death was before h er she called her husband to j oin her in sing
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i ng her favourite hy m n co mm en c ing ,

I thirst Tho u w ounded

, L a mb o f God , &c
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At its close she exclai m ed I n othing have ; I nothing a m ,

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J esu s J esus and with these words she fell on sleep .

A venerable man was W illiam W alton, of W akefield A fter a .

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life of m ore than fourscore years , during whi ch he enj oyed con .

stant co mm uni on with God at its close , with tranquillity he , ,

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faintly arti culated J esus i s all the world to m e
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and h i s las t
utteran ce before entering paradise was
Take my po or hea rt an d l e t it b e ,

For ever cl o sed t o a l l but Thee

H e cal m ly entered heaven .

Ja m es I s i t t of B edford was called at an early age to exchange

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m ortality for life B u t he left behind hi m a godly exa m ple and

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influen ce which i s seen in the career of his son Francis , who

has j u st dedicated his life to the servi ce of God in the W esleyan
m in istry I m portan t are the words of one who i s j ust detaching
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hi m self fro m earth Shortly before hi s depa rture to heaven , M r

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I s i t t repeated the verse co mm en cing

I thirst Tho u wounde d La mb of G o d &c
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Then adding the next verse Take m y p oor heart & c he , ,
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exclai m ed with deep pathos Take i t n o w, Lord ; I nced not
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wait till I a m better H i s lates t expressions i ndicated the
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s erenity of undisturbed peace .

I n the furnace of a ffliction W illiam Goodacre, of Long S utton ,

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N ottingham found the consolations of the gospel m ore than

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equal to his su fferings Rendered by disease in c apable of bear

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ing any ex c item ent , he would yet often say

H o w c a n it be Tho u h eavenly King , ,

Tha t Thou sho ulds t m e to glo ry bring ?

N ature at length yielded in the struggle, and triu m ph crowned
the end .

There is a benignity and tenderness in the c haracter of the

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Rev W illiam E ntwisle which his sainted father has placed on

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record I n the very pri m e of a m ost u seful m in isterial life , the

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M aster s a w fit to c all h i m ho m e ; and the blessed influence

which attended his interviews with the preachers indicates m ore ,

of heavenly than of earthly m anifestation s A fter partaking of .

the m e m orials of the Lord s death, he said ’

H it be Tho u hea venly Ki ng

o w can , ,

Tha t Thou shouldst m e to gl o ry bring

I a m a poor sinner the chief of sinners but J e sus died for m e .

Free grace for ever free gra c e ! ”

Rej oicing wit h such hope
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he entered heaven .
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H YM N S aviour th e world s an d m ine

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Ch r i s t —TUNE W est Street , 1 7 6 1 ,

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Th i s i s on e of the earliest of Charles W esley s co m position s ,

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an d i s found first in hi s H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 3 9 , .

Thi s i s an exact reprint , and was probably written a S hort ti m e

before hi s conve rsion .

H YM N 28 . 0 love D ivine what hast thou done —D es i r i ng

to L ov e —TUNE , 1 1 2 t h Psal m , 1 7 6 1 .

Thi s hym n first appeared in Charles W esley s H ym n s an d ’ “

Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 I t is a sweet and tou ching co m position

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Rev D r Tho m as Su mm ers , of Am eri ca , supposes that the refrain

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of thi s hym n M y Lord m y love i s cru cified i s taken fro m
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I gnatius , m artyr in the Pri m itive Church The sa m e line i s .

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fou nd i n J M ason s S ongs of Prai se , which appeared in 1 6 8 3
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I t i s also u sed by other sacred poets .

H YM N Co m e ye weary sinners co m e —F or t hos e t ha t

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s ech R ed e mp t i on —TUNE Foundry , 1 7 6 1 ,

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This form s N o 1 0 in Charles W esle y s Rede m ption H y m ns

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1 747 The latter half of the second and the first half of the
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third verse in the original are o m itted The second line i s .

altered fro m All who groan to bear your load to All wh o

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groan beneath & c an d the fourteenth line i s altered fro m
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Cast on Thee our s in and care , to Cast on Thee our every
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Testi m o n y to the value of class m eetings in M ethodis m i s not -

wanting J oshua Thorley of M a c cl e s fi eld was taken to the

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hou se of prayer when a child , by a beloved sister U nder the .

m inistry of M ethodis m , he beca m e convin ced of sin He .

accepted an invitation to a class m eeting in whi ch he earnestly -

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sought salvation by faith in Christ W hile he was at that .

m ean s of grace one day and while the m e m bers were s inging
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the verse
C o m e ye w e a ry sinne rs c o m e
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All who g ro a n b en ea th yo ur l o a d ,

Jesu s c alls H i s wandere rs home

H a sten to your pa rdoni ng G o d ,

he was enabled to believe on J esus as his Saviou r Light and .

love sprang up in his heart , h e rested on the pro m i ses and ,

returned ho m e a happy m a n F ro m this ti m e to the end of his .

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earthly pilgri mage , he went on hi s way rejoi cing in God as his

reconciled Father ; and he gave to the Chur c h of hi s choice
forty years of con si sten t piety and devoted servi ce .

The sa m e hym n whi ch had been u sed as the m eans of leading

a sinner to Christ was also foun d equally useful and con soling
to a dear depart i ng one at the end of her earthly j ourney
, .

M atilda , daughter of the Rev W illia m D alby, was in early life

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serious an d t houghtful an d in riper years the co m fort and jo y

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of her parents S even of her sisters preceded her to heaven her

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watchful care of who m an d especially over her su ffering m other

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i mpaired her own health After M r s D alby s death the health

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of her only surviving daughter rapidly declined bu t she knew

i n who m she had believed D uring her last affliction she de
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lighted in hearing the W ord of God read to her by her father .

The following verse of the 2 9 t h hym n she often repeated

Fain I woul d o n Th ee rely ,

C a s t o n The e m y eve ry ca re ,

To Thine arm s of m ercy fl y ,

Fi nd m y l a s ti ng quiet there ,

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saying to her father, That i s just m y place She also de .

lighted i n the other verses Shortly before her departure she

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sung with evident rapture , There i s a land of pure delight ,
& c , and then , after a brief rest, quietly fell asleep in Jesus
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H YM N 30 W here sh all m y wondering soul begin —Chr i s t

t hefr i en d of s i n n ers —
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TUNE Frankfort 1 7 6 1
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The original a ppears i n the second part of Charles W esley s ’

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H ym ns and S a c re d Po em s , 1 7 3 9
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V ery few are aware of the interest which belongs to this hy mn

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I t was written in M a y 1 7 3 8 by Charles W esley with another of

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like character, N o 2 0 1 in the H ym n book whi ch co m m ences

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A nd can i t be that I should gain , & c W hat the author of
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this hym n has written concerning i t i s so full of interest we can ,

n ot refrain fro m q uoting it A fter the spiritual guidance whi ch

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the brothers W esley had received fro m P eter B ohler they were ,

separated and Charles W esley went to reside with a poor

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brazier n am ed Bray , i n Little Britain who knew nothing but ,

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Christ , who had to supply B o h l er s place in explaining the way
of salvation by faith O n M a y 2 1 1 7 3 8 , Charles W esley was
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enabled to say I believe , I believe

, W hat follows i s fro m
hi s “ ”
J ourn a l, under date of M a y 2 3 At n ine I began a .
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hym n on m y conversion but was persuaded to break o fl for fear

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of pride M r B ray co m ing, en cou r a ged m e to proceed i n spite

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of Satan I prayed Christ to stand by m e and finished the

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hym n U pon m y afterwards showing it to M r Bray , the devil

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threw i n a fiery dart suggesting that i t was wrong, and I had

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di spleased God M y heart sank within m e when , c a sting m y

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eyes u pon a Prayer book I m et with an answer for h i m

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boastest thou thyself thou tyrant , that thou m ust do m ischief ?
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U pon this I clearly discerned that it was a devi ce of the enem y

to keep back glory fro m God A n d it i s n ot unusual with h i m .

to preach hu m ility , when speaking will endanger hi s kingdo m ,

or do honour to Chri st Least of all would he have u s tell what

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things God has don e for ou r souls so tenderly does he guard

u s fro m pride B ut God has showed m e H e c an defend m e
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fro m it while speaking for H i m There i s says the Rev .
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J ohn Kirk , a re m arkable coin cidence between the spirit and
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language of the J ournal an d that of the hym n A s soon as
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he begin s to expres s his j oy he i s te m pted to s tay hi s pen H e .

resolves to perform his vows unto the Lord of not h iding H i s ,

righteou sness within h is heart Thi s h ar m onises exactly with .

the third and fourth verses , probably co m posed after the te m p

t a t i o n to desist H e asks A nd sh all I slight m y Father s
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love ? & c Two days after w ards J ohn W esley also was ab l e
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to believe to th e salvation of his soul H appy in the pardoning .

love of God , J ohn was acco m panied by a nu m ber of his friends ,

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shortly before ten at n ight to M r B ray s house i n Little B ritain, ,

where Charles was confined by i llness The two brothers and .

their co m panion s were overj oyed and Charles records , W e ,

sang the hym n with great j oy, and parted with prayer ”
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H YM N 31 . See sinners i n the gospel glass

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32 . S inners believe the gospel word

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33 . W ould Jesu s have the s inner die ?

t h e S a v i o u r of a l l meta —TUNE S Frankfort ,
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Ch r i s t , ,

Carey s , and M ourners 1 7 6 1

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The ori gi nal form s hy m n N o 1 0 in Charles W esley s Hym n s .

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on God s E verlasting Love , 1 7 4 1 and it extends to twenty eight

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stan zas , thi rteen only of which are given i n these three hym n s .

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I n two places in i s changed for through as , for instan ce , ,
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Pardon ye all in H i m is changed to through H i m , and as
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u sual dear loving is altered to thou l o v ing, in Hym n 33
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The widow of Tho mas S m ith o fThurva ston , D erbyshi re a fter , ,

a long life of faithful servi ce, was deprived of her husband and
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herself laid prostrate , within a short period The afternoon .

before her death she said to her children , I have n o abiding

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city here why should I wish to stay ? M y ho m e 1 5 in heaven

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D uring the night she repeated the hym n co mm en c ing

W o uld J e s us h ave the sinner die &c .
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and afterwards added, W hat should I do n o w if I h a d r eli g i o n

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to seek ? She exhorted those around her bed to give their heart s
to the Lord then with m uch sole m nity and sweetnes s she ex
c laim ed M y Lord, an d m y G od and a fe w m inutes later her
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redee m ed spiri t passed to the b ea t i fi c vision

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D uring forty four years J a m e s S tokoe served God and M eth

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odis m i n hi s n ative c ounty of D urha m H e greatly loved the .

S cripture s and old M ethodist preachers A s he drew near his .

end h e enj oyed m ore than ever th e preci ou sness of the Saviou r,
often repeating the verse in the 3 3 d hym n , co mmencing
Oh l e t m e ki s s Thy ble edi ng feet
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And ba the a nd wash th em with my tears &c , .

and also another verse c o m m encing ,

0 love tho u bott o m l ess abyss &c , , .

H e lived uprightly, an d died happily .

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H YM N 34 . Let earth and heaven agree . O h God
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ever l a s t i ng l ove — TUNE , Tru m pet , 1 78 1 .

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. hym n form s N o 1 1 i n Charles W esley s Hymn s on
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God s E verlasting Love 1 7 4 1 Three verses are o m itted and

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i n the sixth , H o w swiftly is changed fro m H ow freely i n
the original M r W esley printed this hy m n in the A r m i n i a n
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M ag a z i n e vol i page 1 9 1
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M r s Alice C a rv o s s o a Cornish lady of cultivated m ind good

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taste and con sistent piety, s ufl e re d i n her last protracted illness

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the m ost inten se agony of body but i n the m idst of her a ffl i c

tion she found great co m fort in reading the W ord of God and ,

in singing H i s praises as e mbodied in W esley s hy m ns To ’

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wards the close of her life she dwelt part ic ularly on thi s a d m i r
able hym n ,

Le t earth a n d heaven agre e &c , .

Thi s she thought was the m ost excellent in all M r W esl e ys ’

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collection Though her physi c al agony was inten se her m ind

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was kept in peace an d j ust before her departure , her dying testi
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m ony was , Preciou s J esu s
A soul i n deep distress will seek for relief an d n ext t o the ,

B ible n o book has m ore aided the seeking peniten t than W e s

ley s H ym n s
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The village school m aster of W alkeringham
N otts, W illiam M orri s b ecame c oncern ed for the salvation of
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h i s soul The verse of thi s hy m n ,

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Stung by the s corpi o n sin &c , .

so i mpressed h is m ind that he gave God n o rest till he found ,

pardo n , and in hi s after life as a class leader and lo cal preacher, ,

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h e gave m ost gratifying eviden ce h ow entire was the change

divine grace had wrough t within h i m Resting alone on the .

atone m ent he fell asleep i n J esu s, .

The triu m ph s of divine grace are so often repeated the ,

recording angel alone can tell how great i s the s um of blessing

vouchsafed by God to m an Shortly before M r W esley s death , .
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W illia m Tho m pso n then a sailor was induced to attend the

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M ethodist preaching and , beco m ing convin ced of sin , i n great

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distress of m ind whilst m editating on the verse ,

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Stun g by the scorpion sin & c ,
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he realised that inward co m fort which con strained h i m to cry

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out O Lord I will prai se Thee ; for Thine anger i s turned
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away &c Fro m that period to the end of fourscore years he
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walked i n the light of God s countenance, and died in holy c o m ’

p o s u r e .

A m ongst m any deeply afflicted followers of J esus M rs M ary ,

J e ffs o,
f Gloucester was one wh o found abiding co m fort an d
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consolation through reading W esley s Hym ns I n her last ’

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illness she testified abundantly to the gr a ce of G o d within her ,

and when very near her end she raised her v oice, and joyfully
é xcla i m e d ,
Oh fo r a trum p et voi ce On all t h e world to c a ll
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To b i d their hea rts rej oi ce I n H i m who di ed fo r all &c

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Shortly after, she said , Jesu s i s increasingly preciou s ; and
after a cha n ge in her position in bed she added Oh how easy , , ,
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Praise the Lord , and , quietly reclin ing on her pillow, she peace
fu l ly fell asleep i n J esus .

One m uch younger in years experien ced even greater ecsta c y i n

death and recorded her joyful experien ce in strain s like a c on
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found in Hy m n s and Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 4 9 The ninth verse .

of the original form s the first of H ym n 3 7 .

This hym n has long been a great favourite with the M ethodist
people generally and several well authe n ticated instances are
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kn own of i ts having been u sed by godly person s to exorcise the

devil The facts which suggested the co m position are recorded
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by Charles W esley in his J ou rnal u nder date of Au gust 6 , 1 7 44 .

H aving been preaching in the s m all chu rch at Laneast in Corn ,

wall , and conde m ning the drunken revels of the people , whilst
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u rging the m to repent and be converted, one i n the congre
g a t i o n contradicted and blasphe m ed Charles W esley asked
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W h o i s he that pleads for th e devil ? ”

The reviler stood boldly
forward the preacher fe a rlessly exposed his iniquity and showed
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the whole congregation their state by natu re M r W esley s .

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w ithering exposure drove the m an in disgrace out of the chu rch .

These circu m stan c es are believed to have suggested the writing

of the hy m n .

I n the Life of the Rev H en ry Ran so m ( Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e

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S epte mber an in ciden t i s related as h aving occu rred i n

his presence , of an evil spirit being cast out after the singing o f
part of thi s hym n and prayer at D arlaston , .

O ther spirits have been exorcised by the m agi c power of these

verses , besides those indicated Five of the six verses of thi s
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hy m n have been quoted by happy saints departing to paradise .

M r s E lizabeth Baker , of B anbury, was brought up without any

sense of the fear of God resting upon her A t the age of ni n eteen .

she was m arried, and beco m ing a m other soon lost two beloved
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babes Thi s event the parents took as a visitation fro m God

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for their sins , especially that of trading on the Sabbath day -

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They bought a Prayer book to aid them i n seeking m ercy bu t

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a revival breaking out i n 1 8 2 0 at Banbu ry , the m other attended

the M ethodist preaching and found pardon through believing
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in J esus She m aintaine d her confiden ce i n God through a

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long c ou rse of do m estic anxieties and a ffli ctions J ust before .

sh e died , her fa m ily n ever having known her to sing, were sur
pri sed to hear her pour forth in c lear, m u s ical strains

J e su s t he N a m e hi gh over all
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In he ll o r ea rth or S k y
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A ng el s an d me n be fo re it fa ll,
And d evi ls fear a nd fly .
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H er tran sparent , si mple

hearted godliness was m anifest in -

dying she literally slept in J esus

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Robert E lliott of H utton Rudby S tockton lived for twenty

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eight years without religion , but was brought to a knowledge of

sin s forgiven through the preaching of the M ethodists For .

m ore than thirty years he was a faithful leader , an d daily went

about doing good A worldly m inded professor on c e said of
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him “
, I c annot but love Robert E lliott bu t I hate to m eet ,

h im . H e was u n fl in ch ing in reproving s in O n hi s death bed .

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when visited by the preacher, he said to the friendly inquirer,

I a m in great pain bu t happy in God ”
Speaking of his con
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fi d e n c e in Christ, he exclai m ed , as in an ecstasy ,

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Jesu s , a e t o sinners dea r
th e N m ,

T h e n a m e to sinners g iven
I t s catters al l m y g uilty fe a r ,

It t urns m y hell to heave n .

H i s last words were H appy happy and with out a st ruggle

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or sigh he c eased to breathe .

M i ss H elen H ulse n iece of M r Sykes of M a n s fi el d W ood

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house , was called t o endure severe affl iction , whi ch , however ,

was greatly alleviated by t he recital of the hym ns she had learned

in youth N ot m ore than ten m inu tes before her departure she
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spoke of all her blessi ngs as co m ing through J esu s only and re ,

p e a t e d the lines

Power into streng thl es s so uls He speaks ,

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An d li fe int o the d e ad .

S he asked her sister to read to the end of the hymn, earnestly

j oining in th e last verse , co mm en c ing
H a ppy i f w i th m y l a t est b rea th l
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I may b ut gasp H i s n a me , &c .

D irectly a fterwards she sweetly fell asleep in J esu s .

Robert V o a k e s in early life, was deprived of m any religiou s

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advantages ; but Al lei n e s Alarm N elson s J ourn al t h e

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Pilgri m s Progress , and other si m ilar works convin ced h i m
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that he was a sinner H e was for seven long years under the
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law O n re moving i nto the Pocklingt on circuit he j oined a

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class , found m ercy , and soon afterward s was m ade a leader .

H e laboured for God , through m any severe trials till he w as ,

e i g hty fi v e whe n infirm ity l aid h i m aside

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hi s protra c ted life , he recorded m uch to the praise of God , and

finished by writing N ow m y m ind is relieved fro m the cares
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of the world,
Tis all my business here b elow
To cry B ehol d the Lamb ,

I n hi s n inety fourth year he entered int o rest h aving been a

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M ethodist seventy two years, and a class leader m ore than

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seventy years .

O n the lips of m any of the Lord s people have the words of ’

the last vers e of thi s h y m n faltered, j ust as they were entering

paradise F our of the preachers we m a y n am e as examples
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The Rev Ri chard Robarts , after a brief but u seful career i n

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the M ethodist m in i stry, closed his p ilgri m age by repeating to a

frien d at h is bedside the verse
H a p p y if with m y l a t est brea th &c
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H is last word s were Thank the Lord ,

N ow Lord come , ,
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The Rev J a m es N eedha m appre ciate d the pre c iousness of

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m any of W esley s hy m n s and quoted several of the m t o friends

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who visited h i m on his death bed W hen strength was rapidly -

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declining an d life fast ebbing out , one friend said to hi m Y o u

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still preach Christ to us ”

W ith m u ch exertion and difficulty
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of breathing , he exclai m ed ,
H appy if with my latest breath ,
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I may but ga sp His n am e &c , .

H is last words were the following Glory, honour m ight m a , ,

j esty and do m inion , be ascribed to God and the La m b for

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ever !
After a brief m inistry of only seven years the Rev Tho mas , .

Charles Ru shforth exchanged m ortality for life O n the Satur .

day before hi s death he desired a few friends to m eet in hi s

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house for prayer ; and during that final service with the m em
bers of the Church m ilitant b e repeated with e m phasi s the
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v e rs e c o mm e n c i ng
Happy if with m y latest breath
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I ma y but gasp His nam e &c ,

H is last utterances were I shall soon be a t rest, — my dear,

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Redee m er .

E arly conversion i s a safe i nd i cation of a happy and u seful

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life The R e v Tho mas Tho m pson began to prea c h before he
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cam e of age and at t w enty two be cam e a ho m e m issionary

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faithfully and kindly fulfilling the duties of the M ethodist m i n

i s t ry for twenty n ine years -
D uring hi s last illness his m ind was
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kept in perfe c t pea c e , an d a m ongst his last earthly utteran c es

were “
,I a m waiting for m y c hange without desire of life or
fear of death I a m an unworthy servant ; bu t all my tru st i s
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in the m erits of J esu s Chris t

Happy if with my l a test breath
I ma y but gasp H is name &c ,
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H e died tru sting i n the Lord .

H YM N —“ O God of good the , u n fa t h o m

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L ov e t o M a nhi nd .

The original of this strikingly subli m e hy m n was written i n ,

Ger m an b y Jo h n A ngelu s , or Angelus S i l e s i u s , or J ohn S ch efil er

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a m ysti c , and m e mber of the Ro m an Catholi c Church born i n ,

1 6 2 4 and who died in 1 6 7 7

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H i s hym ns were published in .

B reslau i n 1 6 5 7 u nder the title of H oly D elight of the S oul, 0 1

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Spiritual H ym ns of a Soul en raptured by Love to Jesus .

Hym ns of such a character were sure to attract the attention of

J ohn W esley, who wrote a free translation of thi s one , which
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appeared in Hy m n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 3 9 This hym n ,
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was added to the collection aft er M r W esley s death , as was ’

also Hy m n 3 9 which i s indicated by the asteri sk

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A m ighty host will be found before the throne of God , gathered

into the fold a s the result of the m inistry of the Rev Robert .

N ewton and a m ongst them B enj am in W ard of Oldham who

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was so i mpressed by the m anner of the preacher in giving out

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the verse co m m encing O God, of good the u nfa t h o m d sea
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& c , that he was enabled to give his heart to the Lord after the
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singing of that first verse H e j oined the M ethodist Society at.

the age of fifteen and for forty years w as actively e m ployed as a

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class leader as leader of the congregational singing and in the

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The Al m ighty God so m eti m es m anifests H i m self to H i s

people i n a m anner so u nusual that , like the Apostle Paul , they
testify that whether in the body or out of it they know not
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M r s M arian Ship m an of M ansfield was favoured a short ti m e

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before her death with an extraordinary m anifestation of the

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D ivine pre sen c e , and she gave utteran ce to her feeling s i n the
language of the first verse of this hy m n
O of go o d th e u n fa t h o m d S ea
G od ,
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W h o w o ul d n o t give his h eart t o Thee

W ho would n o t love Th e e with his m i ght ,

O J esu love r o f m ankind P

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W h o would n o t his wh o le s o ul and m in d ,

W ith all his strength to Thee unite

H YM N 3 9 . Fat her whose everlasting lov e —O h

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E v er l a s t i ng L ove .

Thi s appeared i n the first of Charles W esley s Tracts of ’ “

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Hym ns 1 7 4 1 with the title just given The original extend s
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to twenty seven verses I n the fourth verse ,
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altered t o the world .

The lay agen c y i n M ethodi st preaching has , t aking m a n fo r

m a n , been m ore abundantly owned by the H oly Spirit i n the
saving of souls than the separated or priestly agen cy of the
E stablished Church J ohn J ohnson of Gunnerside, Reeth was
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b rought to God under a serm on preach ed by Richard Buxton , a

loc a l preacher I mm ediately h e began to seek the souls of
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others and becam e i n turn a leader an d local preacher hi m self

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an d was m ade a blessing to m any O n the day of hi s death he .

had preached at Gayle and at tea with a friend at H awes , , ,

spoke of being as happy as he could be I n the evening he .

O pened the servi ce at H awes , and gave out the 4 2 d hy m n the

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last two line s being

Lift up th e stand a rd of T h y cross ,

A nd all sha ll own Thou d i ed s t for all ’

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H e co m m en ced t o pray , and had uttered a senten ce of adora

t i on when he fell in the pulp it his spirit wen t straight to the
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paradise of God .

H Y M N 40 Y e neighbours and friends To Jesus draw near

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Aft er p r ea ch i ng t o t h e N e w cas t le Co l l i ers , D ecember 4 , 1 7 4 6 .

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TUNE Triu m ph , 1 7 6 1
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U nderdate of N ove m ber 3 0 , in h is j ournal , Charles W esley

uses the sam e phraseology as he e mbodies in this spirited hym n .

D uring that visit to the N orth h e preached several ti m es in the ,

streets of N ewcastle to li stening crowds , wh o forgot the sh arp

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ness of the frost while listening to the earnest soul stirrin g words ,
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of life from the m a n of God The origin a l appears i n H y m n s .

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and S acred Poe m s 1 7 4 9 vol i , p 3 1 0 where it extends to
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twelve verses five of which are o m itted J ohn W esley m ade

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a correct reprint of his brothe r s hym n bu t so m e subsequent ’

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editor has sadly m arred both the sense and the theology of the
first line which i n the original , reads thu s
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Y e neighbours and fri ends of Jesus dra w nig h , , ,

thus keeping the distinction between the world and the Church ,
sinners and saints which i s lost i n the incorrect line now in the
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end of the third verse Thi s hy m n i s correctly printed in J ohn

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W esle y s first an d sub seque n t edition s i ssu ed during hi s life

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ti m e but it i s printed incorrectl y in the penny edition of W e s

ley s hy m n s recently i ssued by the B o ok Co m m ittee
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H YM N 41 . ou r help in ages past —M a n fr a i l a n d

O God ! .
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G od eter n a l — TUNE B exley , 1 7 6 1 ,

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Thi s m uch ad m ired co m positi on i s D r W atts paraphrase of

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one of D avid s Psal m s I t was first published in 1 7 1 9 and , after

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undergoing several correction s by J ohn W esley was i ssued i n ,

M r W esley s first Hy m n book i n 1 7 3 8 in its altered form In

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W atts it co mm en ces O ur God ou r help & c

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W illia m Kay of M an chester feared God fro m hi s youth and

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was i n co m m union with the M ethodists for fift y eight years -

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H i s confidence in G od was unshaken ; and at the close of a

life of m ore than fou rs core years when a m e m ber of hi s fam ily ,

repeated the lines

O G od our h el p in ag e s p a st , ,

Our ho p e fo r yea rs to c o me
Our shelt e r fro m the st o rmy bl a s t ,

H ere the dying saint cheerfully added the last line

And o ur e t erna l hom e .

A lm ost i mm ediately after ,

hi s sp irit returned to God .

H YM N Thee we adore , eternal N a m e —F r a i l L ife a n d

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s u cceed i ng E t er n i ty — TUNE Chi m es 1 7 6 1 , ,

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A hym n by D r W atts for m ing N o 5 5 , B ook I I in his col ,

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lectio n I t was first published i n 1 7 09 and with three of

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J ohn W esley s i m prove m ents , was inserted in hi s Psal m s an d

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Hym ns
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I n the c o m pany of the redee m ed i n heaven , none wi l l shin e

with brighter lustre than the devoted m issionary of the cross ,
who wears out health a nd life i n the work of proclai m ing a free
salvation for every m a n The Rev George B ellam y fell a
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v icti m to fever i n D e m erara D urin g hi s severe sufferi ngs .

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whilst a coloured servant was bathing hi s head with vinegar,

he sole m nly exclai m ed
Thee we adore E ternal N ame , ,

And hu mbly o w n to Thee ,

How feeble is o u r morta l frame ,

W hat dying worms we be .

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The faith of th e poor black servant was m anifested in the reply ,

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M assa no fraid dis s icknes s for d e glory of God B rother .

Am es another m issionary residing near was also ill and about

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thi s ti m e died but the sad event was concealed fro m hi s friend
B ellam y by those around h i m The spirit of the departed one .

mu st have appeared to h i m ; for, soon aft e r M r B ella m y ex ,

clai med , Am es i s gone ”

After thi s he ch anged
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I ll go too .

for death and at six next m orning his spirit went to j oin hi s
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fellow m issionary i n th e land of the bles sed

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H YM N 43 . And am I born to di e -
F or Ch i ld ren .
— TUNE ,

Lam pe s 1 7 4 6 ’
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Thi s form s N O 5 9 of Charles W esley s H ym n s for Children

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1 7 63
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.A land of deepest shade i s altered fro m A world
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& c , and
. Shall i s exchanged for W ill angel bands convey
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Of the one hundred hym n s contained in thi s volu m e the vener ,

abl e Tho m as J ackson re m arks I t would perhaps be difficult

to m ention any un in spi red book that , in th e sa m e co m pass con ,

tains so m u ch evangelical senti m ent Charles W esley s H ym n s

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for Children ar e full of instru ction , yet thoroughly devotional in

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their character There i s n oth ing puerile in the m either with

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respect to thought or expression The language i s si mple .

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terse , pure and strong , The topics which they e m brace are
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the truth s a n d facts of Christianity, especially i n their bearing

upon personal religion I n the hands of a Christian m other,
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these hy m n s would form a valuable help in the task o f edu c a

tion M ost of the hy m ns if co m m itted to m e m ory, would at
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once inform the m e m ory and i m p ress the heart S o m e of the .

hym ns are intended for the use of young children j ust beginning
to speak and think, whilst others are adapted equally to the
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directly to the hearts o f t h e hearers H er father retired to h i s

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roo m to weep for hi s own sinful folly with a deeply stricken -

h eart M ary had conquered For m any years she lived to

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adorn her godly profession , an d she passed away at last i n

triu m ph to the skies .

A s i m ilar ane c dote i s related by B elcher, an Am erican

author of the daughter of an E nglish noblem an who i n like
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m anner, preferred to sing the sam e verses instead of her song

i n turn with other young ladies present The n oble Lord .

be c am e converted, abandoned worldly co mpany j oin ed th e ,

people of God and during hi s religiou s life distributed to pro

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m ote the spread of the Gospel one hundred thou sand pounds
M ethodis m was established in the village of R o o kl y , i n the
I sle o f W ight , about 1 7 8 3 I n that society there was a youth
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n a m ed Tho m as W hitewo od , whose devotedness to God , con

sta me y, fervou r i n the m ean s of grace , and usefulness i n praye r

m eetings p ubli c and social had attracted general notice
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O ne m orning wh ile at work i n hi s fathe r s barn he was heard ’

singing that v ery sole m n hy m n of Charles W esley s c o m ,

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m en c i ng

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And am I only born to die

verse which i s as follows

J e sus vou chsa fe a pitying ra y
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Be Thou my guide be Tho u m y w a y

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T o glorious happine s s
Ah write the p ardon on m y heart
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And whensoe e r I hen ce depa rt

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L e t m e d ep a rt in pea ce

S carcely had he expressed the devout breathings of his hea rt to

God in thi s re m arkable language than he fell and expired ,
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Thi s sudden death m ade a deep i mpression on m any hearts ,

an d so arou sed the cons cien c e of on e youth , na m ed Robert

B ull a s t o lead to h i s convers ion to God
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M ethodis m was co m m enced at H addenha m i n 1 8 20 in a ,

ba rn ; and a m ongst the early worsh ippers i n that pri m itive

place of worsh ip was Priscilla Paine , then feeling the sorrows of
widowhood H ere the Lord was pleased to m anifest H i m self
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to her i n H i s saving power, an d she soon identified herself wit h

the people of God , and opened her hou se for H i s servants H er .
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c onvi ct ions
of sin were deepe n ed by the m i ni s t e r
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g i v i ng ou t
the hym n co mmencing
Lo , God is here , l et us a d o re , &c .

and at the closing s cene after a life of devoted servi c e to t he ,

M aster s c ause she oft repeated the last verse of H ym n 44

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Jesus vou chsa fe a pitying ray

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adding on o ne o c c asion after doing so

, I s not that sweet ,

J esus i s precious W hat H e wills i s best M y God i s recon

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c iled and all i s well Co m e Lord Jesus

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She l ay down i n .
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p eace, and her spirit returned to God who gave it .

H YM N 45 . Shrinking fro m th e c old hand of death .

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Gen es i s xli x 3 3 ; and N n m hers xx 2 8 — TUNE, Pa l mi s 1 7 6 1

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Thi s hym n i s m ade up of part s of two of Charles W esley s ’

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Short S criptu re Hym ns 1 7 6 2 The third verse i s based on ,
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N u m bers xx 2 8, co mm en cing 0 that without a lingering

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groan & c Th i s verse was generally given out by J ohn
, .

W esley at the c lo se of the society m eetings he held after

evening preaching—a custo m and a choi c e worthy of wider
extension I llu strative exa mples of the u s e of thi s hy m n are so
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n u m erous , that every verse, and al m ost every line has its own
special interest .

Am ongst the ac c idents whi ch have hurried i m mortal souls

into eternity none have been m ore fatal than those o qcu rri ng i n
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collieries Towards the class of people e mployed i n m ining

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M ethodis m has especially devoted its energies and m any ,

blesse d result s are on record as the re w ard of those labours .

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J ohn J ones of A shton under Lyne , was for so m e years a faithful

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m e m ber of the M ethodi st S ociety On the day of his death he .

uttered a senten ce i n his fa m ily prayer wh ich expressed a hope

that they m ight al l m eet i n heaven , and said to a leader that he
would set out afresh to serve the Lord A t n oon of the sa m e .

day he repeated to the m e m bers of his fa m ily the verse

Shri nking fro m the co ld h an d of dea th ,

I too shall ga ther up my feet ,

Shall so o n resign m y fl ee ti ng brea th ,

And die m y fa the r s G od to m ee t

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At one o clock he entered the coal m ine , and wrought till ten
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o clock at n ight when , being drawn to the surface of the earth,
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the rope slipped and h e fell to th e botto m of the pit a lifeless

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corp se M any die as suddenly —would that all died as s a fely

. .

B ut few of the vi c ti m s of that terrible s courge con su mption , ,

have a fforded to the m O pportu nities for repentance during their

rapid m arch into etern ity M rs F o x, wife of the m issionary,
.

W B Fox of Ceylon , was a happy believer i n early life

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and devoted to God her best energies W hen her end was .

drawing near, she often repeated her favourite hy m n c o m ,

m en c i n g
Shrinking from the c old hand of dea th , &c .

S o partial was she to that hy m n that she got an old Hym n

book bound and clasped with silver, be c ause it c ontain ed the
hym n ( unabridged )with her favourite verse as follows ,

W alk with m e thro ug h the d read ful shade ,

A n d certified that Tho u art m ine

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M y S pirit ca l m and un d is mayed

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I shall into Thy hands resign .

The experien ce of Jam es Tho m as a leader of three classes at ,

H averfordwest, and a m a n who walked with God , led h i m to

repeat with ani m ation an d delight j ust before he died such
hym n s as Rock of Ages and
Shrinking from t h e c o ld hand of d eath .

H e died in the faith and hope of the Gospel .

M rs B ullivant, m other of the Rev W J B ullivant , was a . . .

careful student of God s W ord an d of all the writings of the

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worth ies of M ethodis m She relied i m pli citly on the atone m ent
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of Christ for salvation , an d often repeated thi s verse of her

favourite hy m n
0 th a t w ithout a lingeri ng g roan
I m ay t h e wel co m e w o rd re ce ive ;
M y b o d y with m y ch arg e l a y d own ,

A n d ce a se at on ce t o wo rk a n d live .

W hile i n the act of rising fro m bed, her sp irit fled to the paradise
of God .

HY M N 46 . The m orn ing flowers display their sweets —O h .

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t he D ea t h of a Yo n ng L a ay I sa x1 6, 8 TUNE , K et t l es b y
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1 76 1 .

Thi s hy mn was written by th e R ev . Sam uel W esley, j un in .

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the year 1 7 3 5 I t i s an exqui sitely fine co m position I t was

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published first by J ohn W esley in H ym ns and S acred Poe m s ”

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enlarged editio n , 1 74 3 .

H Y M N 46 Co m e let u s ane w O ur j ourney pursue

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N ew Yea r s D ay —TUNE , N ew Y e a r s D a y 1 7 6 1
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Owing to editorial oversigh t, about the year 1 8 0 7 , when the

H ym n book underwent several alteration s there have been two
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hymn s with thi s nu m ber Thi s i s one of C W esley s H ymn s . .

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for the N ew Y ear , 1 7 5 0 .

I t i s a fine lively c o mpo sition , ad m irably adapted by its

appropriate and weighty senti m ents for the sole m n service fo r
whi ch it i s u sed There i s a peculiarity about the long and
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short syllables which gives ease to the rapid fl o w of the words ,

an d testifies with what ease even diffi c ult m etres were c o m posed
by C W esley. .

Grace and providen ce often co operate A little girl belong -

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ing to the S cotch Church was permitted by her father to go to ,

the watch n ight service of the M ethodists in Aberdeen on con

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dition that she re m e m bered the text , and repeated it on her return
ho m e A t the end of the servi ce the accusto med hy m n was
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sung
C o m e l e t us anew Our j o urn ey pursue
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Roll round with t h e year &c ,
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This was to her a novelty an d so fixed in the child s m ind a ,

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love towards M ethodi s m that she ulti m ately beca m e a m e m ber ,

of the S ociety and the wife of the Rev J ohn Ship m an , W esleyan
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m inister The text failed to influen ce her m ind seriou sly, but
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the last hy m n did so effectually .

M r s H oly of Sheffield began to serv e God i n early life an d

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during a period of m ore than threescore years and ten took

unceasing pleasure i n helping forward th e cause of God and
M ethodis m W hen laid aside by weakness and age she de
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lighted i n repeating W esley s hym ns The fa m ily not being ’

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able to attend the watch night servi c e , they were c al led together -

for a special servi ce in the house , when she addressed so me

faithful and loving words to the m, closing the service by singing
the N ew Y ear s Hym n , in which she heartily j oined This was
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the last service she attended o n earth E xtre m e weakness set .

in ; but her confiden ce i n God was un sh a ken , and her last

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words were I do feel Christ precious
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The death of one person i s often the awakening to spiritual

life of m any M rs H o b ki n s o n of H arrowgate was called to part
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with her son an event which awakened h er to a sense of h er

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lost state as a sinner She sought and found rede m ption and .
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to the end of life m aintained her confidence in God A l ittle .

before her departure she atte mpted to sing part of the N e w

Y ear s H ym n
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0 th a t ea ch in the d ay Of His c o ming ma y s ay ,

I ha ve fought my w ay through .

A dding w ith increased e mphasi s the last line

I h ave fin i s h d
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the work Thou didst give me t o d o .

H YM N 4 7 . Pass a few swiftly fl e et i n g years I a m g oi ng t he

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w ay of a l l t h e ea r t h
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( J oshu a xx iii —TUNE , Purcell s .
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1 76 1 .

This form s N o 3 8 7 , vol i , of Charles W esley s Short S crip

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ture H ym ns 1 7 6 2 M r W e s l ey s volu m es of S cripture H ym n s are

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too little known m ost of the hym n s are con cise, but so m e fe w
are lengthy They are two thou sand and thirty in nu m ber, and
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are founded on particular texts throughou t all the books of the

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B ible So m e of the m , observes the Rev Tho m as Jackson
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d isplay a singular ingenu ity, and n early all breathe a spirit of

pure and ferv ent devotion They prove the author to h ave been .

a diligent , accu rate and critical student of the Sacred B ooks

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an d often throw an i nteresting light upon i m portant passages .

The m etres are agreeably varied, and the entire work i s perhaps
one of the best uninspired m anu als for the closet of the Chris
tian that was ever published i n the E nglish language ”
They .

appeared in 1 76 2, secon d editi on i n 1 7 9 4—6 .

The author in hi s preface , re m arks

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God having graciously ,

laid H i s hand upon m y body, and disabled m e for the p rincipal

work of the m in i stry has thereby given m e an u nexpected occa
,

sion of writing these hy m ns M any of the thoughts are borrowed .

fro m M r H en ry s Co mm ent, D r Gel ] on the Pentateuch , and

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B e n g eli u s on the N e w Testa m ent Several of the hym n s a re .

i ntended to prove a n d several to guard , the doctrine of Chris

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tian perfection M y desire i s rightly to divide the word of

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truth B ut who i s sufficient for these things ? W h o can check

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the self c o n fi d e nt without di scouraging the self d i ffid ent ?

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Reader, if God m inisters grace to thy soul through any O f these

hym ns , offer up a prayer for th e weak instrum ent , that , whenever
I finish m y course I m a y depart in peace having seen in Jesu s
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Chri st H i s great salvation .

H ow m any thou sands did o ffer u p a prayer for th e weak “

i nstru m ent ! and how m any thousands have been blessed as

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the result of those labours W hat a gloriou s ending had their

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author ! M y brother Charles fell asleep so quietly, that they
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wh o sat by h i m did not see when he died So wrote J ohn .

W esley in a letter to H enry M oore , the original of whi ch i s

now before th e writer E ven the last u tterances of that godly
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poet have been a source of co m fort hope and con solation to , ,

hundreds since hi s death and those glowing words of tru st i n

Christ are the p oet s last legacy to the Church Charles W esley,
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a fe w days before h i s d ea t h , co mposed hi s own epitaph H aving .

been silen t a n d quiet for so m e ti m e , he c alled M rs W esley to

o

h i m, an d bid her write as he di ctated

In ag e a n d feebl ene ss
extre me ,

W h o sh a ll a sinful wo rm red ee m
J esus m y o n ly h O p e Tho u a r t
, ,

Strength of my fa iling fl es h a n d he art

O could I ca t ch a s m il e from Thee ,

And dro p into e te rnity

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I n age and feebl eness extre m e has been u sed on hun ,
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dreds of death beds by devout followers of Christ in the M etho

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dist S ocieties V i d e appendix at the end of the volu m e

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Two points of doctrine were introduced into the Short
H ym n s by Charles W esley, i n whi ch he differs fro m hi s
brother J ohn They were Spiritual D arknes s and Christian
.

Perfection M any of the hy m n s i n the collection are taken

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fro m thi s work , but not any i n which the co ntroverted points of
doctrine are found These two volu m es were reprinted i n a n
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altered an d abridged form after the author s death ’

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H YM N 4 8 .
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Ah
lovely appearan c e of death 0n t he S ig h t -

of a C p e
o r s — TUNE , Funeral 1 7 6 1 ,
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The original i s one of Charles W esley s F uneral Hym ns , a ’

tract of twenty four pages , firs t published in 1 74 4, and of which

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n ine edition s a ppeared .

There have been d i fl ere nces of O pini on as to the a ppropriate

 T he M et h od i s t Hy mn B -
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nes s of so m e of the language u sed in thi s hymn The Rev . .

Richard W atson says that Charles W esley s Funeral Hym n s ’

h ave too little of the softness of sorrow i n the m , but they are
written in the fulness of faith whi ch exclai m s , e ven over the
grave Thank s b e to God which giveth u s the vi cto ry through
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our Lord J esu s Chri st There i s an interesting and appropriate
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illu stration to thi s hy m n i n M r A rthu r s Life of M r B ud g et t ,
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of B ristol , the o c tavo edition , 1 8 5 2 , i n the death of B etty Coles

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( pages 8 9 , wh i ch i s worth the reader s attention Byron , i n .

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hi s Giaour records s i m ilar senti m ents in describin g death
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and Caroline B owles who becam e the wife of Robert S outhey,

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poet laureate has written thi s passage

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And is this d eath P D read thing

If such thy v i s iti ng ,

How beautiful thou art

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M H all the poet s sister M artha could not look at a corpse ,
rs , ,
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because she said i t was beholding sin sitting on hi s throne .

She obj ected strongly to the opening lines of thi s fine hym n
Ah lovely ap pe a ran ce of d ea th
N o sight upon earth is so fair .
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J ohn W esley altered the words N o sight to W hat sight,

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thu s greatly m odifying the S trength O f hi s brother s language by

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changing a harsh assertion into inquiry A sub sequent editor .

has altered a line i n the fifth verse fro m Sealed up i n et er n a l

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repose to Sealed up i n t hei r mor t a l repose .

An extract or two fro m the j ournal of Charles W esley will thro w

further light on thi s hym n .

U nder date of Cardiff, August 1 2—1 4, 1 7 44, M r Charles W esley

relates having preached in the Castle yard , and having vi sited -

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two sick brethren The n ext day he observes , I was m u ch
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revived by our dying brother, who i s n ow ready to be offered

up I asked h i m whether he would rather die or live ? H e
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an swered To depart and be with Chri st , i s far better
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He is .

a pattern for all Christian graces , a n d was the first i n Cardiff

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t o receive the gospel of full salvation The next day, M r
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W esley records , we prayed last n ight with j oy, full of glory for
our departing brother j ust while he gave u p hi s spirit — as I
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pray God I m ay give up m ine Thi s m orning I expounded .

that last best triu m ph of faith ‘I ha ve fought a good fight

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&c . The Lord ad mini stered strong c on solation to those that

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T he
re all the ship s company me et
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Who sailed with the Savi o ur beneath ”

, &c .

W ill i am H indson , of H eg d a l e Penrith , m any years a local

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preacher an d leader m aintained inti m ate happy, and san ctify

, ,

i ng co m munion with God during a long life an d closed it with ,

cal m assurance of heaven , leaving as hi s closing testi m ony the

lines
Th ere all the ship s co m pany mee t’
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W h o sa il ed with the Savi o ur bene a th .

”

E dward M aden of the B urnley cir c uit realised during his last
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illnes s an e cstacy of j oy, a nd heavenly consolation and the full

a ssurance of hi s heavenly inheritan c e he declared in the vers e

co m m en cing
There all the ship s company m eet ’

adding ,
I shall soon be one of the m and shall m eet m any
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who m I have known on earth who will welco m e m e ho m e ”

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T h e h o n o ur e d son of an honoured sire i n the W esleyan

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m inistry, N athaniel Fran cis W ool m er , of Gloucester , was a

u seful m e mber an d leader i n M ethodis m and by a consistency
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of religiou s profession m anifested hi s walk with God His .

delight in the services of the san ctu ary, and in doing good to the
b odies and souls of those around h i m have m ade his m e m ory ,

precious Often , when engaged in prayer, hi s face becam e

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radiant with j oy as well as when he spoke of the Saviour

, ,

or repeated portion s of S cripture and of his favourite hym ns .

W ith re m arkable feeling he quoted as indicative of the hope ,

that was in hi m at the end of his pilgri m age the verse c o m ,

m e n c i ng
There all the ship s company m eet ’
, &c .

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H YM N 5 0 . B lessi n g ,
ho n our, thanks and praise ,
. A F u n er a l
H y m n — TUNE Love Feast , 1 7 6 1
, .

This was first published i n Charles W esley s ’ “

H ym n s and
Sa c red Poe m s , 1 7 4 2
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H YM N 5 1 . H ark a voice divides the sky .

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A F u n er a l
H y m n — TUN E, A scen sion , 1 7 6 1
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This hy m n i s found i n the s am e v o l um e as the preceding I t .

i s wort hy of re mark that the tunes a ffi x ed to thi s and the pre .

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c ed ing hy mn , indica te a m u ch stronger leaning to the joys of

the departed than the sorrows of the bereaved B oth these .

hym n s are unaltered reprints .

The exultant ton e which runs through thi s hym n has been
caught by m any a redee m ed spirit on the border l and of both -

worlds but was perhaps never m ore fully exhibited than i n the
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closing scene of that devoted young m issionary the Rev Jam es , .

H W ay te
. H e had reached Freetown Sierra Leone and
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gladdened the hearts of the resident m issionaries by his arrival .

Rej oicing in the con sciousness that Chri st i s able to clean se

fro m all sin h is desire to m ake known thi s great salvation was
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m a nifested by his intense zeal but D ivine Providen ce cu t short

his earthly career S u ffering m u ch fro m the ti m e of his arrival
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i n Afri ca fever soon set in , a n d hastened h i m ho m e to heaven

, .

E re the vital spark fled M r D ove, a brother m issionary, visited ,

h i m , and atte m pted to pray with h i m , but he was interrupted by

the dying youth wh o began to invoke the D ivine blessing upon
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all hi s late brother students at Rich m ond After a pau se he .

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said O glory be to Jesu s

, I feared I should depart without
a shou t for my Lord ; but H e would not a llow it ; bless H is
graciou s nam e I have preached Christ in life, though very
.

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u nfaithfully ; and I will preach H i m i n death Then raising .

his voice to a higher pitch he added ,

M t l A m a n is dea d
o r a s c ry ,

Angels shout A chil d is b o rn

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I n this strain he continued for two ho urs S oon afterwards .

he see m ed to get a gli mpse of the better land and j ust before
he breathed out h is S pirit he ex clai m ed “
Beautiful ! 0 how , ,

beautiful and entered into rest .

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H YM N 5 2 Again we lift ou r voice 0n t he D .
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ea th of
S a m u el H u t chi n s —
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TUNE, I rene 1 7 6 1 .
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The original appears in Charles W esley s Hym ns and Sacred

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Poe m s 1 7 4 9 vol ii Sa m uel H utchin s was a Corni sh s m ith,

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one of the first race of M ethodist preachers who died at an early ,

age An account of his life wr i tten by his father, was p ublished

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by John W esley in 1 746 .

W illia m Parkin of H ightown , was a zealou s Y orkshire

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M ethodist , who yielding to the strivings of the Spirit of God

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knelt down under a hedge , and , whilst praying there, entered

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into the liberty of the children of God The testi m ony O f hi s .

acceptance was clear and ab iding and abated n othing of its ,

inten sity in hi s la test hours Shortly before death he said

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M y soul delights in God S inging a nd praying never hurts
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me .
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To a brother local prea c her he said , hi s counten an ce ,

radiant with a heavenly s m ile , I a m o n the Ro c k and feel it

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will h ea r m e u p ”
E xpecting his end he added before you
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take my body from the hous e, sing the verse

Aga in we lift our voi ce ,

A n d shout our sol e mn j oys

C ause of highest ra ptures thi s ,

Raptures tha t shall n ever fa il

See a so ul esca ped to bli s s ,

Keep the Christi an festival .

W hilst speaking to his wife of hi s intention to take an hour s ’

d rive out in the afternoon he fell lifeles s on the floor !

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H YM N 5 3 . Give glory to J esu s our H ead —O n .

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t he D ea t h o f
a W i d o w — TU NE , S ion , 1 7 6 1 .

Thi s hym n i s N o 1 5 8 i n the second volu m e of Charle s

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W e sley s Hym n s and S acred Poe m s 1 7 49 The original is

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eight lines longer, and two words are altered .

The poet h as expressed an idea i n the se c ond verse which i s

worthy of rem ark it is
W here glorified S pirits by S ight ,

C o nverse i n their h o ly ab o de .

That intercourse should be carried on by sight i n the heavenl y ,

state i s certainly novel and yet the sam e thought i s stated i n

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a passage by B utler in his H udi bras whi ch runs thu s ,

Oh w h o b u t l ove rs ca n converse
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L ike a ngels by t h e eye d is course ?

A d d res s and c o mp lim en t by vi s ion .

The parish of M adeley i s classi c groun d ; and so m e O f its

m e m ories are su ch as bring to m ind those of B ethany There .

J ohn W esley often preached a n d a m o ngst his hearers was on e

B etsy Piggot who in 1 7 8 5 the year i n which J oh n Fletcher
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died was m arried to Tho m as M ilner Convin ced O f sin under

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M r W esley and led to Christ by t h e teaching of M r s Fletcher

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i n whose class s h e w a s a m e m ber her religiou s character was

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form ed on the m ost God like m ode 1 B eco m ing a wido w i n

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1 8 1 9,for forty years she was estee m ed and lo v ed for her work s ’

sake by bot h the Church and the world For eighty fi ve years
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she enj oyed and u sed for the glory of God the blessing of health ;
and her tru st in God was i n n o way abated when weakness
and decay oppressed her The day before her death she said
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B lessed are the dead whi ch die i n the Lord That i s m y case .
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H er last pocan was , O Lord God Rock of m y salvation , .

H aving sung this , she went straight to heaven All bu siness .

was su spen ded at the ti m e of her funeral ; and her re m ains

were placed in the earth i n front of M adeley V icarage and close ,

to those of her endeared friends J ohn an d M ary Fletcher the , ,

funeral service being condu cted by a grandson of the devout

H ester A nn Rogers W hile the vast crowd stood u ncovered
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round the grave the fi ft y third hym n was sung which thus
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c o mm en c es
Give Gl o ry to J esus our H ead ,

W ith a ll th a t en co mp ass His throne

A wi d ow a wi d o w ind eed , ,

A mother i n Isra el is gone 1 &c .

H YM N 5 4 . H earken to the sole m n voice —A . M i d n i g ht

H y m n — TUNE A m sterda m , 1 7 6 1
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W ritten by Charles W esley and published in

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H ym n s and “

Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 The passage in S t Luke xii 3 5 see m s

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to have suggested the th ird verse This i s the first hym n in the .

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section D escribing J udg m ent .

H YM N 5 5 Thou Judge of qu ick and dead —For t he

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Wa t chn zgh t —TUNE , Olney 1 7 6 1 .

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First published i n Charles W esley s “

H ym n s and Sa c red ’

Poe m s , 1 7 4 9, vol ii I n the fourth verse, O ur l o t i s changed

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to A l o t .

A venerable m a n was Ri ch a rd B urdsall , of Y ork ; an d hi s

daughter the m other of Richard and J ohn Lyth , was sc arcely
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less pious W hen twelve years O ld , she gave herself to the

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Lord , and her piety grew with her growt h D uring her last .

days , her full heart o v er fl o w e d in songs of praise, even in the

n ight season O n being told that her end was approaching she
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rej oiced greatly that she was going ho m e 0 11 the day before .

her death , Sh e repeated

0 m a y I thus b e fo und
Obedie n t to H i s w ord
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Attentive to the trum p et s sound ’

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A n d lo o king fo r m y Lord .

H er last words were Prai se glory m y Father m y Redee m er

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Thu s closed a life fragrant with holiness and pea c e .

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HY M N 5 6 H e co m es H e co mes the J udge severe —T hy

i ng d om come —TUNE , J udg m ent , 1 7 6 1
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This form s nu m ber 3 7 of Charles W esle y s H ym n s of I nter ’

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cession for all M ankind 1 7 5 8 I t is worthy of re m ark here , that
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neither the delight of social intercourse nor the spiritual pros ,

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e r i t y of his own people could indu ce Charles W esley to forget

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the public welfare and the cau se of religion generally E ngland

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was at war with several states on the Continent do m esti c tran ,

q uillity was m enaced Protestant interests were in peril, the

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clergy were asleep at the post of duty and ungodliness and sin ,

everywhere prevaile d at the ti m e when Charles W esley wrote

hi s H ym n s of I ntercession for all S o m anifest
was the peril that the prin cipal M ethodist so c ieties had a
,

special m eeting for prayer every Friday at noon , to intercede

with God on behalf of the Church the nation and the world , , .

To assist those services , and to fan the fla m e of Christian

patriotis m , M r W esley publi shed these hym ns Fro m this .

s m all work seven hym ns in the W esleyan collection are taken ,

na m ely, hym n s 5 6, 66 , 44 1 , 44 2 , 44 3 , 4 44 4 5 1 There are forty , .

hym n s i n the tract ; it appeared originally without author s ’

n a m e or date , and this fact m a y help to accou n t for the strange

and al i erl appropriation for so long a period of hym n 66 , Lo
H e co m es with clouds des c ending, whi c h i s taken from its
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pages .

H YM N 5 7 The great A rchangel s tru m p shall sound

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Aft er D eli v er a n ce fr om D ea t h hy t he fa l l of a H o u s e .

TUNE Canon , 1 7 6 1
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The original form s nu m ber 1 7 4 in Charles W esley S Hym ns

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and S acred Poe m s 1 7 49 vol ii and co mm ences Glory and
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thanks to God we g ive The first five verses are o m itted thi s
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hym n begins with the sixth verse of th e original The accident .

which originated thi s fine co mposition i s related in Charle s

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W esley s j ournal O n his th ird visit to Leeds he m et the society

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in an old upper roo m whi c h was densely packed and c rowds

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c ould n ot gain admission H e re moved nearer the door, that .

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those without m ight hear and drew t h e people towards h i m , .

I n stantly the rafters broke O ff short close to the m ain bea m , the ,

fl oor sank, and m ore than one hundred people fell am id dust ,

and ruin s into the roo m below O ne S ister had her a rm broken
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and set i mm ediately rejoi cing with j oy unspeakable A nother, .

strong in faith was so crushed , that she expected instant death ,

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but she was without fear and only said in cal m faith , J esus ,
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receive m y spirit ”
A boy of eighteen who had co m e to m ake
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a di sturbance, who struck several wo m en on entering was taken ,

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up roaring I will be good ,
I will be good ! They got hi s
leg set wh ich was broken i n two places The preacher did not
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fall but slid down softly and lighted on his feet H is hand was
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bruised and part of the skin rubbed O ff hi s head H e lost his

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senses , but recovered the m in a m o m ent and was filled with ,

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power fro m above H e writes , I lifted up m y head and saw
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the people under m e heaps upon heaps I cried out Fear ,

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not : the Lord i s w ith u s ; our lives are all safe ; and then
gave out , Praise God , fro m who m all blessings fl ow Several .

were seriously hurt but n one killed After such a deliverance

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was this hym n written I t co m m en ces Glory and thanks to .

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God we give and after twenty lines , in which there are evident
references to this re m arkable escape fro m death the sixth verse ,
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co mm ences The great Archangel s tru m p shall sound & c
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This accident took place M arch 1 4 1 7 44 , .

O nly the possession of m ighty faith in God cou ld give the

cal mness and c o m posure of m ind whi ch are indicated in this
subli m e co m position .

H YM N 5 8 — “
J esu s faithful to H is wor d — A
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F u n er a l H y m n .

TUNE H a m ilton s 1 7 8 1 ,
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Thi s hym n was first published in Charles W esley s H ym n s ’

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a n d Sacred Poe m s , 1 74 2 The o riginal has six verses , the .

first three of whi ch are o m itted I t is based on 1 Thess iv 1 3 . . . .

The first line reads thu s Let the world la ment thei r
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dead & c ,
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H YM N 5 9 Thou God of glorious m aj esty ” —A H y mn for

S er i o us n es s —TUNE S n o w s fi el d s ,
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, 1 76 1 .

Thi s hym n i s found in Charles W esley s Hy m n s and Sacred ’

Poe m s , 1 7 49 , vol i The Sheffield poet, M ontgo m ery, says of

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thi s hym n : I t is a subli m e c onte mplation , sole mn , colle c ted,

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uni m passioned thought , but thought o ccupied with that whi ch

i s of everlasting i m port to a dying m a n standing on the lapse ,
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of a m o m ent between two eternities Tradition states that this .

hym n was written by Charles W esley after a visi t to Land s E nd ’

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Cornwall i n J uly 1 7 43 ; but M r Tho m as J ackson , i n M r
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W esl ey s Life , says there i s n o proof thereof There i s at the

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Land s E nd a narrow neck of land betwixt two unbounded seas

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— the Bristol Channel to the north and the E ngli sh Channel to

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the south or, we m a y add the G r e a t ‘At la n t i c O cean to the west

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and the Germ an O cean to the east all uniting at this point , .

The tradition i s n atural and see m s well supported it i s

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given by D r A dam Clarke in a m anuscript letter before the

writer without doubt or hesitation D r Clarke knew Charles
,

W esley personally and th e letter containing the tradition was

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written partly in pencil o n the narro w neck of land itself,
and finished at the first inn in E n gland situated at the
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Land s E nd M r Tho m as Taylor a M ethodist preacher, who

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visited the Land s E nd in 1 7 6 1 , records the words

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H ere M r
Charle s W esley wrote Lo ! on a narrow n eck of land & c
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I n the third verse , M r W esley introdu ces an u nu sual word

a m ongst Chri stians A nd tre mble on the brink of fate The ”
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word fate n ot only co m es i n to suit the rhym e , but i s i n th is

instance of i ts use a proper rescui n g of the word fro m the clai m
of the infidel : fate fro m fa t u m, what i s spoken or decreed by
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Alm ighty power and goodness , and h ere it i s applied to death .

A m ongst the early friends of M ethodism in P ilsley village , i n

the Peak of D erbyshire Luke Bridge will be re m e m bered with
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gratitude and affection O n ce in the Conference prayer m eet

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ing at She ffield , he asked the asse m bly to help h i m to pray

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for poor Pilsley For m ore than thirty years he ceased not
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to strive to bring his neighbou rs to God At th e end of hi s .

pilgri m age protracted to m ore than fourscore years he recorded

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his senti m ents i n the language of his favourite hym ns one of ,

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which was , Thou God of gloriou s m ajesty & c
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H e was ,
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e m inent for hi s interceding power in prayer .

M r s Ann B rown the wife of the Rev J R Brown , beg a n to

, . . .

m eet i n class a t the age of sixteen and fro m that ti m e to the

end of her life her uprightnes s of conduct and seriousness O f
d em eanour secured for her the affectionate regard of a large
circle O f friends A t W hitby her recovery fro m serious illnes s
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she attributed to the goodness of God in answer to the prayers

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books of Y oun g s N ight Thoughts were published several

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years before Charles W esley wrote thi s grand hy m n and ,

whilst so m e of Y oung s con ception s are lofty and i m pressive

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W esley s are m uch m ore 5 0

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A n interesting literary di scus .

sio n on thi s point i s given in A dam Clarke Po rtrayed by

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J am es E verett , vol ii , 1 8 44 page 3 3 9 . .

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H YM N 62 . H ow happy are the little fl o ck .

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t hr o w
f o TUNE Chapel 1 7 6 1
L i s hon by an E a r t h q u a he .
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W ritten by Charles W esley i n D ece mber 1 7 5 5 on the occa ,

sion indi cated by the title I t form s the last of the seventeen .

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hy m n s in the tract of Fast day H ym ns , published e a rl y i n the -

year 1 7 5 6 This co m position exhibits th e cal m faith i n the

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divine love and protection whi ch so e m inently characterised

the early M ethodists Besides the excite m ent cau sed by the
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terrible earthqu ake the E nglish n ation was daily expecting an

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i nvasion by the Fren ch .

H YM N 63 . W o e to the m en on ea rth who dwell

64 . By faith we find the place above ( Rev xvi . .

O
. cca s i on ed hy t h e E a r t hq u a he a t L i s hon —T U NE B ro ck m er, 1 7 6 1 .
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These two hym ns for m one of Charles W e s l eyfs E arthquake

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Hym ns , 1 7 5 6 the se cond edition of a work which was first pub
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l i s h e d in 1 7 5 0 The original i s four verses longer I n the third

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line J oh n W esley has m ade an alteration Lo , fro m their .

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roots i s changed to Lo fro m their seats , &c .

H YM N 65 . Ye virgin souls arise ,

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F or t he Wa t chn zght .

TUNE , Tru m pet ,

1 761 .

This i s fro m Charles W esley s Hym ns an d Sacred Po em s ’ ”

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1 7 49 , vol ii . The original i s one verse longer I t form s a fine

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paraphrase of the parable of the ten virgins .

I n the ranks of God s heroes , n o one will have a m ore p ro ’

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m inent place than Sam uel H i ck , the “
village blacks m ith of
M i ckl efi el d Y orkshire H e was a m a n of upright character
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u ntiring energ y deep piety and singular u sefulness Often he

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s aid he had bu t one talent but he was determ ined that it ,

S hould never be given to the m a n who had t e n for he would ,

u se it up by hard trading W hen after three score years and .

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ten he felt the tabernacle was being taken down , he exclai m ed

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Glory be to God I have as m u c h religion as will carry m e to

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heaven , but I have none to spare for either m y wife or children .

”

H is last words , di stin ctly uttered were ,

Peace j oy, and love ,

peace j oy and love

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H i s friend s j oined i n S inging the sixty
fi ft h hym n , Y e virgin souls , arise, & c W hen they c a m e to t h e
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fifth verse
T h e everl as ting d oors
Sha ll s o o n the sa ints re ceive ,

Abo ve yon ang el p ow ers

In gl o rious jo y to live
F a r fro m a worl d of gri ef a n d S i n
W ith G o d e te rn ally S hut in ,
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here he lifted u p his dying hand and waved it round and ,

round ,till it fell upon the bed then he lifted up h is fore fi n g er

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and turned it round to S how that he was going, as he had often

“
said he should like to go, i n full sail into the harbour ”
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vi sited the hou se and roo m in which he died m ore than thirty
years after the event and hi s m e mory was fragrant as ever
,

there and not a few were living who delighted to relate inci
dents of that good m an s Christian herois m
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M ore gentle in disposition , and not less faithful in the servi c e

of God was M rs M argaret S cott , of N ewcastle Like S amm y
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H i ck she never allowed sin to go u nreproved After a life of

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s crupulous integrity and u nspotted piety on her death bed S h e ,

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felt her confiden ce in the m erits of Christ to be unshaken .

Shortly before her death she sang twi c e , i n a plaintive m anner,

the verse
H e co mes He co mes to ca ll
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T h e ha t i o n s to His bar ,

And ra i se t o g l o ry a ll
W h o fi t fo r g l o ry are
M ak e ready for yo ur fu ll reward ,

G o fo rth with j o y t o m ee t y o ur Lord .

She tried it a third ti m e and her voi ce failed her ; but she
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added , W hat a strange thing that I should gain a full reward

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a full reward ! I n this happy fram e of m ind she soon entered

on its enj oym ent .

H YM N H e co m es with clou ds descending — T hy

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K i ng d om come —TUNE , Olivers ( H el m sley) 1 7 6 1

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The original of this grand hym n form s N O 2 9 i n Charles .

W esley s H ym n s of I ntercession for all M ankind 1 7 5 8 This

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was not inserted in the c ollection till after M r W esley s death ’

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The noti on that Tho m as Olivers wrote thi s fine c o m position i s

e n tirely withou t eviden ce to support it Olivers wrote the tun e .

t o it, and it appears i n M r W esley s

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Sacred M elody , 1 7 6 1 ,
w ith the proper words to the tune and as the tune is na m ed
a fte r its author O livers , i t has been supposed that both words
,

a nd tune were produced by h i m I nvestigation for years .

by many m inds has now settled the dispute Charles W esley .

w rote the hy m n a s it now appears i n the W esleyan collection .

The tune written by Olivers , and long kn own by hi s na m e i s ,

n o w called H el m sley ”
Both the hy m n and tune are spirited
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c o m positions an d well adapted for either cheerful or sole m n

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s ubj ects .

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I n death not divided or bu t little m a y be said of m any
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fa mily ties a m ongst the Lord s people I t was less than a year ’
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and a ha lf since the Re v W illia m Pe m berton had died in peace

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a t N ewcastle , that M rs Pe m berton at Leeds was called so m e , ,

w hat suddenly to rej oin the redee m ed spirit of her husband .

S eize d with typhu s fever, recovery was soo n found to be hope

less ; bu t if her ti m e was c o m e her work was done —she was ,

ready prepared to m eet the B ridegroo m J u st as the mortal

, .

c onfli c t ended, with her latest breath she sang

Lo He c o me s with cl o u d s de s cend i ng ,
”
On ce fo r fa vo ur d s i nne rs s lain &c ’
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when she calm ly fell asleep in Jesus leaving n ine young orphan ,

c hildren to the care of God and H is Church .

E nduring a long life of a ffliction relieved only by the c onso ,

l a t i o n s of the gospel M rs Sarah E dwards of S ee ft o n B ach Lud

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l o w , realised a c o m forting assuran ce of her acceptance with

God The day before she died her peace rose to triu m phant
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jo y , so that she exclai med Conquering ! conquering ! glory !

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glo ry she then sang the hym n co m m en cing, Lo H e com es

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with clouds des cend ing & c and fell asleep in J esus
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This hy m n , like m any others , has been used by the H oly

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Spirit to carry convi ction to the sinne r s heart, a s well as to
a fford consolation to the departing saint E lizabeth N ut t a ll .
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O f Ro chdale at the age of nineteen was invited to a M ethodist

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prayer m eeting , a n d w hile the hym n was being sung c o mm en c

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ing , Lo ! H e co m es with clouds descending & c , her m ind ”

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was deeply convinced of sin her distress becam e too m u ch to ‘be

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endured and by faith she was enabled to believe to the salvation

,

of her s oul She lived a c onsistent godly li fe, and died, saying,
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Praise the Lord H e i s my God .

D uring the last illness of M rs Sophia Charlotte H owes she ,

frequently said — “
W hat a blessing it i s that I found the Saviour
when in health it could not be done now, I a m too weak for
that Thank God ! I have now o nly to look to and tru st in
.

Jesu s A s the end was approaching S h e repeated som e verses

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of the gospel by S t J ohn after which she san g the third and,

fourth v erses of the sixty sixth hym n, c o mm encing -

The cl ear tokens of His passion

and
Y ea, A men ! let all adore Thee ,
&c .

The powers of nature then rapidly declined, and she ceased

to breathe, exclai m ing, God be m erciful to m e a sinner

H YM N 6 7 H ow weak the thoughts and vain Wr i tt en ”

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a r t hg ua he i n L on d on —
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t he E TU NE, W est Street 1 7 6 1 ,

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This form s N O 9 of Charles W esley s E arthquake Hy m ns

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1 750 This hym n is the fi rst i n the fifth section of the c oll e c
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tion , with the title, D escribing H eaven The original is in ten .

verses only seven of which are given

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The circu m stan c es whi ch cau sed this hymn to be written

were briefly these — O n F ebruary 8 , 1 7 5 0 there was a terrible ,

earthquake in London and m any pani c stri cken people rushed

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i n hot haste to the M ethodist chapels I n twenty eight days .

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God gave the people of London a second and far severer shock .

Charles W esley wa s preaching in the Foundry Chapel j ust re ,

p ea t i ng h is text , at a q uarter past five A M The Foundry shook . .

violently ; the alarm ed people cried out the p reacher changed

h is text and cried out , Therefore will we not fear, though the
earth be m oved, and the h il ls be carried into the m idst of the
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sea th e God of Jacob is our refuge God filled the preache r s.

heart with faith , and his m outh with suitable words shaking the ,

hearers souls as well as their bodies The excite m ent which s p read
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over London ba ffles all description ; the people ru shed i n hot

h aste out of the city into M o o rfi el d s , H yde Park and other O pen ,

spaces for safety A m a d dragoon intensified the wild excite

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m ent by declaring that all London would be swallowed up on

April 4 The people believed the prediction an d at m idnight
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H yde Park was filled with peo ple frantic with fear to who m ,

George W hitefield prea c hed a serm on of m asterly eloquen ce and

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power Fear filled the M e thodist preaching house at m idnight

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and observes Charles W esley I preached m y written serm on

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on the subj ect with great effect and gave ou t several suitable ,
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hym n s I t was a gloriou s night for the disciples of Jesus
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The hym ns co m posed for that occasion were ni neteen in nu m ber,

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and they display all the highest qualities of the author s poetry .

Fearing God fro m her youth and j oining the M ethodist ,

society at the age of fourteen M r s E lizabeth S i m s of the Lin , ,

coln circuit m aintained her Christian integri ty through life

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D uring her last illness she often called her fa m ily around her
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to j oi n her i n singing the prai ses O f God After a violent .

paroxys m of pain she said M y blessed S aviour ! what should

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I have done without Thee n ow ? O n her husband S peaking
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of Jesus she said , Ti s heaven below t o know J esus
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exerting all her re m ain ing energies , she sang, with great ani ~

m ation
How happ y then are we ,

W h o bu il d 0 Lord on Thee &c , ,

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I n the last n ote her voice faltered and died away as ,

her spirit
retu rned to God .

H YM N 68 . H ow happy i s the pilgri m s lot ’ — T he P i lg r i m .

— TUNE, Chapel , 1 7 6 1 .

Th e original was written by J ohn W esley and form s N O 5 1 ,

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i n H ym n s for those that seek an d those that have R ed emp
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tion &c 1 7 4 7
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I t was co m pos ed and publ i shed about five years before the
author s m arriage , and describes his o wn views and feelings on
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that q uestion i n term s of eloquent si m pli city I t has been .

ad m ired as a co m position by m ultitudes who are not M ethodists ;

and vie wed in connexion with the unhappy m arriage of its gifted
and pious author it will always possess to the M et h odis t s i n
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parti cular a special attraction On e verse is o m itted between

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the third and fourth and in the second verse l o w design i s
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Thi s hym n has been a great favourite fro m the ti m e of its firs t
publication The chief attracti on O f the poem clusters around
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the seventh verse, although the first and the last have had their
special ad m irers M rs B u m by of Thirsk , m oth er of the Rev
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J ohn Bu mby a w o m aii of deep and sin c ere piety, benevolence

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p atien ce, hu mility, and a ffectio n, towards the end of life had her
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a ffe c tion s weaned fro m all earthly things and she delighted to ,

sing the first verse O f this hym n as indicating that she was
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H appy i n her pilgri m s lot , bu t that she only sojourned
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here .

A cloud of witnesses c lu ster their affection s around the follow

ing stanza
There i s m y house and p o rtion fa ir
M y tre as ure and m y h ea rt are there ,

And my abi d i ng h o m e
For m e m y elder brethren stay ,

And angels b e ckon m e a way ,

A n d J e sus bids m e c o m e .

The sainted an d truly holy , devoted and loving M a ry Fletcher

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of M adeley, after seventy six years of toil, m ourned because

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through great weakness fro m exhausted nature she could toil

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no longer H er sweet spirit said , I a m doing nothing neither

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working nor reading praying nor prai sing ; only sleeping
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I ndeed to her, doing n othing was very extraordinary As the

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end approached , she said, I a m drawing near to glory ! and
soon after
There i s my house and p orti o n fa ir
M y trea sure a n d m y h eart a re there ,
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A n d m y a bi d i ng ho m e .

Shortly afterwards she added H e lifts H is hand and shows

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that I a m graven there ! M any m ore sweet words fell fro m
h er graciou s lips ere the spirit fled The la st ti m e she lay down
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she said to her beloved and atten tive friend M ary Tooth , N ow , ,

if I can rest , I will but let our hearts be u n i t e d i n prayer and

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the Lord bless both thee and m e
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She d id rest for shortly
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after m idn ight all was silent she was asleep in J esu s and the ,

serenity of the face indi c ated the tranquillity of the heart .

The short but gloriou s career of the Rev D aniel M Allum ‘ .

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M D was crowned with a triu m phant end

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W hen failing health .

co m pelled h i m to cease his pulpit labours he realised an inward ,

cal m ness and peace , varied only by S O m uch of the gracious

presen ce of God as led h i m to cry out , Lord , stay Thy hand ,
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lest the tabernacle break O n the last Sabbath he re m ained on
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earth knowing that his hours below were but few, he said to his
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wife , with e mphasis and sweetness

There is my house a nd p o rtio n fa ir ,
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The great and con stan t peace b e enjoyed he believed to be in

an swer to the prayers of the Lord s people ’
H i s last word s .

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were I build only on the merit of m y S aviou r
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M r s H orton , a beloved and useful class leader, and the c o m -

pan ion and helper of her hu sband , the Rev W H orton , during . .

hi s m issionary travels and labours on reaching the end of her ,

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earthly pilgri m a ge , expressed her feelings by saying, I a m
unspeakably happy ; oh help m e to prai se the Lord ”
A s she .

lay rapidly sinking she said , I have now nothing to do but to

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praise God to all eternity H er last words breathed in a faint
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whisper j ust as she was departing were those whi c h form the
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seventh v erse of hym n S ixty eight -

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There is my house and portion fair &c ,
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V enerable for her age estee m ed for her piety and beloved for
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her godly exam ple and Chri stian benevolence Sarah H all of , ,

B ristol wife of M r J ohn H all , stands pre e m inent in the annals

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of M ethodis m J oin ing her fathe r s c lass at the age of th irteen ,

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a n d receiving fro m J ohn W esley h i m self her first ticket , for

m ore than seventy years she was a con sistent m e m ber of the
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M ethodist society, welco m ing to her c heerful hospitality the

leading worthies of the connexion Coke , Pa w s o n B enson , -
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M oore Clarke Reece and others u sually m aking her house

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their ho m e Till her eightieth year she was actively engaged

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i n works of charity and benevolence H er last letter, her last .

interview with her fam ily and the last entry in her j ournal , all
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tell of her Saviou r s indwelling presen ce , whilst her dying words ,
uttered with brightened eye, uplifted hand , but tre m ulou s voice,
were
T her e is my h o use and p o rti o n fa i r
M y tre a sure and m y h eart are t her e ,

And my abiding hom e

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after wh ich the venerable saint departed to be with Chri st .

Service for God early i n youth i s usually followed by service

for God during life M axi m ilian W ilson gave h is heart to
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God and the service of M ethodis m at the age of seventeen , ,

and for sixty years and m ore he devoted his best energies i n
pro m oting i ts interests D uring forty five years b e discharged
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the duties of the W esleyan m inistry and as a supernu m erary ,

went about doing good A s th e end drew n igh hi s conversation

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was about things above F requently he was heard to say,

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oc c asion h e thorough ly entered into the senti m ent O f thi s fine

hy m n and hi s j oyou s countenan ce reflected the gratitude hi s
tongue could not express H e died i n the full assuran c e of a.

blessed i mm ortality .

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The m ax i m Religion in youth a n d religion fo r life was
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verified i n the case of M r s H annah S w i n d el l s of M a c cl e s fi eld , .

She strove to have every thought word and act conform ed to , ,

the will of God Fro m a child she was a careful student of th e

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W ord and a great ad m irer of W esleyan poetry D uring her

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last illn ess she was repeati n g al m ost continually verses of S crip
ture and hy m ns Seated i n her chair, shortly before her death ,
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absorbed i n thought , an d adj usting her spiritual arm our for th e

last con fl ict sh e rose rather suddenly, and advan c ing toward s
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the bed , she said , as S h e crossed the roo m

J esus i n Thy grea t N a m e I g o ,

To c onquer de a th my fina l fo e ,

A n d when I quit this cum b rous clay ,

A n d s o a r on a ngels wing s away

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M y s o ul t h e s e c o nd d e a th d efi es ,
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And re igns e tern al in the sk i es .

Then laying he rself on the bed like a warrior who had con ,

quered , she instantly breathed out h er soul i nto the hands of God .

H YM N 70 .
—“ I long to behold H i m ar ra y
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sa iah xxxiii .

1 7, 2 3 , 24 .
—TUNE Thou Shepherd of I srael
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This hym n i s m ade up of two of Charles W esley s Short S crip ’

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ture Hym n s 1 7 6 2 b ased on I sa xxxiii 1 7 , 2 3 24 of whi ch pas
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sage i t i s a glowing and dign ified paraphrase and a mplification .

There i s m uch grandeur in the expectant faith indicated

throughout the hym n and a glorious cli m ax in ,

M y fu ln es s o f ra p ture I fi n d ,

M y h ea ven o f heavens I N TH E E , .

Thu s the author i s represented as falling into and reposing ,

solely in the arm s of Jesus The hym n i s full of beauty

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The greater part of a life of threes core y ears and ten was
spent by M rs Atkinson O f Leeds in the service of God and , ,

M ethodis m The confidence of her faith and hope at the end

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of her pilgri m age , O ften found expression i n the words

I l o ng to b eho ld H i m a rray d ’

W ith glory and light fro m above &c , .

She pea c efully breathed out her soul to God .

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Good M rs H enley, wife of the Rev W H enley during a long . .

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and severe illne ss preserved her confiden ce i n God unshaken

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Just before she breathed her last , she repeated her favourite
verse
I long t o behold H i m a r ra y d &c
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H er departure was so peaceful she see m ed only to have fallen ,

asleep .

At the age O f seventy two George Cowley, a class leader of -

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N ottin gham was enabled to say on hi s approach to the better

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world I owe so m uch to the Lord that I a m overwhel m e d
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with gratitude ”
To the question , Are you on the Rock ? he
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said, Oh yes an d I shall soon m eet J esus i n heaven .

I long to b eho ld H i m a rray d ’

W ith gl o ry a nd light fro m a bove ,

The King i n His bea uty d i s p l ay d ’

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His beauty of holies t love .

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W ith these words on hi s lips , he fell asleep in J esus .

A long course of u npretending but con sistent piety m arked

the life of B ridget D aniell wife of the Rev M ark D aniel ] Find ,
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ing the end drawing nigh she desired that nothing m ight be ,

said of her if a funeral serm on was preached , adding, I have

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been an unprofitable servant but God accepts m y i mperfect ser ,

vi ce through the atone m ent o f the blessed J esu s and —her

face beco m ing radiant with j oy
W ith H im I o u Z io n shall st and ,

F or J esus ha th s pok en the word .

I n thi s spirit of cal m resignation , she entered paradise .

H YM N 71 . Leader of faithful souls , and Guide .

T r a v el l er —TUNE , 1 1 2 t h Psal m , 1 7 6 1
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Thi s form s one of Charles W esley s Rede m ption Hym ns ’ “

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1 74 7 but two verses of the original are o m itted

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A godly life dispels t h e fear of death M r s Catherine Pratt , .

wife of the Rev J C Pratt , died at Pettigo very happy having

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experienced the regenerating power of the H oly Ghost for m any

years At the end of her pilgri m age , S h e testified of her c o n fi
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dence in God by exclai m ing , V ictory through the blood of the ,

Lamb adding the verse co mm encing

Strangers and pi lgrim s here b elow , &c .
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J ohn Jo t t i e began to serve God in early youth and for nearly ,

fifty years he was a bright o rn a m en fo f the M ethodi st society at

W a l ferd en , near Colne H e was brought to a knowledge of the
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truth in his eighth year under a serm on preached by M r W e s

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ley at S o ut h fi el d , who said in hi s serm on The best O f u s have ,

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n o grace to S pare These words carried convi ction to hi s heart,
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and he sought grace for hi m self and found that which kept h i m ,

i n perfect peace for nearly fours core years O n the Thursday .

before he died while su ffering severely he was c o m forted by r e

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p ea t i ng the fou rth v erse of the Traveller s Hym n ’

Pa ti ent the app o inted race t o run ,

This wea ry worl d w e c a st b ehin d

Fro m strength to strength w e travel o n,

The n ew J erus a l em t o fi n d
Our l a b o ur this o ur o n ly a i m
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To fin d the N ew J e rusal em .

H ere hi s strength failed hi m ; he lingered on a little longer,

tri u m phing in faith till on the Sunday afternoon , he ex c hanged
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the earthly for the heavenly Sabbath .

H YM N 7 2 Saviour, on m e the g race bestow —

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ov ercomet h & c ( Rev iii ,

TUNE, 1 1 2 t h Psalm , 1 7 6 1
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Form s one O f Charles W esley s Short S cripture H ymn s ,

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H YM N 7 3 . Away with our sorrow and f ar e .

— A F unera l
H y m n — TUNE , S ion , 1 76 1
O ne of Charles W esley s Fu n eral H ym ns 1 7 44 The i m ’
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a gery u sed by the poet i s taken fro m that great city , the ho l y

J erusale m and should be read i n conj unction with S t J ohn s

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description i n Rev xxi I t will be seen on co m parison , that

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the divine apostle and the M ethodist poet alike drew their
in spiration fro m h eaven .

Passing through the discipl ine suitable for a m ini ster s wife , ’

M artha S m ith j oined the fellowship of God s people at the age

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of thirteen bec a m e a Sunday sc h ool teacher and laid herself

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out for active service in the Lord s vineyard As the wife of the .

Rev J am es S m ith , an d sister of the Rev E dward Lightwood ,

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her life see m ed to be bound up with th e prosperity of the cause

of God W hen illness deprived her of the privileges of the san c
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she was refreshed by m ed i t a t i o n s the W ord of God ,

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and espe c ially by repeating the lines

Away with our sorrow and fe ar ,

W e s o o n sh a ll re co ve r o ur ho me
The c ity of sa ints sh a ll a p pea r ,
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T h e d a y of eternity c o me &c , .

W hen she ca me to the verse c o m m en c m g

By fa ith we alrea d y b eho ld
Tha t l o vely J erusa l em here , &c .
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she dwelt with peculiar e m phasis on so m e of the lines as rea l i s ,

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ing to her m ind the presen ce of the city of j asper and go l d
already on earth H er last words were, H e i s precious
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A good n a m e is better than great riches ”
The fathe r O f .

Robert W ood W esleyan m inister , was J a m es W ood , W esleya n

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m inister who to co m m e m orate his eightieth bi rthday had a de

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lightful party a t t h e Conferen ce consisting a m ong others

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O f M essrs B unting N ewton W atson Lessey J a m es H annah

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M orley, a n d Ro b ert W ood To add to the honour the vener .

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able m a n preached before the Conference a serm on on the occa

sion , full of excellent affectionate, and faithful counsels Robert
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W ood, the esti m able son of this venerable s ire was ad m itted a ,

m e m ber of the legal hundred of the W esleyan Conference at the

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sa m e ti m e being the youngest m inister hitherto s o
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honoured H is age was forty four D ivine Providence how
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ever cut S hort hi s work i n righteou sness ; he lived bu t little

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m ore than two thirds the years of hi s father: D uring his last
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illness which was one of severe suffering and patient enduran ce

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he showed by the tenor of h is conversation , the sweetness O f his

disposition and his choice of lesson s and hym n s to be read to
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h i m that he desired to lead the m em bers of hi s fa m ily to con cur

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in the conclu sion of the apostle Paul To depart and be with ,

C hrist i s far better

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Allusion having been m ade to the first
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Great E xhibition in H yde Park, opened during the previous

we ek M a y 1 8 5 1 in which the sufferer evinced m uch interest
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a hope was expressed that he m ight so far recover as to be able

to visit that fairy land ”
H e shook h i s head and said, N 0.
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I shal l never see the Crystal Palace but reach the Hym n book -
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and read the seventy third hym n , and you will find that I shall
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not lose m uch The hy m n was read to h i m, and the third
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v erse espe c ially attra c ted attention

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Byfaith we a lready behold

That lo vely Jeru salem here
Her walls are O fj asper and gold ,

As crystal her building s ar e c lear , &c .

H e surv ived but a short ti m e , but long enough to testify that

hi s h O p e for the future was based on the Ro c k of A ges Slowly .

the light of a bright su m m er s m orning i n J une broke into the

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c ham ber of death and a dawn yet far m ore gloriou s burst upon
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the released spirit .

H Y M N 74 . W e know by faith we know

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A F u n era l H y mn .

TUNE , Olney 1 7 6 1
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Another of Charles W esley s Fu neral H ym ns 1 744 The

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second verse of the original i s o m itted D r W a t t s has a hym n .

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book i ) very . si m ilar to thi s of M r W esley s ’
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M r John D yson Fernley was a child of m any prayers , and

in early life ga v e his heart to the Lord A fter h e was born of .

God and had beco m e a new creature he be c a m e e m inently a

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spiritually m inded m a n O n the Sabbath before he c losed hi s

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brief earthly c areer— li m ited to thirty years — h e addressed the

children in the T i v i o t d al e Su nday s chool , S tockport , on the sub
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j ec t of sudden death ,
an d the need of constant preparation .

M any were m uch affected , and it i s i n touching accordance with

the whole proceeding that at the close of the servi c e he gave out
the s e venty fourth hy m n
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W e know by faith we know

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If this v ile house of c lay ,

This tabe rnacle sink below

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In ruinous de cay
W e have a house above ,

N ot made with m ortal hands

And fi rm as our Redeem er s love
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Tha t hea venly fabric stands .

On the follow i ng Sabbath day apoplexy terminated h i s useful

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and happy life .

A godly life i s the best test of a real c onversion Tho mas .

Pearso n, of Over D arwen , for a long period e ffi c iently sustained

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the offices , i n M ethodi s m, of le a der, lo c al preacher, and steward .

H i s last affliction was painful , but sub missively born e Shortly .

before hi s death he a sked O ne of hi s daughters to pray for the

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descent of the H oly Ghost upon him . W hen she c eased , he

began to repeat
1 know by faith I kno w
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If this v i le ho use o f clay ,

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but before h e had finished the verse he had fallen asleep in

J esu s .

Robert Chap m an retained hi s fellowship with the M ethodist s

of W olsingham fi ft y six years , an d for thi rty years was a leader
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H i s religiou s experience was clear through life, and a day or

two before his death , pointing upwards he said ,

I have a house above , N o t made with m ort a l hand s ,

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with which he closed a life of c on sistent piety, by a peaceful and

happy death .

M edical skill and scientifi c knowledge of the power of m edi

c ine c annot always save their possessor fro m hu man su fferi ng .

The late Jam es H unter E sq of I slingt on was c alled to endure

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thirty eight weeks of weariness an d pain , being unable to lie

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down either by night or day yet he m u rm u red not for these ,

heavy trials W ithin a few days of his death he said

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Lord i s releasing m e very gently I shall soon be free fro m all .

suffering Glory ! glory . The last ti m e he was able to speak ,

he repeated with e m phasis the lines in the seventy fourth hymn -

For thi s in fa ith we c all F o r this we wee p an d pray

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0 m ight the t abernacle fall 0 m ight we s ca p e a way

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Full of i mm o rt al hope W e urge t h e re s tl ess stri fe

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And ha sten to be s w a l lo w d up Of everlasting life ’

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H YM N 7 5 Lift your eyes of faith and see

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a Pl edg e of H ea ven —TU NE , Love feast 1 7 6 1 .

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This form s N o 1 0 5 of Charles W esley s H ym n s on the Lord s

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Supper 1 7 4 5 ,

Another instan ce of early dedication to God we ma y give

fro m the life of Charlotte B rown of Bed m in ster B ristol who , , ,

passed so m e years in weakness and su ffering du ring which the ,

consolations of religion were her chief j oy Shortly before her .

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departure she said to a friend speaking of J esus I shall see
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H is face—I shall drink fro m the rivers of H i s grace and these

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thoughts now create con stant j oys H er last words were part .

of the seventy fi ft h hym n -

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P l m s they ca rry in the ir hands;

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C ro wns o f g l o ry o n the ir h ea ds
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There i s a crown for m e and I shall shortly wear it I can , .

sing n o m ore here ; but in h ea v e n w i t h m y pal m of victory I , .

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will s ing as loud as any angel there .

H YM N 76 W hat are these arra y d in white

. T h e S a cr a men t
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a P l ed e of H ea ven — TUNE A rne s 1 7 6 1

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The original form s N o 1 06 of Charles W esley s H ym ns on

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the Lord s Supper 1 7 4 5 , .

D eath so m eti m es m akes strange inroads in fam ilies A sin .

gular instance occurred i n 1 8 2 4 i n Fla mborough The w ives o f .

two brothers died withi n a few days o f each other B oth were .

earnest godly wo m en , and both were connected with M et h o d i s m

,

in that town during the greater part of t heir lives B oth d i ed .

enj oying the clear witness of their acceptan ce with God, and a
sure h ope of heaven E lizabeth Lam plough , the elder of the
.

two s isters by two years , when she appeared to be on the ex

tre me verge of m ortality and the realities of the eternal world
,

were opening to her view, su mm oned all her re m aining strengt h

and exclai med
W ha t the s e a rra y d in white
a re
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Brighte r tha n the noo n d a y s u n P -

W ith thi s in q uiry u pon her lips she died ,

.

I n peaceful resignation to the divine W1 11 and in sure con

fi d e n c e of her acceptan ce with God Sarah H olden of B rixton , , ,

always delicate of con stitution m ade preparation for the eternity

,

whi ch she was awaiting I n cal m resignation to the divine will

.

she co mm itted her fam ily and herself to the disposal of her
heavenly Father J u st before her departure wh en failing
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s trength prevented singing or reading s h e opened her Hy m

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book and pointed to the verse co mm encing

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W ha t a re thes e a rra y d ’
in whit e , 0
&c .
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a s indi c ative of her assuran ce of everlasting happiness and then ,

e ntered into rest .

Sarah the daughter of the Rev J ohn D ewhurst was awakened

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to a sen s e of her sinful state at the age of fourteen , under the

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m ini s try of the Rev John B o w ers. Alway s delicate in body .

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yet she was strong in faith , giving glory to God The know .
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[ H Y . 81 .

H YM N 79 —“
A fountain
of Life an d of Grace Whos oever ”

—TUNE S ion 1 7 6 1
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w i l l may come & c ( Rev xxii , . . . ,
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Form s N o 8 66 of Charles W esley s Short S criptu re Hy m ns

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vol ii 1 7 6 2 Ja m es M ontgo mery has a hym n very si milar to

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these three in lan guage and senti m ent .

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H YM N 80 . Terrible thought ! shall I alone .
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A t h o ug ht on

h el l F
. o r Ch i l d r en — TUNE , W e nv o , . 1 761 .

This form s N o 60 of Charles W esley s H ym n s for Children ,

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1 7 6 3 where it has ten verses four of whi c h are o m itted

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This ,
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co mm ences the sixth section in the Hy m n book , with the title -

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D escribing H ell The peculiar idea of thi s hym n i s the utter
.

loneliness of each person when appearing in the p resen ce o f

God The sam e thought i s also expressed in these lines by D r
.

Y oung
Thy wret ch ed self alone
C ast o n t h e l eft of a l l whom thou h ast known ,

How would it wound !

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M B unting suggests the tune
r B olton or St M ary s for
thi s hym n .

H YM N 81 . Father of o m nipresent grace -

F or F a m i li es .

TUNE , W elsh , 1 7 6 1 .

I n Charles W esley s H ym n s for Fa m ilies ’

N o 1 3 the“
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original will be found : the last line i s changed fro m N ot

a hoof, to N ot a soul & c
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God has ways of working to hu man m inds unkn own J ohn .

Langley of W hitstable m ade a rash vow which he ke pt till he

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was forty fi v e, that he would never enter a M ethodist chapel

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Convi ction s for sin set in so strongly at that period of hi s life ,

that hi s friends attributed the dis q ui etude of his m ind to insan ity .

A judi ciou s an d pio u s friend prevailed on hi m to attend a

M ethodist servi ce at Canterbury B y this m ean s he foun d out .

the evil of h is rash vow, began to m eet in class found pardon ,

and peace , and introduced M ethodis m into W hitstable by open

ing his own hou se , form ing a society beco m ing the leader of ,

the first m e mbers there and afterwards u sing hi s talent as an ,

e x horter The close of his life was sudden The lo c al preacher

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appointed for W hitstable had failed to keep his ap p ointment ,

H Y . a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons .
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and in the afternoon of that Sunday M r Langley read to the

people M r W esley s serm on on Ro m an s v 1 5 The intervening
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ti m e before the evening service he spent i n reading the S crip

tures , and D r A dam Clarke s Co mm entary thereon I ntending
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to read another of M r W esley s serm ons in the e vening, he’

took hi s place , and selected hi s first hym n , c o mm en c ing

”
Father o f om nipresent grace &c , .

I n the act of rising to open the service , he fell forward , his

friends hastened to hi s assistan c e , but his redee m ed S pi rit had
fled
H YM N 8 2 Shepherd of souls with p itying eye — F or t he
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O u t ca s ts of l sr a eL— TUNE, A thlone , 1 7 8 1 .

This form s N o 3 1 of Charles W esley s Rede m ption H ym ns

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1 7 47 .So m e of its lines e xhibi t a dark pi c ture of the heathenis m

in Christian E ngland .

H YM N 8 3 Thou Son of God , whose fl am ing eyes —F or t he

E v en i ng —TUNE , B rooks , 1 7 6 1
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The original form s N o 2 5 of Charles W esley s H ym ns for a

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Fa m ily 1 7 67 , where it i s printed as four eight line stanzas
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The third line i n verse four i s altered fro m , An d fill hi s care

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le ss heart with grief I n the fifth verse leper i s changed to
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sleeper .

H YM N 84 . Co m e, O t hou a ll- vi ctoriou s Lord . W r i tt en

before Pr ea ch i ng at Por t l a n d —TU NE Leeds , ,
1 761 .

This interesting hym n will be found in Charles W esley s ’

Hy m n s and S acred Poem s , vol i , 1 7 4 9, where it i s N o 20 1

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I t was written during the author s visit to Portlan d in Jun e
1 7 4 6 ; and so m e pleasing p arti culars relating to the cir c um

stances which cau sed the hym n to be written will be found in

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the author s J ournal under the date given , as also in the
Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e for M a y 1 8 69 The second line of verse .

six i s al tered fro m And m ake u s feel our load , and in the
”

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fourt h line, I n Thine i s changed to I n the The chief .

o ccupation of the residents i n the I sle of Portland i s that of

quarrymen , and the hym n was written especially to cat c h their
attention I n the first verse especially this i s m anifest
.

Strike with the hammer of Thy word ,

"
A n d break these hearts of s to n e 1
 T he M et hod i s t H y mn Pooh -

[H Y .
92 .

H YM N 8 5 Spiri t of F aith c o m e down

. F or Wh i ts un d ay ,
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TUNE , La m pe s 1 7 46 ’
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The original is N o 2 7 of Charles W esley s H ym ns of Petition

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and Thanksgiving for the Pro m ise of the Father 1 7 46 one

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verse of which i s o m itted The author s favourite expression in .

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the third verse, M y dear atoning i s changed to The all
atoning .

H YM N 86 . S inners you r hearts lift up A H y mn for t he

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D ay of Pen t ecos t —TUNE I rene 1 7 6 1 , , .

W as published first by Charles W esle y i n H ym n s and Sacred

Poe m s ,
1 742 .

H YM N Co m e , H oly Ghost our hearts inspire ;

87 .
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88 F ather of all i n who m alone
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B efor e R ea d i ng t he S cr i pt u r es —TU NE A ldrich 1 7 6 1 , , .

These two m u c h ad m ired co m position s are found in Charles

W esley s H ym n s an d S acred Poe m s 1 7 40 Another hym n
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design ed for the sam e purpose i s N o 7 46 i n the supple m ent .

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written b y M iss Steele , co mm en c ing, Father of m ercies & c ”

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H YM N 8 9 . I nsp i rer of the ancient S eers A ll S cr ipt u r e i s .

g i t /en by i n sp i r a t i on f
o G od
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& c — TUNE ,
Frankfort 1 7 6
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Thi s form s N o 66 4 of Charles W esley s Short S cripture

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H ym n s , 1 76 2 vol ii and i s based on 2 Ti mothy iii ; 1 6 The

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second verse of the original is o m itted .

H YM N Thu s saith the Lord of earth and heaven —T h e .

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f yf
o r t o u r t h ch ap t er f
o I s a i a h -
.

This form s N o 3 in Charles W esley s H ym n s and Sacred

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Poe m s vol i 1 7 49 and i s a lengthened paraphrase of I saiah xliv
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The original has seventeen s t a n z a s o f fou r lines the first nine of ,

whi ch are o m itted Thi s hy m n was added to the collectio n

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after M r W esley s death, whi ch is i ndi cated by the asterisk

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H YM N 9 1 Long have I s e em d to serve thee Lord

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9 2 Still
. for Thy loving kindness ,
Lord -
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ea n s of G ra ce — TUNE 9 1 , Fetter Lane ; 9 2 , W e d n es

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T he M ,

bury, 1 7 6 1 .

m
These two hy ns appear as one by Charles W esley i n H ym n s
 H Y .
94 ] a nd i ts A s s ociat i ons .
73
and Sacred Po em s , 1 7 40 where i t extends to twenty three ,
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verses I t was written during the prevalen c e of the disputes

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between the W esleys and the M oravians so m e of the latter ,

having accepted An t 1n o m 1 a n doctrines , whilst so m e of M r

W esley s adherents unduly exalted the m ean s of grace Thi s
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hym n co mm en ces the first section of the se c ond part of th e

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collection with the title D escribing For m al Religion
, ,

Few persons conne c ted with M ethodi s m were m ore fa i thful

in their service than good old Tho m as C o r d e ux at the book ,

roo m store in Pate rnoster R o w H i s wife H an nah C o rd e u x .

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fea red the Lord frbm h e r youth , an d i n her life testified to the
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possession of the gra c es of the Spirit—love j oy, peace , long

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su ffering gentleness; goodn ess , m eeknes s B y these grace s sh e

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was di stingu i shed She su ffered m u c h fro m asth m a , but she

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m ur m ured not Several ti m es during her last days on earth

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she repeated the eighth verse of hy mn 9 2

trust in H i m wh o st a nds b etween
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T h e Father s wra th a n d m e
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J e s us Tho u g rea t e terna l M e an

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I lo ok fo r all fro m thee

In th 1 s sp 1r1 t she closed her e arthly career .

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H YM N 9 3 . M y gracious , loving Lord T he B a chs l i a er
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TUNE, B rentford , 1 76 1 .

The original i s on page 63 of Charles W esley s H ym n s an d ’

Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 I t co m m en ces thus

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Ah ! m y d ea r l o v i ng
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Lord ; an d throughout the hym n the alteration s are con sider

able an d generally i m prove m ents The design of thi s hy mn ,
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and al so of N o 9 4, i s to reco m m end i nward and experi m ental

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g o dliness , which was t hen too generally supplanted by a m erely

outward and form al observan ce of religion , a fatal rock on
whi c h m any have struck and m ade shipwreck of faith M r .

B unting suggests that line two of v erse 6 should be a ltered to ,

”
I s e em d i n hu m an sight
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H Y N 94
M . The m enwho slight Thy faithful word T he .
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T emp l e of t h e
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L ord a re w e, & c ( J er vii — TUNE S t
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1 76 1
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Paul s , .

Form s No . 1 1 85 of Charles 1W esley 5 Short S cripture

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1 7 6 2, and is founded on J ere m iah vii 4 I t I S a strong . .

74 T he M ethod i s t H y m n Pooh
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ad m onition to formali sts The second verse in the original i s

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o m itted The reason m ay be obvious wh en we quote four lines

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The church—they from their pale expel

W hom Tho u hast h ere fo rg iven
And all the syn agogue of hell
Are the sole heirs of heaven !
A w ithering exposure th i s of the c ondit i on of the Church of
E nglan d one hun d red years ago
H YM N 9 5 . of faith , eter nal W ord —F a i t h t he s nh
A uthor ”
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s t a n ce of t h i ng s h ofi ed for TU NE , Anglesea, 1 7 6 1
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The original of thi s fine c omposition , by Charles W esley ,

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was first printed i n H ym n s an d Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 40, where
i t extends to n o less than eighty eight stanzas , and i s entitled ,
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The Life of Faith E xemp li fie d ( R o m ”

being a lu c id
.

paraphrase and a mplifi c ation of that chapter .

E very word of thi s hym n i s e m ployed to elicit revealed truth

it i s written i n language at on ce expressive and terse I n the .

Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e for 1 83 9 , page 3 8 1 there i s a very able

,

c ritique of this noble c omposition The hym n N o 9 5 i s a m ere

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fragm ent of the whole and for m s here the first of a new section ,
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under the title, D es cribing I nward Religion .

Chequered scenes an d severe trials have been th e p ortion o f

m any of the Lord s people J ohn H arp er, i n early life, entered
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the king s service on board a tran sport ship I t soon fell to .

his lot to su ffer m any privations, and finally shipwre ck and

i mpri son m ent Taken to Fran c e as a prisoner of w ar , he
.

found m ore than a thousan d of hi s cou ntrym en i n the Givet

prison and a m ongst the m so m e from Shields , hi s native place
, ,

and so m e wh o were M ethodists Awakened to a sense of his

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lost condition as a sinner at the ti m e of hi s peril in the sea , he

gladly accepted the inv itation of those few devou t m en in prison
to unite with the m in prayer and here he saw the greatn es s of
hi s transgression and found ac c eptan ce with God by faith i n
,

J esu s Christ That blessed sen se of the divine favou r he then

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obtained he retained during the rest of his life A society was

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fo rm ed in the prison and all the ordinances of M ethodis m were

,

observed as far as possible, though with only the sam e liberty

to the person as the captive J ews had i n B abylon Q uarterly .

ti c kets were regularly i ssued, neatly wri tten with the pen , and
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6 a nd i t s A s s oci a t i ons .
75
doubtless the S c ripture passage whi c h each c ontained was often
a source of co mfort to those i n bondage I n 1 8 1 4, when the .

allied sovereigns entered Paris, the prison doors throughout

F ran ce were O pened and e very m a n went out free M r H arper
,
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returned to Shields , becam e a s c hool m aster, j oined the M eth

’
odists , an d continued faithful in the Lord s serv i ce H i s last .

i llnes s c ontinued for m ore than a year, during whi c h ti m e his

spirit was ripening for etern ity A little before h is death h e
.

repeated a v erse of the 95 t h hy m n

To h i m th a t in Thy n a me believes
Eternal life with Thee is g iven
Into himself he all re ceives ,

Pardon and holiness and h ea ven

, , .

Thi s verse c orrectly descri bed hi s dying experien c e A s he .

neared the port , hi s testi mony be c am e yet m ore c lear that ,

Christ was all an d i n all .

The gaieties of youth and the pleasure s of the world were

cheerfully resigned at the ag e of twenty by A nn Candler, of
Colchester, when the Spiri t of God convinced her of si n I n the .

fellowsh ip of the Lord s people for two years she fou nd m ore
’

real delight than she did i n the previous twenty years of world
l i n e s s W hen overtaken by s i ckness and su ffering, her c al m ness
.

and resi g nation testified to the preparation of her heart A few .

hours before her death her father read so m e verses of hym n s to

her and to those she replied by repeating others The last she
,
.

was able to repeat was the c losing ver se of the 9 5 t h hymn

Faith l ends its reali s ing light ,

The clo uds disperse the shadows fly ,

The Invisible appea rs in s i g ht ,

And God is seen by mortal ey e .

To the inqu iry, did she feel the truth s contained in these words ,
”
she said , Oh yes frequently when I cannot speak Shortly .

afterwards she entered i nto rest .

H YM N 96 . H ow can a sinner know — T he .

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M a r hs o f F a i th .

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TUNE , B rentford, 1 7 6 1 .

Thi s form s a c o m bination of a short and comm on m etre hym n

by Charles W esley, i n his H ym n s and S acred Poe m s , 1 7 49
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,

vol ii , N o 1 6 1 , sixteen li n es of which are o m itted By the j udi

. . . .

c ions al teratio n of J ohn W esley, it i s made into a uniform short

metre .
 T he M et hod i s t H y mn Pooh -

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97 .

The e x tent of the blessings which flow fro m early c on secration

to God we shall know only i n eternity At the early age of .

twelve years W illiam B arton was under deep religiou s c o n v i c

t ions , and he desired perm ission of hi s parents to m eet i n class .

I t was a wise de c ision which con sented to the b oy s choice ’

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Through th e kind instru ction s of hi s class leader he was soon -

,

enabled to realise a sen se of pardoned sin I t was on a Sabbath .

evening i n a prayer m eeting which followed the preaching of the

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word , that he found peace with God The m inister had given .

out the first verse of hym n 9 6

H a sinn er know
o w ca n

His sins on earth forg iven ? &c .

The whole of the verse having been sung, th e words fixed th e

attention of the anxious youth, and while singing the se c ond
verse
We wh o i n C hrist
beli eve
That He fo r us ha th died ,

W e a ll His unk n o wn peac e rece ive ,

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A n d fe e l His bl o od applied &c , .
,

he was enabled to co m m it hi m sel f to t h e Lord J esus as hi s

'

S av i ou r, a n d felt the peace which passeth understanding For .

thirty years he was greatly owned of God as a W esleyan m ini s

”
ter, and died saying , H appy ! I a m resting on Christ .

H YM N Thou great m ysterious God u nknown — S eehi ng . .

This form s N O 19 of Charles W esley s Rede mption Hy mns

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1 7 47
. Two verses are o m itted I t i s not found in any edition
.

of the H ym n book previou s to the year 1 800

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M ary W ood of M altby near Rotherha m , fro m childhood was

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under the strivings of the H oly Spirit but had reached wo m an ,

hood before she fully gave her heart to the Lord N early forty .

fi ve years she was i n fellowship with the M ethodist society and ,

was u ntiring in her efforts to extend the religion which had m ade
her peaceful and happy She n ever experienced the rapture o f
.

spiritual enj oym ent which so m e professed this so m etim es

discouraged her but often she fou nd co m fort i n repeating the
,
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first v er s e of hy mn 9 7 , whi c h c o m mences thus

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suggests that line six , v erse 2, should read thu s M ade Thee
shed Thy pre c iou s blood ”
.

There are but few re m ain in g links to conne c t th e period of

J oh n W esley s M ethodists and those of the present day M rs
’
.

Tho m as Gabriel late of B rixton H ill , was present at the City

,

Road Chapel , London at th e last c ovenant serv i c e condu cted

,

there by M r W esley , and she was present also at his funeral

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.

I n early life she was called to give her heart to the Saviour, and
jo ined the M ethodist S o c iety, m aintaining her connexion with
the body for m ore than threes c ore years I n her extre m e feeble .

n ess the Lord dealt graciously with H is aged disciple , who m H e

c alled gradually and tenderly from earth to heaven She was .

at ti m es buffeted by the adversary and would al w ays repel his

,

assaults by quoting the last verse of hym n 1 0 1

O remember m e for goo d ,

P assi ng through the m ort al vale

Show m e the at o ning blood ,

W hen m y strength and s p irit fail ;

Give my ga spi ng soul to see
Jesus cru cified fo r m e
I n her n inety secon d year she entered into rest telling her
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daughters ,
I love you all but I love J esus better, and I a m
going to H i m .

I n v e ry e arly life Frances Lewi s obtained the pardon of s in ,

and u nited herself to the M ethodists in 1 7 96 having been con ,

verted during a revival i n the S p i t a l fi el d s circuit She lived a .

c on sistent godly life ; an d during her last illness , j u st before

her departure to heaven , sh e repeated, as expressive of her
experience , the v erse c o mm en c ing
O remember me for good , &c .

She died resti n g on the atone m ent of Christ .

A s a little boy, W illiam Lish m an wrote a brief prayer to aid

hi s devotion s , in which he asked Go d to give h i m knowledge ,

wisdom, and grace H is prayer was answered D rawn gently

. .

by the Spirit s influen ce , he j oin ed the M ethodi sts i n 1 8 1 6 and

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was an honoured and attached m e m ber to the end of h is days .

H e form ed a new society at Coxhoe , and greatly aided the work

i n th e neighbourhood of Gateshead D uring a painful illn ess
.

h e found c o mfort i n pray er, and am on g st h is last utteran c es he

repeated
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O remember me for good ,

Passing through the m ortal vale .

The earnestnes s with which he repeated these

i m pressed all present To one who c am e thirty .

h i m , he said H appy ! oh yes , happy !

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An d so
heavenly ho m e .

H YM N 1 02 . 0 that I c ould repent — F or .

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on e F a l len fr om
Gr a m — TUNE , Olney, 1 7 6 1 .

Form s N o 7 8 of Charles W esley s Hym n s and Sacred

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Poe m s vol i 1 74 9 The original has four verses , the third
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and fourth being o m itted .

H YM N 1 03 . 0that I c ould revere —F or .

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on e F a l l en fr om
Gr a m —TUNE, La m pe s , 1 7 46
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This form s N o 8 2 of Charles W esley s Hym n s and Sacred.

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Poe m s vol i , l 74 g The second verse of the original is left

, . . .

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out . I mprudent i n the second verse i s changed to i m
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pending .

This striking figure o f spee c h i s taken fro m the story of

D a m ocles as related by Cicero of D ionysius king of I taly and
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one of his fl a t t ere rs B C 3 6 8 B y co mm and of th e king, ,

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D a m ocles assu m ed the sovereignty and was dazzled by the ,

S plendour and luxury of royalty, until he perceived a sword su s

pended over his head by a single horse hair This m arred hi s -

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pleasures , and he relinquished hi s a mbitious as su m ptions .

The Rev J oseph S tennett e m ploys the same figure thus :

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W h o laughs at sin l aughs at his M aker s frowns ,

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Laughs at the sword of vengeance o er hi s head '
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H YM N 1 04 O for that tenderness of heart -
T h e T en d er
ea r t & c —TUNE , M itcham, 1 7 8 1
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The original form s 609 of Charles W esley s Short S cripture ’

Hym ns , 1 7 6 2, founded on 2 Kings xxi i 1 9—

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30 . .

H YM N 1 05 0 that I c ould repent —F or one ”

F a l l en from
Gra m —TUNE , Brentford, 1 7 6 1
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F orm s No . 84 of Ch arles W esle y s Hym n s and Sacred ’ “

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Poem s , vol . i .
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1 7 49 The third and fourth verses of the original
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are o m itted .
 T he M eth od i s t H y mn Booh -
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H YM N 1 06 . Jesu let Thy pitying eye —

, For . on e F a llen fro m
G r a m —TUNE Calvary, 1 7 6 1 , .

Forms N o 64 in Charles W esle y s H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s

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vol i , 1 7 49 The original has twelve verses The third , fou rth
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n inth , and tenth are o m itted .

The fall repentance , and re c overy of the apostle Peter a re

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related by the poet with m uch feeling and energy I n t he .

original the appealing prayer is eleven t i m es o fi ered

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Turn ,
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and look upon m e, Lord , and break my heart of stone Perse .

v e r i ng prayer i s rewarded the last refrain i ncludes in i ts peti

t ion the sufferings , love , and co mpassion of the S aviour .

O my ble ed ing l oving Lord , ,

Tho u b rea k s t m y heart of st o n e ’

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H YM N The S pirit of the Lord our God T h e S i x ty .

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fi rs t Chap t er of I s a i a h .

This form s N 0 5 of Charles W esley s H ym n s a n d Sacred

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Poe m s , vol i , 1 7 49 The original i s i n two parts of twenty

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two and eighteen verses respe c tively O nly si x verses fro m the .

first part are chosen and several alteration s are m ade in them
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I t is altered fro m the first to the third person The asteris k . ,

a fli xe d indi c ates that th is hym n was added to the coll ection

after M r W esley s death M r B unting suggests that line four

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verse s ix , should read “

And unto full perfection grow, with
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the note, La m e bad ending of a very fine hy mn

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H YM N 1 08 . E n slaved to sense ,
to pleasure —Gr a ce
befor e M ea t — TUNE , W ednesbury 1 76 1 .
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Form s on e of Charles W esley s H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s ’

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1 7 3 9 page 3 5
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Thi s hym n co mm ences a n ew sectio n under
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the title “
For M ourners Convin c ed of S i n
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M r B unting .

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changes actions to passions , in verse seven .

H Y M N 1 09 W retched helpless and distrest ” W ret ched -

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a n d M i s er a bl e a n d P oo r a n d B li n d a n d N a hed
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Kingswood 1 7 6 1 , .

This form s one of Ch a rl e s W e s l ey ¢

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H ym ns an d Sacred
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Poe m s 1 7 42 page 43
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The s eco n d
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. . . v e rs e
p f the original i s
o mitted . 1 U k
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J a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons . 81

HY M N 1 10 . Jesus Friend of sinners

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hear —A P r ay er for .
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R es t or i ng G r a ce — TUN E Kingswood , 1 7 6 1 ,
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T aken fro m Charles W esley s Hy mn s and S a c red Poe m s ’

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1 7 4 2 , page 6 7 M r B unting suggests changing in verse five

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M y strugg ling spirit to M y struggling soul set free and
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line two verse six, to read Th is only I require
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The stupendous m agnitude of sin which i s i ndi c ated in the

third verse i s an idea which see m s to have been borro wed fro m
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M ason s
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Songs of Praise 1 6 8 2 ,

My sins have r ea ch d up to the skies ’

But m ercy these exceeds

Go d s m ercy is above the he aven s
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Above m y simple deeds .

M y sins a re m any like the stars , ,

Or sand u p on the shore

But y et the m erc i e s of my Go d
Are infinitely m ore .

M y sin s in bigness do ari s e

L ike m ount a ins great and ta ll
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B ut m ercy is above the skies &c , .

I n verse six there i s an idea which i s very chara c teri st i c of

Charles W esley s early p oetry Take the power of sin away
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a blessing never m ore wanted by professing Christian s than

n ow .

H YM N Thu s saith the Lord ! W h o seek the Lamb .

F ifty fi rs t Ch ap t er of I s a i a h -
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Thi s hym n form s N o 4 i n Charles W esley s H ym n s an d

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Sacred Poe m s vol i , 1 7 4 9 I t i s a co mposition in four parts
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extending to sixty two stanzas The first c o mm en ces thu s

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Hea rken to me w h o seek t h e Lamb , ,

W h o fo llo w after right eousness &c

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The hym n a s given in the c ollection con sists of th e first n ine

stanzas of the original o m itting th e second and seventh The
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first line of verse seven reads thus M y m ercy w i ll I c ause

to rest, &c This hym n was added to the c olle c t i on after M r
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W esley s death , as indicated by the asteri sk

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[ H Y . 1 14

HYM N 1 12 . W o e i s m e ! what tongue can tell .

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T he G ood
S a ma r i t a n — TUNE Kingswood 1 7 6 1
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The original will be fou nd i n Charles W esley s H ym n s and ’

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S acred Poe m s, 1 7 4 2 , page 1 0 1 , where it extends to eleven
v erses four of whi ch are o m itted
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The hym n c ontains an ingeniou s and evangeli cal appli cation

of the parable of the Good Sa m aritan I n the o m itted portion .

the poet see m s to i m ply that the poor sinner was a c onfesse d
backslider, in these words
God was n ce my gloriou s d ress
o ,

A n d I like H i m did shine

S a ta n o f His ri ghte o usn ess
Hath s p o i l d this s o ul of m i ne
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This poe m is con sidered by the Rev J ohn Kirk to be the .

m ost chaste , tender , co m prehensive and eloquent poeti c e xp o s i ,

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tion of the parable he has m et with The leading features o f .

the parable are very clearly e m bodied in the poe m The c o m .

positi on is believed to have had i ts origi n in serm on s which

Ch a rles W esley was con stantly preaching on the Good Sam aritan .

D uring a period of nine years there are n o less than eighteen

records in h is J ournal of h is showing to sinners the picture of
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their wretchedness and the m ethod of their cure i n this parable

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H e also records not a few i nstan c es of good results following

these serm on s .

H YM N 1 13 . 0 Thou who m fain my soul would love

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L or d a n d my G od TU NE, B radford, 1 7 6 1
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Taken fro m Charles W esley s H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s ’

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1 7 4 2 page 1 1 0
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I t i s founded on Genesis xxxii 2 4—3 2
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fourth verse of the original i s o m itted .

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H YM N 1 14 J esus in who m the wea ry fi n d Upon p a r t i ng
F r i en d s —
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w i th h i s TUNE 1 1 2 t h Psal m Tune , 1 7 6 1

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W ritten by Charles W esley in H ym ns and Sa c red Poe m s “

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1 740,
page 49 The original i s in four parts , extending to
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twenty nine verses The latter portion i s chose n to m ake thi s

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h y m n There i s m uch of genu ine poetry in the co m position ,

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wh ich i s m arked with feeling and beauty of thought .

H Y . 1 15 ] a nd i ts A s s oci a t i on s . 83

H YM N 1 15 .Let the world their virtue boast a m d et er .

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m i n ed t o h n o w n ot h i ng s a ve 7es us a n d H i m cr u cified
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TUNE Calvary 1 7 6 1, ,
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Taken fro m Charles W esley s H y m n s and Sacred Poe m s ’ ”

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1 7 4 2 page 2 5 9
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Th e original has n ine stanzas four of whi ch
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are o m itted .

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The poet takes up the apostle Paul s idea of hi s own n u
worthiness and closes each verse with the expressive declara
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tion , I the chief of sinners a m but adds the co m forting
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assuran ce that J esus died for m e
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Thi s i s the language of .

unfeigned hu m ility and of profound self knowledge The allu

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sion i n verse three to Gideon i s derived fro m J udges vi 3 9 40 .

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A venerable old disciple i n M ethodi s m was J ohn Tyrer, of

N ineveh near B irm ingham at the ti m e of hi s death H e
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founded the first Sunday school at H andsworth , and by hi s con

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sistent earnest piety greatly pro m oted the cau se of God in the
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S oho works where he was long e m ployed I n death as i n

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life the H ym n book and B ible a fforded h i m con stan t delight

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and to a friend wh o called to see h i m, when the con fl ict was

nearly over, he gave , as the only ground of his confiden ce and
hO p e
Let th e w o rl d the ir v irtue bo as t ,

Their w o rk s o f right eo usness

I a wre t ch und o n e a n d l o st
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A m fre e ly s av ed by gra ce .

H e passed away in peace to the skies say i ng All i s well all , ,

i s well
The author of this hy m n had but one daughter who arrived
at m atu re years M i ss Sarah W esley was a person of m u ch
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m ental power and possessed great general i ntelligen ce

,
She .

was m uch loved by both her father and the R e v John W esley . .

M ost of her ti m e was spent in literary pursuits I n her last .

illness , which was short she visited her native city, B ristol
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where she closed her earthly career She oft en said , I ha ve .

peace, but n ot j oy ”
W hen too feeble to converse she would
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repeat the lines

I the chi ef o f si nn ers a m ,

But J esus d i ed fo r m e .
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These we re nearly the last words she uttered She d ied a .

me m ber of the M ethodist S o c iety .

 T he M et h od i s t H y mn Booh [
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H Y . 1 1 5 .

The chief interest which attaches to thi s hy m n , as a dying

testi m ony is that afforded fro m the u se by J ohn W esley hi m self,
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and , partly in con sequence thereof, the account of his death

having been read by so m any thou sands of persons it has been ,

s o very fre q uently used by hi s followers when u nder si m ilar cir ,

c um s t a n c e s Of these we h ave n ot space for m ore than a

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passing allu sion F urther instances of the u se of th is hym n wi l l

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be found i n the index at the end of the volu m e , .

The only account we have left u s of the last days of J ohn

W esley the founder of the M ethodist S o cieties was written by
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M i ss E lizabeth R 1 t ch i e , on e of h is m ost inti m ate friends and ,

one of the elect ladies of M ethodis m Fro m that ac c ou nt we .

learn that M r W esley preached his last serm on at Leatherhead ,

in S urrey February 2 3 1 7 9 1 O n the 24t h he stopped at M r

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W ol ff s at B alham , and on the 2 5 t h he returned to his own

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h ouse at City Road O n the a6 t h he re m ained very feeble

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O n the a 7 t h he see m ed to be m u ch exhau sted, and said ,

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Speak to m e I cannot speak To the question , Shall we
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pray with you , sir ? he earn estly replied “
Y es At the end
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of the prayer, he added a hearty A m en I n the afternoon as .

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i ndi cating h i s own consciousness that the end wa s not far o ff ,

he said There is n o eed for m ore than what I said at B ristol

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n ! .

M y words then were

I t h e chi e f of sinners a m ,

B u t J e s us di ed for m e
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M is s Ritchie s a id , I s thi s the present language of your heart

At t he Bristo l C o n feren ce in 1 783 M r W esley w a s t aken so ill
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neither he nor his friends thought he would re co ve r Expe c ting sudden .

dea th a n d that spe edily he sa id to M r Bradfo rd I have b e en re fl e ct

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ing on m y p a st life I have been w and ering u p a n d d own between

fifty a n d sixty ye a rs e n d eavouring in m y po o r w a y to d o a little goo d
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to m y fellow cre a ture s and now it is pro babl e th ere are but a few steps
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bet we en m e a n d dea th and wha t h a ve I t o trust to fo r s a lva ti o n ? I

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c a n s ee n o thi n g whi ch I h ave d one o r su f fere d th a t will bear looki ng at ,

I h ave n o other plea tha n this

I the chi ef of sinners a m ,

B ut J e sus d i e d fo r m e .

This senti ment c ontinu ed t o i n fluen ce h i m d uri ng t h e rem a i ning eight

y ears o f his ea rnest a ctive publi c life a n d m ini stry and w as the m o s t ,

prom inent feeling of his mind when the fours c ore and seven years of his
life were ending .
 T he M e th od i s t H y m n Booh -

[ H Y . 1 19 .

deserving of n otice i n this as well as in another of Charles ,

W esley s hy mns The first two verses read thus

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An d have I m e asure d ha lf my d ays ,

A n d h a lf my j ourn ey run ,

N o r t a s t ed the Re d e em e r s gra ce
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N o r y e t m y w o rk b egun ?

T h e m o rni ng
of m y life i s p as t ,

T h e n o o n al m o st is o e r
'

T he night of d e a th appro a che s fas t ,

W he n I c an work no m o re .

W hen these lines w ere written their author wa s in hi s fortieth ,

year he died aged eighty H ow did he obtain the knowledge .

that he h ad m easured half hi s days P Thes e facts are i n d i s p ut ,

able accoun t for them who ma y

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There are m any state m ents
i n the entire hym n whi ch are certainly n ot applicable to Charles
W esley .

H YM N Author of faith to Thee I c ry

11 8 . A s h a nd i t
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— d s , 1 76 1
s ha ( att vi i TUNE fi l
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ll be g i v en M , S n o w s
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The original was written by Charles W esley and i s the fi rs t ,

of six hym n s whi ch are printed at the end of a s m all tract ,

entitled , A Short V iew of th e D ifferences between th e M o

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f avian B rethren i n E ngland and J and C W esley

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i s printed also as N o 1 0 i n H y m n s and Sacred Poe m s vol

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i 1 7 49
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I n the latter portion of the hy m n the poet plainly
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states what i s th e gospel plan of salvation i n c ontradist i nction ,

to the errors then taught by so m e of the M oravian s .

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H YM N Father of Jesu s Christ m y Lord B u t tho u
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w h en t h o u p r ay es t , en t er i n t o t hy cl os et TUNE , Aldrich , .
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1 76 1 .

Thi s hym n form s N o 2 i n the M orav i an tract j u st na m ed

.

and i t i s printed also i n Charles W esley s “

Rede m ption ’

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Hy m ns i n 1 7 4 7 The title given to i t n o w i s Before Private
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Prayer I n the fou rth verse , the poet urges his plea fo r ful l
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salvation
Bla m el ess b efo re T h y fa ce t o live ,
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T o live a n d sin n o m o re .

The seventh verse reads thus in the original

H Y . 1 24 ] a nd i t s A s s oci a t i ons . 87

Kind le t h e fl a me o f l o ve withi n ,

Tha t m a y to h eav en as cend

A n d n o w in g race t h e work b egi n ,

W hi ch shall in g l o ry en d .

Thi s hym n as well as the ne x t one , was added to the colle c tion
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after M r W esley s death

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H YM N Co m fort ye m inisters of grace — Groa n i ng for

R ed emp t i on —TUNE , Cary s , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esle y s , found i n “

Hym n s and Sa c red Poe ms
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1 742 page 1 0 9
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The original is i n four parts and ex
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tends to thirty seven verses of whi c h two only are here

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given .

HY M N 121 . E xpand thy wings celestial D ove —T he Crea ,

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t i on . Gen i 2 3 & c — TUNE , Cary s 1 7 6 1

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This is m ade up by uniting three of Charles W esley s Short ’

S cripture H y m ns 1 7 6 2 , N 0 5 3 4 and 6 3 5 based o n Gen i

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2 3 , and 2 Chron vi 2 0 2 1
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HY M N 1 22 . 0Thou who hast our sorrows borne — F or .

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F a mi l i es —TUNE Travellers 1 7 6 1 , ,
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This form s N o 1 9 i n Charles W esley s Hym ns for Fa m ilies

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1 767 O ne verse i s o m itted The poet des c ribes in terse strong

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language our Lord s su fferings .

H YM N 1 23 . Let the give thanks and prai se —F or

red ee m
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F a m i l i en —TUNE A ldri ch 1 76 1
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This form s N o 90 of Charles W esley s H ym ns for Fam ilies

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1 76 7 The original i s in double verses and sixteen lines are

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o m itted , whilst others are transposed i n their order .

H YM N 1 24 0 that I first of love possess — O n

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g oi ng to a

n ew h a bi t a t i on — TUNE , W oods , 1 7 6 1 . .

No of Charles W esley s H ym n s for Fa m ilies 1 7 6 7 Two

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verses are left out I t has the appearan c e of being based on

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E xodu s xxxiii 20—22 The poet strangely enough , in the firs t

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verse asks to see the Lord, althoug h he knew that such a privi
lege was den ied to m ortal eyes Y e cannot se e my face and
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live .
 T he M eth od i s t H y mn Booh -

[ H Y . 1 27 .

H YM N 1 25 . O that I could m y Lord receive —F or .

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L ove .

TUNE, B ro c km er 1 7 6 1 , .

Thi s form s N o 1 5 9 of Charles W esley s Hymn s for Fa m ilies

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Two verses after the se c ond are o m itted .

For earnest piety an d devoted service , n o M ethodists can

exceed the I ri sh Sarah Jones of F a rn e e County W icklow
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feared th e Lord fro m a chil d A t fifteen during a revival she .

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obtained a clear sense of her acceptance with God A s a teacher .

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leader and m issionary collector she laid herself out for daily
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service H er voi ce her pen and her exam ple were all used for
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the glory of God an d to help th e young on their way towards

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heave n H er last illness was short and s ev ere, b ut she clung to

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the Cross H er last words were

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Nothing I ask or want besi d e ,

Of all in ea rth or heav en ,

But l et m e feel Thy blood ap p li ed ,

A n d live and die fo rgiven .

HY M N 1 26 . Too strong I was to conquer sin — 7 udg es . v 11 . 2,

& c —TUNE , W elling , 1 7 6 1

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Thi s i s form ed by u niting N os .

4 00 and 7 7 8 of Charles
W esley s Short S cripture H ym ns
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1 7 6 2 , vol i , based on . .

J udges vii 2 and J ob xl 4

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H YM N 1 27 W herewith , O God , shall I draw 11 ear —M ”

i ca h
vi 6, &c —TUNE , St Luke s 1 7 6 1
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W ritten by Charles W esley, and foun d in Hym ns and

Sacred Poe m s , 1 740 , page 8 8 There i s a pathos and power in .

the pleadi n gs of the poet and as the S aviour s inter c ession s are ’

represented a s acco mpanying those of the penitent the blessing ,

desired i s obtained .

H aving the advantage in early life of the personal advi ce of

M r W esley M r s Fletcher, an d M r s Crosby Frances N ess
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y ielded willingly to the strivings of the H oly Spirit and under ,

a serm on preached by the Rev George Story in 1 7 7 8 she was .

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brought to God an d during the rest of her days was a faith

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ful and devoted M ethod ist She possessed i n a re m arkable .

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degree the spirit of the M aster, whi ch she tried to di ffuse around
her A little before her death , she sai d to her m inister
.

m
1 nothing have I n o thing a m 5 ,
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( H Y . 1 29 .

Lord s Supper A t i ts close she said That o ffering still con

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tinnes n e w i t i s the La m b newly slain

I vie w th e La mb i n His o w n lig ht ,

W h o m a n g els di mly s e e
A n d ga z e tra ns p o rt e d a t t h e si ght
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T o a ll ete rnity
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H er last testi m ony to the goodness of her heavenly Father was ,

God supports m e richly H e has n ever left m e to feel m y weak

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ness D o not forget the goodness of God
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At the age of eighteen Tho m as B agshaw of Rotherha m , , ,

jo m e d the M ethodist S ociety , and he continued a steady m e m

ber to the close of hi s life serving with u prightness the offices ,

of poor, society, and circuit steward H e su ffered m u ch for .

so m e m onths before hi s de a th bu t hi s m ind was kept in peace ,

and shortly befo re h 1 s spirit escaped to God he repeated the ,

verse
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I vi ew t he L a mb i n His own light &c , .
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as the evidence of hi s acceptan ce with God .

H YM N 1 29 . A dam ,
descended fro m above -
I sa ia h xli i 6,.
7 .

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TUNE Guern sey , 1 7 6 1
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Thi s form s N o 1 044 of Charles W esley s Short S cripture

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H ym n s 1 7 6 2 vol i where it i s printed as three eight line
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verses .

U nder the heart searching m in istry of the Rev W illiam -

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B ra m well George S argent of H uddersfield the son of a W e s

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leyan m inister, was awakened to a sense of hi s sinful condition ,

at the early age of six years Those convictions ripened into .

pen itence an d pardon and were followed by a life of earnest , ,

sincere godliness At Kingswood S chool as an apprentice and

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as a m edi c a l student he feared the Lord and walked in H i s ways , , ,

always delighting i n the m eans of grace and in the co m pany of

the Lord s people O n February 7 1 8 40 he was apparently i n
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h is u sual he a lth and M rs Sargent co mm en ced the fa m ily devo

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tions W hen she had read the 1 2 9 t h hym n after thi s verse
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Op en m ine eyes t h e La mb t o kno w ,

W h o b ea rs t h e ge ne ra l sin a way
A n d t o m y ra n s o m d s p i rit s h o w
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The g l o ri e s of etern a l d a y ,

M r Sargent s m i nd see m ed c a rried above

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absorbed in c onte m plating the truth s contained in the hym n

forgetting hi m self he knelt down to prayer without the cu sto m ary
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lesson fro m the W ord of God Observing the o m ission , he rose .

a nd read Psal m s cxxi , c xxii , a nd after prayer retired to rest . . .

Shortly afterwards he co mplained of pain in h is head A ssist

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an ce was at on ce pro c ured but the last m es senger had arrived

he beca m e insensible and withi n an hour he qu ietly passed to ,

hi s rest with God .

H YM N 1 30 . Thou God unse a rchable u nknown —I s a i a h ,

x lv 1 5 —TU NE M ourners 1 76 1
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Thi s i s m ade u p of N os 1 0 5 5 an d 1 0 56 of Charles W esley s .

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Short S cripture Hy m ns vol i , 1 7 6 2 Two of the lines ar e , . . .

altered .

H YM N 131 . Lord I despair m yself to heal

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&c — TUNE E vesha m 1 7 6 1 .

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Charles W esley s fro m H y m ns and Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 3 9

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page 9 1 I t i s based on H ebrews x1 1 2 The first and second

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verses of the original are left out the hy m n co mm ences thus

W eary o f s trugg ling with m y pa in ;
Ho p ele s s to b urs t m y n a ture s c ha in ’

H a rd ly I g ive t h e co nt es t o e r ’
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I s eek t o fre e m ys elf no m o re ”

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HY M N Jesus , the S inne r s Friend to Thee —Ga l a t i a ns ’

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iii 2 2 —TUNE, Co m plaint , 1 7 6 1

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Charles W ’
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page 9 2 The original ha s thirteen stanzas Th is hy m n consists

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of the I s t , 2 d st h 6 t h , I o th and 1 2 th verses

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The strong langu a ge used in the third verse

Trea d d own Thy fo es with powe r contro l ,

T h e b e a s t a n d d evil i n m y s o ul ,
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the W esleys and W hitefield learned fro m B ishop H all an d

W illia m Law Southey, in hi s Life of W esley ” relates the
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story of a m erry andre w who attending the preaching of

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W hitefield finding n o co m m on acts of bu ffoonery of any avail

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to divert the attention of the audien ce , cli mbed into a tree and
exposed hi m self i n so disgraceful a m anner as to m ake the
brutal mo b shout ; but the m ore de c en t people were abashed .
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W hitefie ld h i m self was for a m o ment c onfounded with su ch a

spe ctacle but recovering hi m self he appealed to his audi en ce
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whether he had wronged hu m an n ature i n saying wi th B ishop

H all , that m an when left to hi m self i s h alf a fiend and half a
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brute ; or in calling h i m with W illia m Law a m otley m i x , ,

S o u t hey s L ife of W es l ey
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v o l ii page 1 9 2
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H YM N 1 33 .
Jes u , w h o s e glo ry s strea m ing rays — T he Ch a ng e
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The original i s a Germ an hy m n written by W olfgang Christian ,

D es z l e r in 1 69 2 ; th e translation was m ade by J ohn W esley ,

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an d i s found in H ym n s and S acred Poe m s 1 7 3 9 p age 99 , , ,

where it i s i n six double verses , the first three only of w h 1 c h are

here given , and divided into single verses The re m aining .

verses form hy m n N o 1 9 6 The Germ an author was the son . .

of a pious author of N ure m berg he was born i n 1 660 and died ,

i n 1 7 2 2 H e publi shed several devotional books , contai ning

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fi ft y si x hy m n s of hi s own , m any of which are very beautiful

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H YM N 1 34 Jesus , if still the sa m e Tho u art — M . a tt h e w

v 3 6 — TU NE Frankfort, 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , fro m ’

H ym n s an d S a c red Poe m s ,
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page 66 .

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H YM N 1 35 . Jesu , if still Thou art to day -
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1 36 . W hile dead in trespasses I lie .

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M itcha m , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 0

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page 7 1 The two hym ns form one in the original , extending

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to twenty one verses the thirteenth only being o mitted , whi ch

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reads thu s
W hile to rn by hellish pride I c ry ,

By l eg i o n lust p o s s es t ,

Son of the living G o d draw nig h ,

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And sp ea k m e unto res t .

The tenth v erse i s altered fro m Long have I wa i ted in the

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H YM N 1 40Co m e , O thou Traveller unknown

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141 Y ield to m e n o w for I am weak ”

W r es t li ng 7 a cob —TU NE Travellers 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s found in ’

,H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s ,

1 742 . The original consi sts of fou rteen verses I n the earlier .

editions of the collection it was printed as on e hy m n the

editors of the edition i n 1 7 9 7 were the first to m a r its un iform ity
by dividing it The hy m n i s founded on the events recorded in
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Genesi s xxxii 2 6—2 9 . .

Of thi s n oble co m position , so m any have written i n praise i t ,

is di ffi cult to select fro m the high testi m onies J ohn W esley, i n .

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hi s brief n otice of hi s brother s death obse rves H is l east
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prai se was hi s talent for poetry although D r W atts did not ,

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scrup l e to say that that single poe m , W restling J acob was ’
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worth all the verses he h i m self had written ”

J a m es M ont .

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go m ery, the Sheffield lyri c poet, i n his Ch r i s t i a n Ps a l m i s t re ,

cords that a m ong Charles W esley s highest achieve m ents m a y ’

be recorded Co m e O thou Traveller u nknown i n wh ich with

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con su mm ate art he carries on the action of a lyri cal dra m a ; every
turn i n the confli ct with the M ysteriou s B eing against who m he
wrestles all night being m arked w i th precision by the va rying
language of the speaker acco m panied by intense increasing
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i nterest till the rapturous m o m ent of the dis cove ry when b e pre
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vails and exclai m s , I know Thee Saviour who Thou art , & c ,
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Thi s lyri c was also an intense favourite with J ohn W esley who ,

frequently selected it to be su ng in the publi c servi ces After .

hi s n oble brother h ad i n peaceful triu m ph passed aw a y to hi s

rest J ohn was always m oved with i nten se e m otion , visible to all
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who heard h i m , when he read that intensely tou c hing couplet

M y c o mpa ny be fore is g o n e ,

A n d I a m l eft alone with Thee .

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The Re v J ohn Kirk writes of its wonderful conciseness y e t
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perfect and fin ished pictu ring of the scene on the T ra n sjo r d a n i c

hills beyond the deep defile where the J abbok, as its na m e i m
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plies wrestles with the m ountains through whi c h i t descends to

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the J ordan The dra m ati c form , so singular i n hym n ic c o m

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p osition ; shadowing forth the action of the conv ersation ; the

great force of its thoroughly E nglish expression the co m plete
finish and rhyth m of its verse its straightforward c a s e , without
a n y m ere strain ing at elegan c e and the m in uteness and general
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beauty of its appli c ation of the n arrative have won the co m ,

men d a t i o n of all c o m petent c ritics W restling J acob wa s t h e

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the m e of Charles W esley s preaching as well as of hi s poetry ’

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Before the hym n was published in 1 7 4 2 he records having ,

preached on J acob wrestling for the blessing on two o ccasions , ,

on M a y 2 4 an d July 1 6 , 1 7 4 1 O n six occasions after the hy m n

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appeared, he m ention s in h is J ourn a l having dis c oursed on the

deeply interesting the m e : at the Foundery in London O cto , ,
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ber 6 1 743 and again in London , J une 1 2 , 1 7 44 when m any
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wept with the angel an d m ade supplicati on and were e n c o u r ,

aged to wait upon the Lord at Bristol J anuary 2 9 1 7 4 9 , , ,

when the power of the H ighest overshadowed the a udience ; in

D ublin , February 7 and also on M arch 7 , 1 7 4 8 when hearers
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went to their houses j ustified ; and finally in B ristol M a y 2 0 , , ,

1 7 4 8 when m any were stirred u p to lay hold on the Lord like

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W esley, vol i page 3 06, re m a rking on thi s poe m says

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applies with ad m irable ingenu ity and tact the patriarch s ’

m ysterious con fl ict , and the happy result to whi ch it led in the ,
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process of an awakened sinner s salvation To have heard the .

poet s ser mon on this m ighty wrestling with all the play of a fine
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fan cy arranging the e m inently evangelical topi cs in glowing

colours before a crowded asse mbly and then to have closed that ,

d i s c o u r s e w i t h the singing of part of that grand hy mn m u st

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have been a privilege of surpassing interest and delight .

That the m e whi ch had been m ade a blessing to m any through

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poet s verse Solo m on B urrall, of Tucking m ill Cornwall was i n

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M Georg e M a cdo na ld h as rec ently ( 1 8 69 )publish e d in the Sunday

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fe s ses t o g ive a revi ew with e xa mp le s o f the relig i o us p o etry of E n g

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lan d In this som ewhat l a rge c o ll ecti o n o f religi o us verse C harl e s

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W esl ey is re pre sent ed by o nly one pie ce W re stli ng J a cob ; a n d

t o thi s the criti c vo lunte e rs h i s opini o n tha t the h ymn s of thi s auth o r
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d o n o t p o sse ss m uch lit era ry m e rit Is lite ra ry m e rit the o nly
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quality o f a hymn wo rth no ticing ? W ill M r M a cd o na ld furn i sh

evi d en ce o f the pra c ti c al u s e o f the hy mns h e h a s ch o s en as th o s e ,

whi ch d o c o nta in merit o f o the r kinds a n d whi ch ha ve b een useful i n ,

l ea d ing s inn ers t o C hrist a n d t o heaven ? If h e c annot furn i sh su ch

e v i d en c e his d epreci a t o ry rem a rk s o n Cha rl e s W esl ey s hymns will
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have but littl e we ight wi th seri o us person s .

9 6 T he M ethod i s t H y mn Booh -
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early life restrained fro m sin by the Spirit of God and at the age ,

of twenty yielded hi s heart to the service of God D uring forty

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fi ve years he was a m e m ber of the M ethodist Society, and a

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u seful worker in the Lord s vineyard living in the uninterrupted ,

enj oym ent of the perfect love of God T h e evening before hi s .

death he put fo rth all hi s strength i n singing the verse

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C o me ,O thou Tra vel ler unknown ,

W ho m still I hold but c annot see 1

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M y co m p any befo re is gone ,

And I a m left alo ne with Thee

W ith Thee all night I me a n to stay ,

A n d wre s tle till the break of day

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After thi s he spoke but little , and only to express his strong con
fi d en ce in God .

H YM N 1 42 . rooping soul shake off thy fears — Wa i t i ng

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for t he Pr o m i s e — TUNE , Foundery , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W e sley s , found in H ym ns and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 ,

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page 2 3 7 The original is in six verses , the fifth and s ix th being

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o m itted .

H YM N J es u , Lo v e r o f my soul — l n .
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H otham ,
1 761 .

Charles W esley s , fou nd in H ym n s and S acred Poe m s

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This hym n was n ot added to the collection till
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the year 1 7 9 7 The original has five vers es the third being
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o m itte d I t delineates so corre ctly the views feelings and

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desires of all true Christians that it has beco m e a favourite ,

a m ong the piou s of all deno m ination s .

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A fine intelligent young V irginian wh ile residing i n
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the W estern S tate s of A m eri ca, beca m e an infidel and a

blasphe m er of the nam e of God Fro m this state he was .

delivered by reading a work by S o a m e Jen y ns but whilst he ,

becam e convinced of the truth of revelation he did not feel its ,

p ower A lingering illnes s and fata l d isease led h i m to re fl e c

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tion and prayer Three Christian friends so m etim es visited h i m

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to spend the tedious hours i n singing hym ns They one day .

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entered his roo m and began to sing There i s a fountain fi ll d ’
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w it h blood , followed by The voice of free grace & c H e then , .

said to the m, There i s n othing I so m u c h like to hear as the first

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M E lw a i n e, spent fi ft y six years i n the M ethodist m ini stry
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whilst she h erself c o mm en c ed her Christian c a reer in c hildhood;

in answer to prayers o ffered by her parents Sym ptom s of con .

su mption having set in she was taken fro m N ova S cotia t o ,

B erm uda , but n o advantage being m anifest she retu rn ed ho m e ,

to die H er life had been one of brightness an d puri ty and

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her last days testified to the holiness of her heart I n her last .

hours she saw J esu s i n H i s power to save to the u tterm ost ,

and sang
Jes u Lover of my soul , , .

Le t m e to Thy bos o m fl y
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S h e called all her friends around her that she m ight en c o u ra ge

th em to tru s t i n the Lord ; a nd with grace triu m phing over
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nature , she entered into rest .

The con solation afforded to the young di s c iple by M r

W esley s tou ching lines, was qu ite as acceptable by and ac c es
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sible to , the aged divine Tho m as H art well H o m e the pains

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t aking theologian and learned author w a s c onvin ced of sin ,

under a ser m on by the Rev J oseph Benson and at once united .

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hi m self to th e M ethodists A s a clerk to M r B ut t er w o r t h and

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un der the religiou s instruction of the Rev D r Ada m Clarke , he .

served M ethodis m faithfully for s om e years and ulti m ately go t ,

o rdinatio n in the Church of E ngland H i s great work The .

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I n trodu cti on to the Criti c al Study of the H oly S criptu res ”

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originated i n M ethodis m “

H e was faithful in the di scharge .

of hi s duties as one Of the m etropolitan clergy and died in ,

honoured age , often rep eating during hi s sickness

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Other refuge have I n o ne,

Hangs m y helples s so ul o n Th ee , &c .

I n th is calm a nd re 5 1g n ed fra m e of m ind , b e exchanged m ortal i ty

for life aged 8 2
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Perhaps there does not exi st a hym n which has been m ore
e x t ensively quoted on death beds A volu me , of considerable .

di m e nsions m ight be m ade up of su ch exa m p les fro m M ethodist ,

s ources al o he So m e of these have a re cord at t he end of th i s

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volu m e i n the index

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H YM N 1 44 . Thee Jesu Thee th e S inner s Friend

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i ng t o L ove —TUN E M usician s 1 7 8 1
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: Ch arles W e s ley 5 found i n Hymn s

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page 24 2 The origi nal has eleven verses the se c ond and
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third being o m itted D ear Lord i s altered to O Lord an d .

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M y Lord i n two places Thi s hym n has m u c h of the senti .

m ent and i m agery of W restling Ja c ob The sixth verse refers .

to the passing by of the Al m ighty before M oses , and the con

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c luding verses glan c e at the parable of the Lost Sheep and the
death of M oses , thus showing how thoroughly scriptural is
Charles W esley s poetry
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H YM N 1 45 0 J esus , let me bles s Thy N a me -

D es i r i ng to
L ov e —TUNE , Chapel , 1 7 6 1
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Charles Wesley s , foun d in H ymn s and S acred Poe m s , ’ “

1 7 49 vol i
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The sixth and seventh verses of the original are
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left out I n the first line kiss i s changed to bless
. M r .

B unting suggests that line fou r, verse 5 , should read thu s : The
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surety who my debt has paid .

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H YM N 1 46 . Still , Lo rd I languish for Thy grace
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t o L o ve —TUNE S n o w s fi e ld s 1 7 6 1
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Charl es W esley s fro m H ym ns and Sa c red Po em s , 1 7 4 9,

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vo l i , the second and fourth verses of the o riginal being left out
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H YM N 147 . 0 Love ivine h o w swee t thou art

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to L ov e —TUNE , Chapel , 1 7 6 1 .

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v ol i , three verses of the ori ginal being o m itted

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Thi s hym n c ontain s an extraordinary depth of feeling an d

desire, eager, i m patie nt , resolute , co mbined with an extended
v iew of the love of God , such as only a poet of m u ch heart ex

p er i e n ce like Charles W esley could write Thi s fi n e b ol d poetical .

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language m a y help private devotion but i s scarcely proper for ,

general use in the san ctuary I nterruption s i n the regular order .

of divine service are seldo m to be co m m ended , but we have an

instan ce before u s in which the m onotony was broken with good
e ffect W illia m D awson , of B a rnb o w , Leeds , had once preached
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a very i mpressive serm on and at its close gave out thi s hymn , .

W hen the choir were singing the third verse, God only k nows
the love of God he stopped the m and said , Stop friends !,
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I f angels the fi rs t born sons of light , cannot u nderstand the

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height the breadth , the depth , the length of the love o f

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God, how c an we exp ect t o fatho m i t while here below ? ”

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H e then repeated with deepest feeling thrilli ng hi s large

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auditory
G o d only knows the love of G od
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Let u s s ing it agai n friends , for we shall a l l have to sing i t

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heaven
God only knows the love of God .

I t need hardly be said that a p ro fo un d feel i ng of m ajesti c awe

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pervaded the vast asse m bly .

Pardon to a sinn er who has felt the agon ies of deep repent
an ce i s often followed by an ecstasy of j oy Tho m as Carter of .
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Catterick , after entering into the society of the children of God ,

and feeling the witness within h i m of h is acceptance with God ,
o ne Sabbath m orning i n the pari sh church , after the absolu
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tion had been pronoun ced m odestly stood up i n the gallery

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and asked per m i ssion to tell the people what God had done for
his soul , as he could confirm the truth j u st read , for God had
pardoned hi m , being p enitent Su c h testi m ony i s of rare
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o ccu rren ce the world would be the better and the Church too , ,

for the frequent repetition of such assuran c e The good m a n .

lived according to that beginn ing serving the office of prayer 5 ,

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leader on S unday m orning at seven o clo ck , class leader, ’

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st eward and trustee , with uprightnes s and fidelity Only a

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few hours before his death he sang his favourite hym n , com
m en c i n g
0 L ove D ivi ne how sweet thou art
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B ut voi ce and speech had well nigh gone he see m ed to pra y

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to the last and to enter heaven by prayer
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The labours of the late M r Crabbe , of S outha m pton were ,

instru m ental i n bringing J ohn B ailey, of Crowdhill to th e ,

S aviour H e soon afterwards be cam e useful in the M ethodist

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S ociety as a class leader and local preacher an d spent a long

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life like E noch walking with God The testi m ony of h is friends
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was , that he was a faithful m an , a n d feared God above m any

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F o r three y ears he was afflicted with paralysis , bu t withou t

co m plain t he endured all h i s privations O n the S abbath b e .

fore he died, he awoke with the words on his m ind

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0 Love D ivine how sweet t hou art
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W hen u nable to speak ,

h e m ade signs that he was happy .
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before hi s c onversi on , and he gave i t then the title , A M i d “

night Hym n for one u nder the Law,

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I t des c ribes, i n m elan .

c h oly
, plaintive language the distressing s tate of spiritual
gloo m of the author hi m sel f J ohn W esley i n selecting thi s
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hym n for his collection i n 1 7 7 9 aptly pla ced i t i n the section ,

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For M ourners convinced of S in and altered it in several ,

pla c es .
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I n its altere d state observes the Rev Tho mas ,
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J ackson , i t n o longer ap pears as the despon ding language of
a real Christian , expecting to be m ade free fro m sin and m isery
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by the body s dissolu tion but as the praye r of a weeping peni
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tent convinced of his guilt , and looking for present deliveran c e

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thro ugh faith in the blood of Atone ment .

H YM N 155 God of m y
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life what just retu rn
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cov ery fr o m S i chn ess — TUNE , A thlone , 1 7 6 1 . .

Charles W esley s , fro m H y m n s and Sa c red Poe m s , 1 7 39 ,

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This hym n says M r Ja ck s o n , i s a fin e spe c i m en of Charle s

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W esley s poeti c geni us , un i m paired by d isease

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suggests that a better title would be , For E vening W orship .

For that pu rpose he u sed it The original has seventeen verses

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the first seven , and two others , bei ng left out The first lin e .

co mm en ces thu s A nd live I yet by power d ivine W hilst

at Oxford during the year of hi s c onversion
, the poet
was so dangerously ill he did n ot e xpect to recover
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ing the sa m e sense of g ratitu de to God for hi s restoration to

health as did King H ezekiah u nder si m i l ar circu m stan ces , the
p oet bases hi s thoughts on the a cc ount of the king s recovery ’

( 2 Kings x x 1 and fro

. m then c e he has produ c ed a truly
subli m e hy m n These stanzas , i n subli m ity of thought an d
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strength of expression surpass Addison s fine hy m n , written

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u nder si m ilar circu m stan ces , which c o mm en ces , W hen rising

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fro m the bed of death , & c .

H YM N 1 5 6 O disclose Thy lovely face —M y s o u l g a speth

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f o r ee c ,
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page 60 Thi s hym n i s a c o m posite, m ade up in thi s way :

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the first verse form s in the origin a l the second of five, the
re main ing four of that hym n being left out The first line of .

the hymn c ommen c es, Lord, how lon g, &c To that on e vers e
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is added two oth ers fro m anoth er hy n on t he next page , m

entitled A M orning Hymn , which c o mm en c es, Christ, whose
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glory fills th e skies .

I n Toplady s works part of thi s hym n i s i nserted as belong

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ing to that a uthor , which i s a m isappropriation S i m ilar s enti .

m ents are found i n a hym n by S ir Robert Grant and quoted by

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M r Pun s h o n i n his serm on on the Christian I nheritance .

A t Oxh ill , Kineton , prea c hing by the M eth o dists was held for
a long period only fortnightly, on a week e vening and th i s was
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about to be given up , when M rs Gardner and three other per

sons form ed a society began to m eet in c lass , and then there
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followed a gracious revival F o r forty eight years she continued .

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i n fellowshi p with the M ethodists , m anifesting her love to God

by her care for the preachers her diligen t attentio n 011 the ,

ordinances of religion , and her liberal support of chur c h funds .

D uring her last illnes s she was severely tri e d by th e ene m y but
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prayer was m ade for her, and she obtained the vi ctory, saying,
S h eoften
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Precious J esus H i s blood clean seth fro m a l l sin .

repeated , and tried to sing verses of hym ns , espe c ially the line s
H a ste m y Lord no m o re del ay , , ,

C o m e m y S a vi o ur co m e away
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Thu s cal mly did she wait till the heavenly convoy escorted her
ho me .

H YM N 1 5 7 su fferings all to Thee are kn own

M y Wr i t ten .
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i n s t res s of T emp t a t i on —TUN E D resden ; 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , fro m H ym ns and

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o m itted , and two are tran sposed .

M r s B ennett of Te m psford fro m her youth , ha d been subject

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to a painful contra ct ion of the throat The aperture for food .

was s o narrow as to threaten death by s tarvat ion M edical .

skill was tried in vai n Thirty years she had lived happily w ith
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her husband and fa m ily, but taking a c o ld whilst v i siting two

of her son s i n N orfolk , the m alady was increased , her su fferings
were very severe and she wasted away to a m ere shadow of her
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form er self I n thi s extre m e trial she found suppo rt fro m her
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confiden ce i n God , an d her reliance on H is pro m ises Charles .

W esley s beautiful and patheti c hym n was never m ore appropri

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atel y used than by th is sorely tried Chri stian O fte n did s he -

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repeat
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My sufferings all to Th ee are known ,

Te mpted in eve ry p o int lik e me

Regard m y grief regard Thy own,

Jesus re me mber C alvary !

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Art Thou not with human woe ?

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Hath pity left the S o n of man ?

D ost Tho u not all my s o rrows know ,
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I And cla i m a sha re in all my pain ?

Sh e had to struggle for life the clai m s of her fa m ily seem ed
to produ ce a wi sh to be spared the world itself had n o charm s
for her S he at length gave u p all to the c are of her heavenly
.

Father, and patiently waited the release of her happy spirit fro m
her suffering body .

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I t i s only as last words that we value so m e thi ngs which
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would otherwise pass w ith out n otice J ohn Clarkson Sutcliffe , .

of Barns l ey, was for m any years an ear nest Chri st i an , giving to
God a p ort ion of every day s ti m e h is j ou rnals being headed ’

on alternate pages eternity an d ti m e

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and under each ,
daily, w a s usual ly m ade so m e entry, indi cating hi s m ethodical
way of livi ng, an d hi s spiritual m indedness H ere is on e entry -
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worth writing i n letters of gold , I have n ot h ad a barren class

m eeting for several years ”
W hen s m itten with paralysis , h e
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su ffered m u c h bu t on the Sabbath before hi s death, his speec h

was partly restored to h i m, and he read with delight the hym n
comm en cing
M y su fferings all to Thee are kn own .

H e w a s the n en gaged in closet prayer, about four hours before

the final stroke thu s he conse c rated his latest c on sciou sness
to his loved e mploy and retiring to rest , he slept in J esus
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H YM N , 1
‘ 58 . 0 my G od , what m ust 1 do ? T h e h ea r t i s
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d ecei tfu l , & c ( Jer . . xvii —TUNE Brays ,
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Charles W esley s fro m H ym ns a n d Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 ,

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thu s O my false deceitful hear t The first eight verses are .

o m itted .

S o m e of the expression s i n thi s hym n ar e s o strong as s c ar c ely

to be reconcilable with m a n s free agency For exa mple, in t h e ’
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se cond verse ,

F orce me Lord with all to part

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Tear these idols fro m my heart .

H YM N 1 63 W hen , gra c iou s Lord , when shall i t be —Come,
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L ord 7cs u s —TU NE , Co m plaint , 1 7 6 1

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page 20 1 Th e original has thi rteen stanzas the fou rth to the
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ninth being left out The first line in the original co mm ences ,
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W hen dearest Lord which i s altered to gracious
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The idea contained i n the second verse, 0 dark ! dark !

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dark ! I still m u st say , i s si m ilar to a line in M ilton s Sa rn ’

so n A gon istes ,
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line 80 as follows : O dark ! da1 k ! dark ! ,
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a m id the blaze of noon The last v erse of the hym n c o m
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m enc i ng , Lord I a m blind m a y have been suggested to
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M ilton s fertile m ind by the fact of S a m son s blindness , or

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by his own blindness or both , .

N ever was the beau ty of holines s m ore marked in a

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Chri stian s life than i n that of M ary I saac , wife of the R ev
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D aniel I s a a c w h o was born in Y ork an d died there at the

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patriarchal age of ninety seven years H ow early i n life she -

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Chri st ian when m arried i n 1 8 0 8 , and for twenty fi ve years was -

a help m eet indeed to her hu sband D uring m any years of

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w idowhood , her c ry wa s , N ot m y will but Thine be done ”

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H er piety was deep ; h er love of the B ible , of the m ean s of ”

grace, an d of the Lord s people, was intense Though lo ng ’

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past fourscore years , scarcely a wrinkl e m arked her beautiful

cou ntenan ce ; her co m plexion was fair and clear as that of a
ch ild , and that of her face serenity itself Although a m artyr to .

pain , n o c o m plaint es c aped her lips , but rather, Thy will be

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don e 0 Lord, n ot m ine
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D uring the watches of her l as t night
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on earth, she r epeated

When gra c ious Lord when shall it b e
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Tha t I sha ll find my H O M E in Thee ?
She breakfa st ed 1 n the m orning at eight after which her n ie c e ,
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assisted her out of bed, when she said , I believe I a m dying
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and in a few m o ments , in great pea c e , she departed to be with

Christ .

H Y M N 1 64 Lord, regard my earn est cr y T he Woma n of .

Ca n aa n ( M att xxv 2 2 TUNE, Calvary, 1 7 6 1 . .

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H YM N 1 65 . Co m e holy, celestial D ove —F or Whi ts und ay

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Ch arles W esley s fro m H ym n s of Petitio n and Thanks gi ving

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H Y M N 1 66 . Jesu s take m y s in s away

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T he P ool of .

B et hes d a ( J o h n v 2 ,
—TU NE .
, Kingswoo d,
1 7 6 1 .

Ch arles W esley s fro m H ymn s an d Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 4 2 ”

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page 9 8 The original

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out , and the sixth verse i s m ade up of parts of two other verses
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H YM N La m b of God for sinn ers slain —L oohi ng t o

1 67 .
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7 cs u s TUNE , Ki ngswood ,
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H YM N 1 68 epth of m ercy c an there be —After a Relaps e

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i n t o S i n — TUNE Savannah , 1 7 6 1 .
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page 8 2 The original i s in thi rteen stanzas of four lines each ,

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one of which i s o m itted , and the eighth i s transposed Thi s .

hym n co mm en ces the third section of the collection , with the

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title For Per s on s Convin ced of Backsliding
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A n actres s i n one of the provincial towns whilst passing

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a long the street , had her attention arrested by singing i n a

cottage Curiosity pro m pted her to look in at the open door

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when she saw a few poor people sitting together, on e of who m

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was giving out hym n 1 6 8
D epth of mercy can th ere be ,

M ercy stil l reserve d fo r m e ?

which they a l l j oined in singing The tune was sweet an d . .

s i mple, bu t she heeded it n ot ; the words had riveted her

attention and she stood m otionless , until she was invited to
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enter .She rem ained during a prayer whi ch was offered u p

by one of the little co m pany, and which , though u n c out h
i n language , carried wit h it the conviction of sincerity She '

quitted the cottage , but the words of the hym n followed her, and
she resolved to procure a copy of t h e b o o k containing it The , .

hym n book secured , she read and re read t his hym n

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c onvi c tions deepened ; she attended the m inis t ry of t h e gogp el,

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an d sought and found that pardon whi c h alone c ould give her
peac e H aving giv en her he art to God, she resolved henceforth
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to give her life to H i m also ; an d, for a ti m e excu sed herself fro m

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attending on the stage The m anager of the theatre c alled upon

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her one m orning and u rged her to sustain the p rincipal char
a c ter in a n ew play Thi s character she had sustained i n other
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t o w n s w i t h ad m iration , b ut now she gave her reason s for refus

ing to co m ply with the request A t first t h e m anager ridiculed
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her s cruples , b ut th is was unavailing ; he then represented th e

loss whi ch her refusal would be to h i m , and pro m ised, if she
would act on this o c casion , it would be the last requ est of the
kind he would m ake U nable to resi st his solicitations she
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pro mi s e d to appear at the theatre The characte r which she

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assu m ed required her, on her entran ce to sing a son g, and as ,

th e cur tain r os e the orchestra began the acco m pan i m ent Sh e .

stood like one lost i n thought ; the m us i c ceased bu t she did ,

not sing ; and suppos ing she was e mbarrassed the band again
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c o mm enced , and they pau sed again for her to begin but she ,

opened not h er lips A third ti m e the air was played , and then ,
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with c lasped hands an d eyes su ffused with tears , she s an g—not

the song of the pl ay, but
D epth of m ercy c a n there b e
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M ercy still re se rve d fo r m e ?

C a n m y G o d His wrath forbear 2
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M e the chi e f of sinners spare ?
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The perform an c e suddenly ended ; m any ridi culed , though so me

were induce d fro m that m e m orable night to consider their
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to reflect on the power of that religion which could
i nfluence the heart and change the life of one hitherto so vain .

The change in the life of the a c t re s s w a s as perm anent as it was

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singular ; and after so m e years of a con sistent walk, she at

lengt h be c a m e the wife of a m inister of the gospel of Christ
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A t an early peri od of life Ralph Raven scroft, of Runcorn , was

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converted to God H e retain ed an unbroke n sense of hi s

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acceptance with God to the end of life H is last v isit to hi s .

class was a season of special blessing H i s a m bition was t o .

have the faith which endured as did that of Abraham Shortly

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before hi s death h e was heard pleading for i m m ediate and full

salvation , exclai m ing , W h y n ot now ? ”
Then break ing out i n
singing
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D epth of mercy ca n there be, &c .
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ethod i s t H y mn Booh -
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God s E v erlasting Love, 1 7 4 1 , pag e 1 6 I t has eleven verses , fou r

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of which are o m itted The first n ine v erses will be found in the
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first nu m ber of the A r mi n i a n M ag a z i n e 1 7 7 8 , with the title , ,

S alvation depends not o n Absolute

H YM N 1 72 O u nexhausted Grace —Aft er 0 Recovery .

TUNE , Olney, 1 7 6 1 ,
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Charles W esle y s , form ing N o 9 3 in H ym n s and Sacred

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three of whi c h are o mi tted .

H YM N 1 73 . Jesus I believe Thee near —F or one F a ll en

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fr o m G r a ce — TUNE, D edi c ation 1 7 8 1 , .

Charles W esley s , form ing N o 7 9 m Hy m n s and Sacred

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o mitted .

H YM N 1 74 shall a lost sinner in pain —F o r

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F a l l en fr om G ra ce —TUNE Funeral , 1 7 6 1 ,
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Charles W esley s , ’
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H y m ns and sacred
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H YM N 1 75 God of m y salvation hear ”

—Aft er a R elaps e
i n t o S i n —TUNE Kingswood ,
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Charles W esley s , fro m H ym ns and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 ,

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The Rev W illiam B arton of who m previou s m ention has
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been m ade , after thirty years of service in the M ethodist

m inistry becam e an invalid fro m heart diseas e but was able to
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realise peace through the atone m ent of Christ H is favourite .

hym n was the 1 7 5 th an d he delighted to repeat ,

Fri end of s inn ers sp o tl e ss Lamb , ,

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Thy bl o o d was sh ed fo r m e .

Thes e l ine s b e repeated the n ight before his dea t h ; a nd t he

l a s t wor d he was he a rd to utter w as H appy

H YM N 1 76 . God , Thy righteousness w e own —F or

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F a l len fr om G r a ce — TUNE, M ourners , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s ’
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P o em s, 1 7 49, vol i
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HY M N 1 77 . J esu s Thou ,
kn o w s t my ’
sinfulnes s —Gr oa n i ng .
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f or R ed empt i on —TUNE , Bradford , 1 76 1.

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and Sa c red Poe m s 1 7 4 2 , ’

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page 7 6 T he original 15 in fou r parts and extends to thirty six

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verses This hym n is selected fro m the se c ond part bu t seven

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verses out of twelve are o m itted I n the first line si mplenes s .

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i s changed to sinfulness .

H YM N 1 7 8 . Y es ,
fro m this instant n o w I will , (J er iii . .
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TUNE Cary s 1 7 6 1
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F orm s N o 1 1 68 of C h arles W esley s .

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HYM N 1 79 .
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Father if Thou must reprove
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TUNE, Kingswood, 1 7 6 1 .

Form s N os 1 1 9 1 and 1 2 1 1 of Charles W esley s Short S c rip

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ture Hym ns 1 7 6 2, vol i i , ba sed on J er x 24, a nd J er xxiv 7

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H YM N 1 80 Saviour I n o w with sha m e confess — F or

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Form s N o 1 1 1 3 of Charles W esle y s .

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H YM N 181 .Thou M a n of griefs re m e mber m e Wh o i n ,

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3 271 8 d ay s ( H eb v 7, . . .
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F orms N o . 6 86 in vol “

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H YM N 1 8 2 “
I will hearken what the Lord
. Wa i t i ng for .

Ch r i s t t he Pr ophet —TUNE, m sterda m , 1 7 6 1 A .

Charle s W esley s fro m H ym ns and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2,

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page 2 1 0 This hym n is the first in the fou rth section of the
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collection , with the titl e , For Backsliders Recovered .

H YM N J esu Shepherd of the sheep

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Aft er a R ecov ery .

—TUNE Foundry 1 7 6 1 , , .

Charles W esley s , N o 94 i n H y m ns and Sacred Poe m s ” ’

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1 7 49 vol i T wo v ers e s o f the original are left out: I n lin é

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two of verse 3 , M r B unting suggests this reading All my

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carnal m ind control .

H YM N 1 84 ; M y God m y God to Thee I cr y

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R elap s e i n t o S i n — TU NE , W e n v o 1 7 6 1 , .

Charles W esl ey s , fro m Hy m ns and Sa c red Poe m s 1 7 40 ,

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Attending a love feast at W eeton near Knaresborough , where

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several young m e n recent convert s related their experien c e ,

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J ohn A tkinso n was convin ced of sin , and at a prayer m eeting -

held in his father s barn at five o c lock in the m orning where

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those young m e n asse m bled often for prayer , he received a

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sen se of pardon and adoption into the fa m ily of God D uring .

forty years m e m bership with the M ethodists , he n ever dis

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h onoured hi s profession J ust before the end of h is pilgri mage,

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w hen c ontending with his last ene m y , he began to sing

M y G o d m y G o d t o Th ee I cry , ,

The e only wo uld I know ”

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A nd after prayer he said M y God i s recon c iled H is pardon , ,

i ng voice I hear ” Then praying for his fa m ily, on pronoun cing

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the benediction i mm ediately his happy spirit j oined the c o m

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pany of the redee m ed in heaven .

H YM N 1 8 5 .
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After all that I have done —7 After aRecovery .
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TUNE , M agdalen , 1 7 6 1 .

Form s N o 9 1 in Charles W esley s H y m ns and Sa c red Poe m s ,

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vol i The original has seven verses , the fifth and sixth
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being sele cted for this hym n I n t he last verse , so inten se i s .

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the poet s grief for having sinned, that rather than fa l l again
i nto sin , b e twi ce asks that he m ay die before su ch an act o f
wickedness should overtake h i m

H YM N 1 86 W eary of wandering fro mm y God — Aft er a

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R eco v ery —TUNE 1 l 3 t h Psal m 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s being N o 8 9 i n Hy mns an d Sacred

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H YM N 1 87 . Son of God if Thy free grace —After,

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R co ver — TUNE Kingswood 1 7 6 1

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The original has si x verses , two of whi c h are o mitted .

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I n the Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e for A pril 1 8 6 1 , we read of the

R ev J ohn H aigh that on one o ccasion , at the end of a
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long life wh ile repeating the l 8 gt h hy mn , on co m ing to t he

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fourth verse , W ith fa i t h l plunge m e in thi s sea , & c he

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appeared c o mpletely absorbed , and with his eyes uprai sed a n d ,

hi s hands clasped he at length broke silenc ewith Glory be to

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God ! Glory be to God continu ing to repeat whisperingly , ,

the verses following an d then sank into sleep with th e l as t lines

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tre mbli ng on hi s lips

M ercy s fu l l pow er I th en sh all p ro ve
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Lo ved w ith a n everl a ting l ove s .

M W esley visited Thorne in April 1 7 66 when he was wel

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co m ed to the hospitable ho m e of M r M eggitt eleven su ch visit s

did the good m a n pay to that ho m e , and fro m that date till 1 8 5 5
the m essengers of salvation were h ospitably entertained by
father and 5 011 . S a muel M eggitt su cceeded to the house an d ,

had the piety of hi s father an d hi s love of good m en Fro m

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infancy he was u nder godly influen ces I n 1 7 9 3 the Rev .

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Alexander M ather preached at Thorne , an d under that sermon ,

y oung M eggitt ,
then only thirteen ,
was convin ced of sin ,
and
two y ea rs l a t er h e found pardon during a visit of George and
W illia m M asby, the praying colliers For seventy fi ve years he .
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greatly aided the cause of God at Thorne, then re m oved t o

H ull, where the influence of hi s fa m ily l n pro m oting M ethodis m
has been con sid erable W hen paralysis laid the strong m a n
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low, he patiently endured h i s su fferings O ften in the night .

season he woul d awake w ith a verse of S cripture or of a hym n

u pon his lip s . H i s ri ch and m atured Christian experi ence
delighted and instructed his visitors Often did he requ est th em .

to j oin h im in s inging to the tu ne of E uphony

N ow I h ave fo un d t h e gro und wherei n
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S ure my s o ul s an cho r m ay remain &c

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Seldo m was it sung without hi s face beco m ing illu m in ed with a

heavenly halo an d tears of jo y told of his happy heart H e
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passed away in peace to the haven of rest .

Testi monies to the u sefulness of this hym n are so n u m erous

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the reader will find a s umm ary of them in the index at the end
of the volu m e Thi s h ym n form s the first of t h e fourth part ,
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with the title , For Believers Rejoicing .

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H Y M N 1 90 J esu s Thy B lood and Righteou sness —T he

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B el i eve/ s T r i u mp h — TUNE Cannon 1 7 6 1 .

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Translated fro m the Germ an of Count Z inze n dorf by J ohn ,

W esley and published in H y m ns and Sa c red Poe m s 1 7 40

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page 1 7 7
N i cholas Lewi s Count and Lord of Z inzendorf and Pot t en
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dorf was born at D resden M ay 2 6 1 700 H is p i ou s father was

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the pri m e m inister of S axony H e becam e on e of the m ost

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u seful m en in pro m oting religion both i n Germ any and in ,

E ngland though so m eti m es there was with i t an adm ixture o f

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dangerous error H e was for m any years a m ost attached an d

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endeared friend of the W esleys and hi s life by Spangenberg is ,

one of the m ost interesting books of relig i ous biography in the

E nglish langu age H e wrote m any hy m n s to whi ch his noble
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wife and son added others also original an d he printed at hi s ,

own private pres s at Chelsea two volu m es of hy m ns dated ,

1 7 5 4 which there had then been nothing to co m pare with in

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E ngland for variety and deep spiritual experien ce These two .

v olu m es are the basi s of nearly all subsequent c ollection s of

hym n s m ade i n E ngland Fro m a copy before u s with authors

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n a m es affixed we find m ost of the translati on s m ade by the

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W esleys The count died very happy i n M a y 1 7 60 The

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original of thi s hy m n h a s twenty four stanzas ; and John W esley -

m ade i n 1 7 39 , a fre e and faithful though abridged tran slation

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of this t ruly beautiful co mposition A m ore co mplete t ra n s l a .

t ion will be found in The U nited B e t h r en s H ym n B ook

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N o 3 26 ext end i ng t o twelve verses

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The interest whi ch attaches to this hymn will be u n ceasi n g .

I t has been u sed by hundreds of Christian s on their d eath beds ; -

a llusion to so m e of these will be fo u nd in the index .

W hen divine things are seen in their true light worldly things ,

get i nto their right place The father of the Rev J am es . .

S m itham was brought to a knowledge of the truth as i t i s in

Jesu s through the prayers of hi s son W h en father and m other
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were converted the eldest 5 011 began to pray for his brothers
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and J am es followed the happy exa mple After many years of .

u seful labour in the W esleyan m inistry he was laid aside by ill ,

ness Addressing his 5 011 one day he said I have had such a
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sight of my own defects and unfaithfulness and such a view of ,

the purity and holiness of God, a s almost mad e m e despair of

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finding m er c y at the last I re m e mbered that when your brother

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John was dy i ng li e w a s deli v ere ,d fro m hi s last fear by r em em l

bering and rep ea ting the vers e

Jesus Thy blo od and rig ht eousne ss
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M y be a uty are m y glorious dre ss : ,

M i d st fl a m ing worl d s with these array d

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W ith jo y sh a l l I l i ft up my he ad .
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I asked that the hym n book m ight be g i ven m e —I ope n ed i t

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and the first lin es on which m y eye res ted were thos e corn ?

m e n c i ng
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Jes us Thy blood
ri ghteousness and .
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Al l m y fear doubt and distress vanished , when , at the re a ding

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of that verse , I ca s t m y soul on the Atone m ent and sin c e t h at

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ti m e I have enjoyed perfect peace I n hi s last hours he see m ed

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to h ave sweet and m ysterious m an ifestat ion s of the heavenly

world H is pleasan t s mi les , rapt looks and upward pointing
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of the finger i nd icated glorious vi sion s to h is own eyes, a n d h e

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I a m co m ing
Sunday sc h ools were ti ll qu ite re c ently u nknown on the Con
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t i n ent I n a letter fro m a Germ an m iss ionary dated Carlsruhe

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O ctober 1 8 65 we re a d so m e particulars of the deat h i n that

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place of the first Germ an S unday school superi nt endent At -

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hi s funeral the m i ssionary read the first fo u r lines of thi s h y m n ,

as containing t h e creed of the departed man o f God Thos e .

si m ple an d powerful words m a de a deep impression on all .

An i nteresting story i s tol d of Queen Christiana of Prussia ,

who , having seen a beautiful child, the little daughter of one

of the palace gardeners, playing a m ongst the flowers had ,

t h e chi ld brough t to her in the palace th e next day, and place d

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on a chair near her at dinner ti m e The qu een , by anticipation -

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enj oyed the delight and surprise she though t the c hild wou l d
express But to t h e astonish m ent of the queen the little girl
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looking qu ietly down at the table rep eated the following prayer ,

for a bles s ing

Chri s t s dea r bl o od and rig h t e ous ness
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Be to m e as j ewel s given ,

Crowning m e when I shall press

O nwa rd th rough t he gat es of heaven .

N o one spoke for a ti me ; but it seem ed as though t he i nno c ent

c h ild see i ng the d i nner provided was asked to sing her blessing
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H YM N 1 9 8 — “
O what shall I do M y S aviour to prai se
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T ha n hsg i v i ng —TUNE , W a l s a l , 1 7 6 1
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page 1 1 8 I n M r W esley s Sa c red M elody, t h i S h y mn i s

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printed to the tune of Tallis .

W hen M ethodis m was a new thing in the land , and was

everywhere spoken again st , E lizabeth Toase , m other of the Rev .

W illia m Toase , at the age of fourteen was conve rted to God , ,

beca m e a m e m ber of S ociety, and for seventy three years t e -

m ained faithful to her tru st She knew m any of th e first race

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of M ethodist preachers She was very happy in her last illness ;

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and when she was dying, she sang with a clear voice the verse
c ommen cing
0 what sha ll I do my Saviour to praise , &c .

A nn Robe rts of Polruan Liskeard , was converted to God , an d

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j oined the M ethodist So ciety at the age of twenty on e, and for -

m ore than h alf a c entury m aintained a consi stent connexion

with the people of her choice She delighted in the ordinan ces .

of religion , and was never will ingly absent fro m the m u c h loved -

c lass m eeting I n her last illness she delighted i n repeating

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texts of S cripture and hym ns , especially the one co m m encing

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0 wha t sha ll I do my Saviour to pra i se
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&c .

W hen drawing her last breath she said Glory shall end , and , ,
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as her daughter added , what grace has begun , she entered
into glory .

H aving been favoured by hearing M r W esley prea c h at Y ork ,

M argaret D i ckenson never forgot the privilege she then enj oyed .

She had for a long ti me a li ngering attach m ent to the M etho

dists , and through the i n stru m entality of M essrs Spen ce and
B urdsall she was led to seek the Saviour A t a m eeting at
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which the verse was given out for singing

0 S a viour to pra ise &c
wha t sha ll I do my , .
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the truth conveyed by the words of the hym n were so power

fully applied to h e r m ind that she was enabled to believe for
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herself, to enter i nto liberty, and to rejoice with j oy unspeak

able and full of glory A fter a life of usefu l ness i n the Church,
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i n h onoured age, s h e entered into rest .

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H YM N 1 99 H eavenly King L ook down fro m above —A

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hy m n s and S acred Poe m s 1 7 42

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page 1 1 9 .

E arly t ra 1n 1n g i n a M ethodist Sabbat h school resulted in -

E lizabeth N ocke of N ewtown be c o m ing a teacher therein then

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a ft e r h e r convers i on a u s eful m e mb e r of society W hilst still young

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in years , an illness set in , which soon ended her earthly career ,

and fixing her affection s entirely on God she realised as m u ch

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of heaven u pon earth as was poss ible for hu m anity to enj oy .

She once said , I heard m usic and singi ng Oh , the i n nu m er

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able co m pany that have washed their robes , and m ade the m
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white i n the blood of the La m b ! Shortly before the m ortal
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strife was over she said Thy rod an d staff they co m fort m e
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W hen passing away to her inheritan ce she was heard to say

he avenly King L o o k d own fro m a b o ve
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A s s i s t m e to sin g Thy m ercy a n d l o ve

S o sw e etly o e rfl o w i ng So p l ent eo us the sto re
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Th o u s till a rt bes towi ng A n d givi ng us m o re , .

H er spirit escaped whilst she was sa y mg , Co m e , Lord Jesus .

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H YM N 2 00 . M y Father , m y God , I lon g for T hy love .

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym ns and Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 4 2

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page 1 1 9 .

The three hy m n s , o f whi ch thi s i s th e third appear to have ,

been w ri t t en a b o ut the s a m e ti m e , and each has bee n m ade

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a blessing Stephen W atson , of S underland was under the

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happy in fl uence of religious parents ; and when his elder brother

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joined the So ciety his worldly co m panion s tried to induce h i m

to give up hi s opinions I n reply he entreated several of the m
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to acco m pany h i m to the sick bed of a young Christian whose -

adm onitory counsels produced convi ction i n their m inds that

they were i n error They began to seek the Lord ; their
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exam ple in fl uenced m any others and a bless ed revival followed : ,

am ongst those with who m the H oly Sp irit strove was S am uel
W atson For a fortnight hi s convictions were severe, and his
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anguish of spirit deep A ccusto m ed frequently to repeat verses

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of hy m ns , one day , whilst meditating on this verse

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Fa ther my God I l o ng for Thy love

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O shed it abroad send Chris t from above !

M y hea rt ever fa inting He only can cheer ;
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And all things are want i ng , till Jesus is h ere ,

hi s soul was filled with j oy unspeakable , a nd all things around

h im wore a new aspect Love to a ll m en especially the people
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of God , was i mm ediately m ade m anifest i n his life and conduct,

a n d he lived a c on si sten t Christi an cours e for m ore than fifty

y ears .

H Y M N 20 1 . A nd c an it b e that I should gain —F .

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TUNE , B irm in g ham , 1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s , fro m H y m n s and Sacred Poem s 1 7 3 9

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p age 117. The original has one verse m ore than i s here printed .

I t was written i n 1 7 3 8 i mm ed iately after t h e poet s c onversion

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and wa s printed in the s c arce volu m e of Psalm s a n d H ym ns

which appeared in that year Read in the light of thi s fact , it .

i s re m arkable how m inutely the poet describes hi s own personal

experience , gratitude and j oy W hen at ten o clo ck of the
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even ing on whi c h John W esley entered in to liberty he, with ,

several fri ends , went to Charles s roo m in Little Britain he ’

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i nform s u s “
W e sung the hym n with great j oy an d parted
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I t i s n ow diffi c ult to determ ine whi ch of two

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with prayer .

hymn s , written on this o c c asion was then sung but it was either
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thi s or hym n 3 0 The fourth verse contain s an expressi ve

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al lu sion to the deliveran c e of Peter fro m pri son by an angel .

That a hym n written under su ch cir c u m stances should be

m ade a blessing to thousands i s not su rpri sing E very verse, .

and nearly every line of it , has been m ade u seful in co m forting

so m e Christian To noti ce all these is n ot possible : but it m ay
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b e profitable to give an exa m ple of the use of each verse .

I n early life , M rs J oseph Stocks of Cudworth, Barn sley, ,

b ec am e savingly acquainted with God and testifi ed to the ,

genuinenes s o f the change, by a lo ng life of uniform devoted

n ess to Chri st and the interests of H is Church and people For .

fifty years she was m ad e a blessing t o m any as a class leader -

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Amo ngst the poor she was as an angel from heaven I n her .

last illnes s her c oun t enan ce indicated the gr owing m eeknes s of

her sp i rit, and the fai thfulness of God in assuring her of accept
ance with H i m She exulted i n t h e prospect of reunion with
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sainted rela t i ons , but a dd ed , I t w i ll be the F a ther s glory
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though i n hi s a ffliction he was sorely tried he foun d rock for ,

hi s feet wh ilst passing over J ordan S o m e of hi s last words

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were
Tis myst ery all T h e I mm ort al di e s
W h o ca n explore His stra ng e des ign !
D uring an illness of so m e duration , M rs A rnett the w i fe of ,

the Rev Tho m as A rnett was sustained by the grace she had
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sought and enj oyed i n health A s the end o f her life drew near
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she greatly exalted the m ercy of Chri st and shortly before her
departure , while her h usban d was engaged i n prayer, she j oy
fully ex clai m ed
Tis m ercy all i mm ense a n d free
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For , 0 my God it fo und out m e

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Living for m ore than half a century i n a spirit of cheerfulness

and worldly gaiety, estee m ed by her n eighbours for her integrity
and kindness , M rs Sarah Obe c , of Cawood , S elby , was awake n ed ,

during a revival to a sense of her lo st condition as a sinner For

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two days and nights h er angui sh was so deep she could n eithe r ,

take food n or res t O ne of her friends , on hearing of her troubled

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m ind and being u nacquainted with spiritual religion , said , The

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Lord have m ercy on u s I f Sally Obec needs to be converted ,

what i s to beco m e of u s I n the depth of her c ontrition she

exclai m ed A wounded spiri t who can bear ?
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D uring th e
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second night of her sorrow, after pleading earnestly for m ercy ,

whilst walking i n her bedroo m, she repeated the hym n c o m

m en ci ng
An d can it be that I should ga in , &c .

and wh en she cam e to the fourth verse

Long my i m p ri s o n d Spirit l ay
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F a st bo un d in s i n and nature s night

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Thi n e e y e d i ffused a qu i ck n i ng ra y’

I w o ke t h e dun g eo n fl a m ed with light

M y ch a ins fell o ff m y h ea rt w a s fre e
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I ro s e went fo rth a n d fo ll o w d Thee

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she was enabled to believe in Christ she recei ved the witness
of the Spirit to her adoption ; was filled with j oy and peace
through believing j oined the M ethodi sts and for thirty years ,

witnessed a good confession for Christ Soon 3 cl ass was c om . .

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m enc ed in her house, and ulti mately her husband also was
brought to know the Saviour .

Am ongst the fi rs t fruits of the labours of the M ethodist

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m issionaries i n Ja m ai ca, was the first wife of M r Charles D avis .

H er godly exa m ple lived after her and although her hu sband
had persecuted her for her religion yet about the ti m e of her
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decease he beca m e terribly alar m ed by the unti m ely death of one

of h is u ngodly a ssociates H e began to attend the M ethodist
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m inistry , so u ght and foun d m ercy in Parade Chapel, Kingston ,

and n ever lost the eviden c e of hi s acceptance with God to the
day of hi s death D uring the illness whi ch closed his life , his
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soul was happy i n God O n the day of h is departure, when he

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supposed hi m self to be alone , he e x clai med, with m u c h feeling ,

Glory b e to God i'

No ndemn a tion now I dre ad

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Jesus and a ll in H i m is m ine

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Thy sin s , whi ch are m any, are all forgiven glory be to God
O n his daughter approaching hi m , and asking, I s Christ
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with you in the valley ? he tried to reply ; and i n the act of
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saying J esus Christ , th e weary wheels of life stood still, and
in peaceful triu m ph he entered into the j oy of hi s Lord .

I n an account of the death of M r Richard M urlin , brother of

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the Rev J ohn M urlin , the weeping prophet i n the M et /z od i s t
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M ag a z i n e under date of St A u stell , M a y 2 7 1 8 04 we read , that

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a week after h is last illness co mm en c ed, the R e v J A nderson . .

v isited h i m, and he gave his religious experience in part of this

hym n
N o condemn a tion n o w I d read
J esus a n d a l l in H i m i s m ine
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H e added , I feel the Spirit of God withi n m e, and H e will

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b ring m e triu m phantly through H e su ffered m uch but passed
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quietly away at last , saying, Jesus hath died ; and God is

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love.

A revival of religi on in her native village was the m ean s of

bringing M ary Lewis of Berriew, to a knowledge of sins forgiven
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Soon afterwards she was m arried to a godly hu sband and they ,

devoted their lives to the inte rests of religion At the age of .

s ixty three she w as left a widow and fro m that ti m e she sought
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richer m anifestations of the D ivine presence, especi ally in the

c lass meetings, to whi c h she was often c arried, rather than be
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a bsent . On t he S abbath befo re h er d eath , she r ealis ed entire
s a n c t i fi ca t i o n and ex c lai m ed
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N o co n d e mn a ti o n n o w I drea d
Je sus a n d al l i n H i m i s m ine
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Gl ory to God Jesu s i s all in a ll a n d Quietly fell asl eep with

the na m e of J esus on h e rjl i p s .

At the early age of thirteen , M ary Ann Gardner, of Shore

d itch , Lon d o n jo i n e d the M ethodi st s ociety ,and soon afterwards
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was appointed the leader of a class of youn g fe m ales , over who m

she watched with fidelity and affe ction S he was long a visitor .

of the Strangers Friend So c iety and engaged in other useful

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l abours to pro m ote the glory of God , u ntil by illness she was
l aid aside Th e last words she uttered j u st as she wa s exp i r
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ing, were
B o ld I approa ch the eternal throne ,
A n d cl a i m the c ro wn thro ugh C hrist my own ,
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his hym n being asso c iated with the convers ion of

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founders of M ethodis m , we give the o mitted vers e

Still the s mall inward voi ce I hear ,

Tha t whisp ers all m y s m s fo rgiven

Still t h e ato ni ng blo o d is n ear ,

Tha t qu en ch d the wra th of ho stil e heaven

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I fee l t h e life H i s w o un d s i m p a rt
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I feel my Savi our i n m y heart
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H YM N 20 2 . A rise ,
my soul arise —B efi ol a
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TU NE ,
F o nm ow , 1 76 1 .

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page 2 64 I t i s utterly i m possible to conceive how m any tried

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believers h a v e had their faith strengthened an d thei r h O p e of

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heaven brightened by this inesti m able hy m n I t i s full o f that

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self appropriation of the work of the Red ee mer whi ch i s a

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m arked feature in Charles W esley s poetry This feature i s ’

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noticed by J ohn W esley hi m self i n hi s

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Thi s hym n like the one preceding it , has been m ade a bless
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ing to multitudes of Christian s and al m ost every line of it has ,

been u sed by person s i n dying circu m stances N or has it been

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less u seful i n bringing sinners to reali se a sense of sins forgiven,

of whi ch m any instan ces are on record .

The ne cessity of c onstant prep ara tio n for heaven wa s never

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Five bl eeding w o un d s H e b ears R e ce ive d on C a lva ry ,

They p o ur e ffe ctua l prayers Th ey strongly s p e ak fo r m e ,

Forg ive h i m 0 fo rg ive ,

th ey cry ,

N o r let the ra n s o m d s inn er d i e

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After th is , she spoke only to say, Co m e, [Lord J esus and ,

then peacefully escaped with a convoy of angels to heaven .

The privileges of Chri stian fellowship are too lightly a p p re

c i at ed by m any Christian professors W illiam H i s k i n s of Fex .
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h a m W ilts i n conveying a ti cket of m e m bership to a M ethodi st

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living at a di stan ce re m arked , I v alue m y ticket m ore than a

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pou n d note , for it i s the token of m y connexion with a praying

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people and they pray for m e I feel I need their prayers ”

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class leader of such a spirit coul d not fail of being useful , and
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by doing good to others being m u ch loved i n return H e was ,

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for seventy four years i n fellowship with the people of God A t

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the age of ninety hi s love for the servi ces of the sanctuary was
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u nabated an d on the day of hi s death speaking of the evening ,

service he said I believe we sh all have a good ti m e th is even

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ing. The serm on that nig h t was on the intercession of Christ .

To a verse in the H y m n book relating t o thi s subj ect he was -

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very partial wi shing to have it in recollection both in life and
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death I t was given out at that service and when h is favourite

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v erse was lined out for singing

F ive bl eed ing wounds he h ears ,

R e ce ived on Ca lva ry, &c .
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he sang the m with con siderable energy H e asked the preacher .

to pray for hi s son i n law, then near death , and to every petition
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he subjoined a hearty A m en
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After the service he hastened .
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to visit his a ffli cted son i n law H is road lay by the side of the
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canal H e took hi s lantern and departed H alf an hour after

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wards inqu iry was m ade for hi m , but he could not be heard of,
until hi s body was found i n the canal I n trying to avoid a .

heap of stones he had passed too near the water and fell in
, .

I n the year 1 8 24 probably the oldest m ember of the M ethodist

,

S ociety in I reland was Theophilu s W hite, of E m o , Queen s

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C ounty H e becam e a m e m ber of S ociety at the ag e of n ineteen ,

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and for seventy four years su stained the Chri st ian character with
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unble m ished reputation H e m aintained a c lear sense of hi s .

ac c eptan ce with God and only half an hou r before hi s death he

,

s a id, H appy, h ap py l s ing, s in g

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M y G o d i s recon cil ed,

H i s pardoni ng vo i ce I hear
He owns m e fo r H is child .
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H ere his voice failed , and in a few m inute s his spi rit took its
fli ght to the house of his Father and G od .

For thirty one years the R ev W illiam N other labou red as a

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useful m inister of J esu s Christ i n the W esleyan itineran cy W hen

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health failed , ari d protracted heavy affliction overtook h i m he ,

lost not his confidence in God A s the end drew near, on being
.

asked the state of hi s m ind , he said hi s prospect heavenwards

was bright , and added
M y G o d i s rec o n cil ed ,
H is p a rd o ni ng v o i ce I h ea r .

B ut his breath failed he was unable to fin ish the verse, and

,

shortly afterwards fell aslee p i n J esus .

W he n feeble flesh i s failing and th e consciousness of the n ear

,

ness of eternity i s experien ced , to be able to say of Christ

” ”
that H e i s felt to be a rock a refuge in a weary land i s a
, ,

source of co m fort both to the dying and to those who receive

th e testi m ony Su ch was the dying utterance faintly breathed
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by George D r ac o t t , of W ootton under W ood , who was for thirty

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years an attached M ethodist Al m ost the last words he was .

heard to speak were

W ith nfiden ce I now d raw n i gh
co

And b o ld ly Abb a Fa ther cry

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W hile reading the second of the Ten Co m m and m ents Ann ,

B arn sley of Oldbury, was deeply convin ced of s i n and soon

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afterwards in co m pany with so m e friends who were pleading for

,

h er she realised the blessing of pardon Ten years subsequently

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she was m ade perfect in love and fro m that ti m e she m ain
t a i n e d a life of perfect consisten cy Shortly before she di ed , .

she spoke reverently of God the Father the Son , and the H oly ,

Ghost as O N E God , adding I shall soon see H i m I have n o

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fear n o pai n
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W ith confid en ce I n o w dra w ni gh ,

A n d bold ly Abba F a ther c ry

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The blood o f J esu s Chri st clean seth fro m all sin
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Thu s .

triu m phantly she entered upon her eternal rest in h eaven .

Pr obably the mo s t re mar kable n o t to say astonishing, result ,

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from the u se of a hym n i s the follo wi ng re c ord whi c h has c o me ,

t o hand fro m a W esleyan m issionary form erly labouring in the

,

W est I ndies and who h as s inc e h is c o m m uni cation personally

,

c ertified t o t he writer the truth of the statem ent hereafter m ade .

“
The m issionary obs erves I feel it d ue to the hon our and glor y
of God, to inform you of t h e u ti lity of one hym n i n par ti cula r N o , .

2 0 2 co mm enc ing
, ,Aris e, my so ul, arise & c I have a record of
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upwards of two hu ndred persons, young and old wh o re c e i ved ! ,

t h e m ost direct eviden ce of the forgi veness of their sin s whil e

s inging t hat hym n [ at di fferent services and at various periods] .

The convers ion of the grea test nu m ber of these pers on s too k
pla ce whilst I was a m iss ion ary abroad M y plan [ of u sing the
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hym n ] was the followi ng z— Afte r ascerta ining as far as po ssible

that the profes sed sorro w of the penit ent was god ly sorrow we ,

t hen c o mm enced singing that hym n , re questing the penitent t o

j oin So m e of the m would he sitate to s in g the last ver s e ; i n
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that c ase , I would begin to sing the whole or part of the hym n
again , until the penitent ha d obtain ed courage to sing ever y
part I have n ever kno w n one instance of a sincere pe n iten t
.

failing to receive a joyou s sen se of par don while singing that

hy m n .

“
I c ould gi ve interes ting cir c u m sta nce s of the use of thi s
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hymn both to the living and dying U po n one o ccasion

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seven young pe rsons u nder concern for their s alvation visited

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me after about two ho urs engage m ent, praying &c , while

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s inging t hat hym n six of the m o b t a i ne d a clear sense of pardon .

A lady, about eighty years old on be ing se ized with paralysis

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be cam e m uch concerned about her soul I was requested to .

visit her After explaining the plan of salvation to her (though

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be longing to the Church of E nglan d, she had a M ethodist hym n

book i n the house ), I repeated this h ym n to her and requeste d ,

her to let the servant read i t to her S he got several of the . ,

verses o ff by heart and died m ost happy O n another o ccasion

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I was ca lled to visit a m a n dying of cancer in the throat ; the .

sa m e plan a s already m entioned wa s adopted I requested h i s . .

wife to read that hy mn to h i m ; he found pea c e while it was

being read and died happy
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The m issionary goes on to re m ark do not think it pos

s ible for a n y sincere perso n to read or s ing that hymn w
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i th out
profit The re i s in i t d i rec t re fere n ce to t h e T rinity, an d t h e
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a pparent o f fi c e of ea ch t he i nter c es s ion of Chr ist, the a t oning

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an d i n the ent ire renovation of the whol e neighbourhood Thi s .

hym n i s Charles W esley s triu mphant song of thanksgiving that ’

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the sovereign grace of God had ani m ated senseless stones
The original has eleven stanzas the two last and the doxology ,

b e i n g o m i t t ed The hym n c ontains such term s a s senseless

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stones reprobates and outcasts , as indicating t h e ch a ra c
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ter of the people of who m he w rote .

H YM N 204 . J esu s Thou soul of all our j oys

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7 71 8 t r u e us e of
M asic TUNE M u sician s 1 7 6 1
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I t has also the additional title of I will sing with the Spirit ,
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a n d I will sing with the u nderstanding also 1 Cor xiv 1 5
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Charles W esle y s , N o 90 i n H ym ns and S acred Poe m s 1 7 49

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vol ii The best title for thi s co m position would be , the Christian
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M usician s H ym n I t was probably written in c onnexion with

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an in cident i n the life of M r La mpe, a m u sician of n ote , who

first co mposed tunes to the hym n s written by the W esleys .

H YM N 20 5 . M y God , Lam Thine , W hat a o m fort c divine .

”

F or B el z eo ers —TUNE , Old Germ an , 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hymn s and S acred Poe m s , 1 7 49

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vol i The ori g inal i s printed in three line stanzas so that eac h
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verse in cludes two of the original ones The senti ment and .
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m etre of the hym n are i n happy a c cordan ce .

Portion s of th is hy m n have been used by m any of the Lord s ’

p eople when dying or in trying circu m stances .

Richard W alker, of Colne was upward s o f thirty years a ,

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u seful m e m ber of the M eth o d ist S ociety H i s last illness was .

protracted over m ore than two years , but he had a gloriou s hope
of i m m ortality a m idst his sufferings H is last words were .

M y Go I am Thine W hat a comfo rt d i vine

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d, , ,

W ha t a blessi ng to know that my J esus is m in e

Mrs Kezia Shepherd of who m a m e m oir appears in the
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M et fz oa i s t M ag a z i n e for M arch 1 8 00 w a s early brought under ,

religious influence V isiting so m e friends at Oxford she was

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introdu ced to the M ethodists ‘ Feel i ng deep penite n ce on .

account of her sins , she wept one day as she walked along the
streets , telling her co m p an i on that she m ourned for the Friend of
sinners They called at a h ouse where several piou s persons were
m
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presen t, when the state of her ind was r eadily per c eive d One 4 .
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of the m gave ou t a hy m n and whilst they were singing the first

p art o f hy m n 2 0 5
M y G o d I a m Thine W h a t a co mfo rt divi n e
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W ha t a bles s i ng to kn o w tha t my Je s us is m i ne
the Lord spoke peace to her s cul The assuran ce of her .

acceptan ce through J esu s was so strong that she could h a rdly ,

help cryi n g out aloud H e i s m ine H e i s m ine

, She held
fast her confidence through life ; and in death she dedicated
her soul to God by singing entirely through D r W atts hym n ,
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co mm en cing I ll praise m y M aker while I v e breath

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Faithful i n the service of God and M ethodi s m, M r J P . .

H a wk e s w o r t h of W etherby, Tadcaster, for m ore than half a

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century filled the offi ces of class leader , local preacher steward -
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and tru stee I n hi s last illnes s he found rest i n the atone ment
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of Christ, while i t yielded peace and co m fort to hi s m ind Shortly .

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before he died , with victory in his countenance h e said , I a m ,

going ho m e i n m y Father s house are m any m ansions

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M y God, I a m Thine W ha t a co mfo rt divine ‘

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W ha t a bl essing to kn o w tha t my J e sus is m ine .

The religious ch a racter of M rs A gnes D ouglas S utherland , ,

was felt i n its happy influences in both the U nited States of

Am eri c a , an d i n S cotland her n ative c ountry She built, ,
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al m ost entirely at her own cost, a M ethodist chapel in Stirling ,

and a good m inister s house, both of whi c h , free of debt , were

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secured to the connexion She bu il t another good chapel at .

D oune , where for several years she supported a m inister also

, , .

She bequeathed £ 2 00 towards building a third ch a pel for the

benefit of the c olliers at W a l la c es t o n e H er last affliction was .

short but severe and she was unable to converse m uch ; but
, ,

on one o ccasion , i n the m idst of extre m e su ffering she ,

excl a i m ed
M y God , I am Thine W ha t a com fo rt divine
, .

I n reply to the last question put to her, she said to her friend ,
”
J esu s died for m e .

E arly i n life H enry B ud g et t , of Kingswood was converted ,

t o God and un ited hi m self to the M ethodists About the yea

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1 8 00 he re m oved to Kingswood near Bristol whi c h was then

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i n fe s t e d b y a lawless gang of banditti whose depredations

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extended far beyond that locality M r B ud get t undertook the .

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task of putting down these savage hordes , a n d a ided by two of

hi s neighbours and the kind providen ce of God he secure d to ,

the village rest and quietness H i s next benevolent work was

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to establish a Sunday s chool, whi ch was done on the spot where

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the robbers had their colony ; one of who m beca m e converted ,

and was very zealous in the cau se of the Redee m er Receiving .

evidence fro m on high that h is providential lot had been cast i n

that village hi s diligence i n business and ferven cy of spiri t
,

were rewarded by both te m poral and spiritual prosperity H e .

liberally d istributed hi s sub stan c e to support the cau se of God ,

and served M ethodis m faithfully as steward , c lass leader, lo c al -

prea c her, an d S unday s chool superintendent W hen , through

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illness he was u nable to attend the h ouse of God , he was m ore

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diligent in his private devotions , and enj oyed greatly the class
m eeting held i n hi s own house weekly A short ti m e before he .

died he sent a m essage to the m e m bers of hi s class , charging

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the m n ot to rest with Christ a bo u t the m but to have Christ I N ,

”
the m, the hope of glory , and repeated, with intense feeli ng
My J esu s to kn o w And fe el His blood fl ow
, ,

Tis li fe everlasting tis heaven belo w

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H i s last request wa s, to have Psal m xxiii read to hi m, after .

wh i c h he c alm ly fell asleep i n J esus .

A s cene of violen ce comm itted on a poor but p 10 u s local

preacher about the year 1 7 5 4 was th e c ause of B ryan Proctor s
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thorough awakening to a sen se of hi s danger as a sinner before

God The good m a n had preached near H arewood , and at the
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cl ose of the serm on whi ch was fro m Y e mu st be born again ,

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the rabble Y orkshire m en dragged their religi ou s adviser several

ti m es through a pond t ill he was all but drown ed That which
,
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was nearly the physi cal death of one , proved to be the spiritual
life of another Y oung Pro c tor took hi s tale of sorrow ho m e to
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hi s widowed m other at Pann el , n ear H arrowgate , who fro m that ,

ti me opened her hou se to receive the preachers and for preach

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i ng . H ere soon afterwards , ca m e Christopher H opper, who

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after preach ing form ed a class of those seriously disposed Those

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w h o first j oined that class were J ohn F awson , Richard B urdsall ,

B ryan Proctor and fourteen others who form ed the first M ethod
, ,

i st Society in that n eighbou rhood Fro m that ti m e, and for .

about se venty years , M r Proctor n ever o m itted to receive fro m

the prea c her hi m self his quarterly so c iety ti cket F or m any .
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illness e xho rted all around h i m to turn to th e Lord

, . W hile
unable to rest , he lay in bed repeating
M y J e su s to know And fe el His blo o d fl ow , ,

T i s life everl a sting tis h eaven b elow

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, .

Y e t o nw a rd we h a s te To the h eavenly fe a st
Th a t tha t is the fuln es s this is ou t t he t a s t e
, .

Shortly afterwards h i s spirit entered the port in full sail .

A t the early age of twenty four, W illiam Gibson , of B ra i t h -

waite Green , Kendal gave his heart to the Lord, and beca m e a ,

zealous and su ccessful class leader and local preacher to the -

end of hi s life I n his last illness his experience was clear and
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deep resting alone on the m erits of the Redee m er To the

, .

vicar an d cu rate of the village , who took pleasure i n visitin g

h i m he often said
,
“
I a m on the Ro c k of a ges ”
, H is last words .

were
M y J es us to know And feel H i s bl o od fl o w , ,

Tis life everl asting tis heaven below

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W hilst engaged in hi s work at the m ill , Chri stoph er Chap

m an , of Knaresborough sought and fou n d the Lord H i s re , .

l i g i o u s life was greatly aided by reading the Spi ritual Letters

and Christian E xperience of H ester A n n Rogers H i s last
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illness was long and painful H i s last night on earth was spent .

entirely i n prayer, in praise , in reading the W ord of God and ,

v erses of hym n s J ust before he died, he whi spered

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My J esu s t o know And feel His blood fl ow , ,

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Tis li fe everl a s ting t i s h ea ven b elow ,
’

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and while praying , Lord , save m e to the end , he fell a sleep
i n Jesu s .

H YM N 20 6 . Wh at a m I Thou gloriou s God

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0 —F or Be
t i m ers — TU NE , She ffi eld 1 7 6 1 ,
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Charles W esley s form ing N o 1 1 4 in H ym ns and S a c red

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P oe m s 1 7 49 vol i The poet see m s to base part of this hy m n
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on 2 S am vii 1 8 , and E zek xvi 6

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I n early life the m i n d of the Rev J oseph Agar of Y ork was

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wrought upon by divine influences ; but at the age of twenty

one , he gave his heart fully to the Lord becam e an exhorter , ,

and shortly afterwards was ad m itted into the full m inistry of

M eth od is m H e was a m an of m uch u sefulness of overflowing
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kindnes s of heart , gre a t si mpli c ity and integrity of purpose, and

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of unquen chable ardou 1: for the pro m otion of the glory of God '

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and the salvation of souls : H e lived a life of faith on the S on ‘

of God and in his last ill ness delighted to dwell on the goodness
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o f God in early life especially i n giving hi m parent s who brought

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h i m up i n the fear of the Lord H e often expressed h 1s grateful .

feelings i n the verse

W ha t a m I ;
0 Th o u glorious G o d
And wha t my fa ther s ho u se t o Thee,
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That Th o u su ch m erci es ha st b es t o w d '

On me, the vil est reptile, me .

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I take t h e bl es s ing from a bove
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A n d wonde r at Thy boun d l ess lo ve .

Thus serenely he waited the closing scene saying , j u st before ,

hi s departure to heaven , Pray for m e praise for m e ; Jesus

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co m forts m e S ing sing aloud , I c annot

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H YM N 20 7 . J esu s i s o ur co mm on Lord —Recez m ng .

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a cam
t i a n F r i en d — TU NE , H otha m , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , fro m H y m ns a nd Sacre d Poe m s 1 7 4 2

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page 1 5 7 The original has four verses the first and second
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being le ft out The first line 1 s as follows

. W el c o m e, friend ,
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i n that great nam e .

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HY M N 208 . Co m e , let u s , wh o i n
Christ —0nGod s ’

E v er l a s t i ng L o ve — TUNE Corni sh ,
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F orm s N o 8 i n Charles W esley s H ym ns on G od s E ver

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lasting Love , 1 74 1 The original has fourteen verses of whi c h

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t e n are o m itted .

Th ou h idden S ource of cal m repose —

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H YM N 2 09 . . Be
l i ever s —TUNE B irm ingham , 1 7 6 1 , .

Charles W esley s , for m ing N o 1 4 3 of Hym ns and S a cf

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Poe m s , 1 7 4 9 vol i The p oet s idea in thi s hym n is to exalt

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Chri st, an d h e selects various circu m sta nces i n life whi ch he ,

g ives in striking antitheses, to set this forth Christ is the . .

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Christian s rest i n toil , his c a s e i n pain , hi s peace i n war, his
gain i n loss , his liberty in bondage and , last of all co m es th is
,

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m arvellous cli m ax— h i s heaven i n hell This cannot be taken .

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as i t i s literally expressed i t is a poet 5 li cense with language ,

which requ i res to be re c eived i n a c areful and m odified s ense .

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The R ev Sa m uel Coley has related that a gentle man of large

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b u siness tran saction s was known for h i s gr eat spirituality of

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m ind , and was on c e asked by a friend how he was enabled to

preserve su c h a fra m e H e replied , By m aking Chri st all in
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all ”
.After a tim e he sustained heavy losses in a comm ercial
,

crisis , when hi s friend again asked h i m how he still m aintained «

hi s cheerfulness a n d buoyan cy H e re plied By finding my all .

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in Christ .

D uring a revival in the Pateley B ridge c ir c uit , Sarah H ark -

n ess , at th e age of fifteen , was enabled t o believe i n Christ for

salvation Fro m that ti m e her love to Christ was m anifest
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throughout life I n her last ill ness she was dead indeed to the
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world ; but even in pai n she rej oiced i n God W hen her end .

was near her husband repeated the se c on d verse of H ym n 2 09

Thy mighty N a m e salvation i s & c Sh e cried out, Salva
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tion ! glory ! prai se H i m bless H i m !
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She continu ed in
thi s happy strain of ex ulta tion ti l l she entered on t h e b ea t ifi c
v ision .

Gentle , ki nd , gener ou s , sin c ere , faithful, an d intelligent ,

E lizabeth M ary A sh , elde s t daugh ter of the Rev W illiam A sh ,

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i n v ery early life ga ve her heart to the Lord , and devotedly pro
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m oted the interest s of M ethod i s m W hen unable to teach by .

her voice , she wrote her counsels to the young i n W esleyan

periodi cals , under the signature of H Y H I u b er last illness . . . . .

she rested entirely on the atone m ent m ade by Chri st ; and

al most th e last words she spoke were part of a favourite hym n
“
J esus my al l in al l Thou art
, ,

M y rest i n toil m y e ase in pain &c , , .

Awakened to a sense of sin at the age of twenty, M ary

R e yn o ld S a t t e n d e d a watch night service held in 1 8 0 1 , and
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abou t the m idn ight hour it p l ea s ed t h e Lord to reveal H is Son

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i n her heart , and fill her with joy and pea ce in believing .

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Fro m that time, and t h roug h a lo ng life a s t h e wife of the Rev
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J ohn Reynolds , she “

walk ed with She w a s m uch
de v oted to works of p iety and benevolen ce, and as a class
leader w a s fa i t h ful and a ffe c tionate
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Her last illness was .

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short , b u t she patiently waited the c om ing of her Lord ; an d

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the last words she was heard to speak were those by Charles -

W esl ey
"“J e su s m all in all Thou a rt
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‘M y re st i n toil m y ease i n p ai n &c'
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W esleyan M ethodist M agazine says of this hy mn that i t i s ,

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the very best W atts wrote and breathes the inten se ear,

n e s t n es s , and passionate kindling fervour of W esley hi m sel f .

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I t i s an e ffusion of irrepressible j oy and triu m phant faith .

E very verse of th is hym n and alm ost every lin e has been a
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s ource of co mfort and j oy to so m e su ffering Chri stian Sarah .

B i cke rton was m ade a partaker of saving gra c e at the age of

twenty, and during a long and terribly severe illness , whilst
residing at Co m pstall B ridge N ew M ills , she bowed i n hu m ility
,

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to the D ivine will saying of her H eavenly Father, F o r all “
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I bless Thee m os t for the severe

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H er end was triu m phant
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S he requested those around her bed to s ing the hy m n begin

ning
M y G o d the sp ring of all my j oys
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i n which she j oined with all her m ight , ofte n repeating

The wings of love and arms of fa ith
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W ill bea r me co n qu ro r through ’

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F ro m a c hild J ohn D ewhurst of M ythol mroyd , Tod morden

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was under the influen ce of the drawings of the H oly S pirit, an d

at the age of seventeen he received a clear sense of pardon and ,

j oined the M ethodist S ociety The confidence i n God h e n ow

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reali sed he never lost to the day of his death To his clas s h e .

was m uch atta c hed ; as a prayer leader and S unday school - -

teacher he was diligent A t an early period of life he wa s

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c alle d away t o heaven ; but i n his sufferings hi s fa c e beam ed

with j oy and hi s heart was j oyful and happy I n the last
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hour of life he began to s ing

M y God, the spring of all my j oys ,

The life of my delights ,

T h e g lory of my brightest d ays ,

And co mfo rt of m y nights

H e then added , Glory be to God : co m e Lord J esu s !
peacefully entered into rest .

The erection of the first M ethodi st Chapel at Farnley near ,

Leeds , was m ainly due to the e ffort s put forth by M r Tho m as

F awson a C hurch m an who seeing the prosperity of the cause
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u nder hi s fostering care was induced to j oin the S oci ety and
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ulti m ately beca m e a use ful clas s leader serving the Lord and -
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M ethodism with fidelity for m ore t han thirty yea rs On the .

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day before hi s death he said , “

I bless God I a m happy and
co mfortable and added
In da rkest shades if Thou appea r , ,

M y d awning is begu n
Thou a rt m y soul s b ri g ht m orning sta r
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An d Tho u my rising s un .
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H e afterwards said , I have strong c onfiden ce worthy i s the

Lam b and then entered in to rest .

D uring a period of nearly forty years , M rs B atho , of W hit

church , S alop , welco m ed the v isits of the M ethodist preachers ,

till one was located i n the place S he lived to see a prosperou s .

S o ciety ri se fro m s m all beginn ings She su ffered m uch in her .

last illness , but she was enabled to Shout vi ctory through the
blood of the La m b ”
N early her last words were
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T he pening heavens around me shine

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W ith b ea m s of s a cr ed bliss ,

I f Jesus shows His m ercy m ine ,

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A n d whisp ers I a m His, .

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Them that honour m e I will honou r, was n ever m ore t e
m ar ka b l y m anifested than i n the case of M r J ohn Lofthouse ,

of Sheffield Beginning to m eet i n clas s as a youth he resolved

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to find out what were the j oys of the people of God ; and he
s oon realised hi s determ ination O n re m oving to London , .

h is first con c ern was to se c ure the privilege of c lass m eeting -

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and thi s he did by m eeting with M r B utterworth M P , as leader , . .

i n a S unday m orn i n g class , at seven o clo c k H i s earnest, con

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sistent piety, at Rotherha m and Sheffield for so m e years endeared ,

h i m to the people of God I n h i s last illness he was exceed

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i n g l y happy D uring the n ight before hi s death , re m e mbering

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that an A meri can physician had e x pressed an op inion that sing

ing m a y greatly soothe the dying, the third and fourth verses of
H y m n 2 1 3 were sung , and verse s 3 8, 3 9 , of Ro m an s viii we re .

read which rou sed the dying energy of the m an of God who
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cried out , M y soul takes h old of these truths , and triu m phs
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through the m Glory be t o God ! . H e spoke n o m ore but , ,

j ust as the Rev George M ather was o ffering a brief prayer

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h e breathed out his spirit to God .

S arah V asey received a cons c ious sense of sin s forgiven i n

h e r twentieth year and diligentl yattended the m eans of grace , t i l l
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a long a ffl i c tion o vert o ok h er during which she was very severely
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tried The readi ng of the B eatitudes in S t M atthew s Go spel
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broke the power of the te m pter an d she exclai m ed , i a a tran s ,

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port o f holy j oy, Cal l the c hildren up , let u s j oin together to

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praise the Lord

Fea rless of hell an d gh a stly death ,

I d bre ak through e very fo e

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The win g s of love a n d arm s of fa ith , ,

W o ul d be a r m e co n qu ro r thro ugh ’
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H YM N 2 14 Ta lk with u s Lord, Thyself reveal —O n a , .

f7 0 a r n ey
—TUNE, Liverpool , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W e sley s fro m H ym n s an d Sa c red Poe m s , 1 7 40,

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page 1 2 7 The first verse i s left out it co mm en c es , Saviour,

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who re a d y a rt to hear The original is written in the first p e r

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son , thus Talk with m e , Lord , & c which J ohn W esley

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h a s altered to the plural Talk with u s , Lord , & c .

The idea and senti ment conveyed in the se c ond vers e are
borrowed fro m M ilton , who represents E ve as saying, in on e of
h e r addresses to A da m

W ith thee nversing I fo rge t all ti m e

co , ,

A ll seas ons a nd t h e i r change al l pleas e alike

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But how i s the senti m en t elevated and dignified when Christian

believers a r e taught , i n app roaching their H eavenly F ather, to
say
W i th c o nversing we fo rget
T h ee
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A l l ti m e a n d toil and ca re
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La bour i s re s t and pa i n i s swee t

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If Th o u my G o d a r t here
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I n the Life of D r Payson , we read t h a t W h en the last sand s G

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w ere runn ing out of the glass of Ti m e he said , I have been
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ready to doubt whether pa i n b e really an evil for though m ore

pain was crowded int olast week tha n any other week of m y life ,

yet it was one of the happiest weeks I ever spent A nd n o w I .

a m ready to say , Co m e sickness pain agony poverty, loss of , , ,

friends ; only let God com e with the m , an d they shall be

”—
wel c o m e.
(L ife, p .

I n very early life , A nn Pool , of W a k e fiel d , was under the ‘

i nfluen ce of the D ivine Spirit , an d whil st yet you ng she began

to meet in her m other s class H a ving given her heart to the
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Lord , she never re g retted the c h oice she had m ade; She was
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H YM N 217 . J esus to Thee I now can fly —Aft er a Relap s e

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i n t o S i n — TUNE M orning S ong 1 7 6 1 , , .

Charle s W esley s , fro m Hy m n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 74 2

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p age 1 4 1 The origin al has ten verses , the first five an d the
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seventh being o m itted .

The Rev F W B riggs i n a brief biography of M rs M aria

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F e rn l y of M anchester, who died at Sto ckport says that though

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her sufferings were extre m ely severe , yet she retained clearness
and collectedness of m in d and found m uch co m fort in repeat i ng ,

portion s of S cripture and verses of hy m ns Those plaintive lin es .

of Charles W esley s I n a g e and feebleness extre m e & c , were

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i n her con stant rec o lle ct i o n a n d also the last verse of H ym n 2 1 7

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Jesus my Strength m y Li fe my Rest
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On The e wil l I depend ,

Till s u m m o n d to the marri age fea s t ’

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W hen fa ith in si ght sh a ll e n d .

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H YM N 218 . See how great a flam e aspires Aft er Prea ch .

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i ng t o t ne N ew ca s t le Col l i er s — TU NE , M agdalen 1 7 6 1 ,
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Charles W esley s and form s N o 1 99 in H ym ns and Sacred

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Poe m s 1 7 4 9 vol i There are in the volu m

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. e fou r hym n s
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under this t itle thi s being the fourth I t was written as an

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eviden ce of thanksgiving to God for the success of the gospel

am ongst the colliers of the N orth The i m agery of the first .

verse was suggested by the furnace blasts an d burning pit heaps - -

which even n o w are scattered thickly over the district for so m e

m iles around N ewcastle o u Tyn e , and which illu m inate the - -

whole neighbourhood I n the last verse allu sion i s m ade to the

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prophet E lij ah and the co m ing rain ( 1 Kings xvii i 44 .

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The i magery of the poet i n this hym n i s so exceedingly

c haracteristi c of the spread of v ital religion that i t has beco m e ,

a favourite at m i ssionary ser v i c es in other Chur ches besides

M ethodist ones .

H YM N 219 . A ll
thanks be to God for 2728 .
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S u cces s of t ne G osp el — TUNE , D erby, 1 7 8 1 .

Charles W esley s , form ing N o 3 in Redem ption Hym ns

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The original has eight verses , th e fou rth being left out .

Gwennap i n Cornw all i s a place m ade fam ou s by the su c

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ces s ful prea c hing of the W e sleys in th e fa m ous a mphitheatre

H Y . a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons . 1 43

a circular green hollow covering a surfa c e of fours c ore square

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yards gently sloping down about fifty feet d eep , and known as
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the Gwennap P it H ere the two founders of M ethodis m

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prea ched often to i m m ense m ultitudes on ce to twenty fi ve ,

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thou sand persons O n one o c cas ion after Charles W esley had
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preached at Gwennap in J uly 1 7 44 such blessed results fol, ,

lowed that h e co mm e m orated the in cident by a dialogue hym n ,

entitled N ao m i and R uth ; adapted to the M in ister and the

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I n August 1 7 46, Charles W esley paid his last vi sit to
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that m e m orable locality, where h e found at least five thousan d

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m iners waiting for the glad tidings of salvation O n Sunday .
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A ugust writes Charles W esley, in h is journal for n early

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two hours nine or ten thousand , by co mputation listened with ,

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all eagerness while h e co m m ended the m to God and to the
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word of H is grace “
N ever, he continues had we so
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l a rg e a n infusion of the H oly Spirit as i n the S ociety

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could not doubt at that ti m e e ither their perseveran ce or m y

own . The n ext day A ugu st 1 1 , 1 7 46, he j oyfully su rveyed the
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gloriou s progress of h i s labours in that deeply interesting

l ocality, and expressed his gratitude of heart in the hy m n of
thanksgivi ng co mmencing
All tha nks be to G o d ,

W h o s catters abroad &c

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H YM N 2 20 . All
glory to God in the sky .
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T ne N a t i v i ty .

TUNE Thou Shepherd of I srael ,

, 1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s , form ing N o 1 8 i n H ymn s for the N a

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t i v i t y of ou r Lord Thi s hy m n i s a fine poetical picture of the
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results of Christian ity as foretold i n I saiah xxxii 1 7 —the e ffects .

of righteousness being quietness and assurance for ever John .

W esley said thi s was the best of hi s brother s N ativity hy mn s ’

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The m etre i s appropriate , and the diction of the hy m n i s s m ooth

and harm oniou s .

For thirty years George Fowler far m er Gunhouse n ear , , ,

E p worth lived according to the fashion of this world I n 1 800

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he was prevailed upon to attend a M ethodist service , held in a '

cottage on Chri st m as day, at S cotton O n hearing the hym n

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given out
All glory to G o d in the sk y &c , .
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his attention was arrested hi s c onviction s for sin deepened to ,

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si ncere repentance ; he saw the way of salvation , believe d ;

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obtained pardon and was m ade happy i n God The change

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was e ntire and ab iding and for m ore than thirty years he ,

m ain t a ined hi s c onfidence in God, and died happy .

H YM N 221 . eet an d right it i s to sing —F or t he Wa tch

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n i gh t — TUNE , A m sterdam 1 7 6 1 .
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Charles W esley s , form ing N o 9 7 i n H ym n s and S a c red

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Poe m s , 1 7 4 9 vol i i Th e second verse of H ym n 2 2 1 i s si m ilar

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i n idea to the se c ond verse of H ym n 3 1 6 by D r W atts m e m o t , ,

able as the last words of the lat e Rev D r J oseph B eau m ont . .

H YM N 22 2 . happy graciou s Lord ! are w e —

H ow F or t he , .
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Wa t ch n ight —TUNE S n o w s field s 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , for m ing N O 96 in H ym ns and Sacred

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P oe m s , 1 7 49 vol ii The language used by the poet in this
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and the pre c eding hym n i s peculiarly appropriate to the o c ca

s 1on for which they were written .

H YM N 2 23 .
— W hen I srael out of E gypt c a m e
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—Ps a 7nt
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c xiv . .

TUNE Sheffield 1 7 6 1_
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This is Charles W esle y s version of Psal m cxiv , foun d i n a ’

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Colle ction o f Psal m s and Hym ns p ublished by J ohn and ,

Charles W esley , secon d edition p age 1 09 date 1 7 43 and also i n , ,.

Charles W e sley s version of the Psal m s by H Fi sh M r Bunting

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suggests the changing of the word rod to nod at the end of ,

lin e six, verse four I t has been wrongly attributed to A ddison

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and to A nd rew M arve ll D r W atts c o m men c es his version of .

this psal m in si m ilar langu a ge

When Israel free d fro m P ha ra o h s hand ,
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Le ft the proud tyrant and his land .

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W hen these n otes first appeared i n the M ethodist Recorder ,

M r S t el fo x, of B elfast , supplied to that paper the following

additional i nform at ion I n a collection of hy m ns prepared for
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the u se of the U nited M ethodist Free Churches edited by the ,

Rev J a mes E verett th is psalm i s assigned to Addis on , though

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i t i s u ndoubtedly Charles W esley s M r S t el fo x thu s pr o

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c eed s I n N o 46 1 of the Spectator there i s given one of

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several vers ion s of thi s psal m and this probably was the o c ca , , ,

s ion of M r E verett s m i stake especially as the two first words ,

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W hen I srael are i n bot h versions Bu t eve n the hym n in the

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Spe c tator i s n ot Addison s , but D r W atts

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T he M et hod i s t H
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Let very m ountain every fl o od

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Retire and know the approaching God,

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The king of Israe l see H i m here

Tremble thou earth adore and fear
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H thunders and all n ature m ourns

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The ro ck to standing po o l s He turn s ;

Flints spri ng with founta ins at His word ,

And fires and seas confess the Lord .

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H YM N 2 24. I ll praise m y
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aker while I vebreath —
M Pra i s e
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to G oa for H i s G ood n es s — TUNE , r1 3 t h P s al m, 1 7 6 1

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Thi s m e m orable c o m positio n form s D r W atts version of ’

Ps al m c xlvi , published 1 7 1 9 The origi nal has si x vers es , the

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se c ond an d third being o m itted The first line Jé h n W esley .

has altered fro m I ll praise m y M aker w i t h my b reath

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and
verse three i n the original reads thu s
The Lo rd hath eyes to g ive the blind ,
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The Lord supports the sinki ng m ind .

These and other j udiciou s alteration s m ade by John W esley

add m uch to the value of th e hym n The thought of the .

poet in the third verse see m s to be borrowed fro m Pope s ’

”
M essiah
All ye blind behold ,

He fro m thick fil m s sh all purge the v isual ra y ,

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And on the sightless eyeballs pour the d ay .

The v enerable founder of M ethodis m died in great peace O n .

M onday, February 2 8 , 1 7 9 1 , he was e x ceedingly weak, slept much ,

and spoke but little O n Tuesday m orn ing he sang two verses
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of a hymn , then , lying sti ll , as if to recover strength , he called

for pen and ink , but co uld not write M iss Ritchie proposed to .

write for hi m , and asked what to say H e replied , N othing, .

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b ut that God i s w ith u s I n the forenoon he said , I will get
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up .
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W hile th ey were prepari ng hi s clothes he broke out in a ,

man ner that astonished all who were about h i m i n singing

I ll praise my M aker whi le I ve breath ;
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An d when m y voi ce is l o st in d eath ,

Pra ise shall e mpl o y my nobl er powers

M y days o f prai s e sha ll ne er b e past
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W hile life and though t and b eing l ast,

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H avi ng fin ished the v erse , and got hi m into hi s chair, they

observed h i m change for death B ut he , regardless of his dying .

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body, said with a weak voice Lord , Thou givest strength ; ,

speak to all our hea rts and let the m k no w that Tho u loosest ,
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tongues H e then sung one of his brother s doxologie s
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To Fath er Son and Holy Ghost,

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W ho sweetly all agree .

H ere hi s voi c e failed After gasping for breath he said , N ow

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w e have done all H e was then la id on the bed , fro m which
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he rose n o m ore Later i n the day he tried again to speak, and

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with all hi s re m ai ning strength said , The best of all i s, God i s

with us ”
D uring th e night following, a n d early o n W ednesday
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m orning, M arch 2 , he often atte mpted to repeat D r W atts ’

Psal m c xlvi , but c ould only get out .

I ll
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pra ise I ’
ll praise .

H is en d drew n ear H is old an d faithful friend J oseph Brad

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ford , n ow prayed with h i m ; and the last word he was heard

t o articulate was Farewell ”
A few m inutes before ten o clock .
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on W edn esday m orning, M arch 2, 1 7 9 1 , while a nu mber of

frie n ds were kneeling round hi s bed, died J ohn W esley, without
a groan , i n his eighty eighth year -
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The interest wh ich attaches to this c o m po sition , fro m the c ir

ust related , has ca used its u se by many saints
c um s t a n c es j

departing hen c e, allu sions to so m e of who m will be found in the

I ndex .

H YM N 2 25 .Pra i se ye the Lord ! tis goo d to rai se — T he ’

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D i v i n e N a t u re, Pr o v i d ence, a n d Gr ce
a — TUNE, K et t l es b y s , ’

1 76 1 .

D rW atts version of Psal m c xlv 11 from

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, W esle y/ s “

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of Psal m s and Hym ns third edition 1 7 4 3 The original has, ,
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e ight verses the second an d fou rth being o m itted

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H YM N 2 26 E ternal W i sdo m ! Thee we praise —

S ong to
W i s d onz —TUNE, H allelujah , 1 7 6 1
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Crea t i ng . .

D rW atts , fro m H orae Ly ri cae 1 7 0 5 I t is found in W esley s

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Collection of Psal m s and H y m ns third edition 1 7 43 where , , ,

i t appears with so m e of J ohn W esley s j udi c ious al te rat io n s

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Fou r verses of the original are o mitted .

 T he M eth od i s t H y rnn Booh
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H YM N 227 H ow do Thy m ercies close m e round !

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ly i ng d o w n —TUNE E vesha m , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and S acred P oe m s 1 7 40

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page 1 29 The original has ten verses , the three last being
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o m itted The language of this hym n adapts i t e spe c ially for

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singing at the c lose of the day .

Converted to God at the age of twenty, M r s H unter of B a r ,

ton o u H u m ber, zealou sly sought t o bring others to a know

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ledge o f Chri st She was m eek, c on sistent and earnest given

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t o hospitality , a lover of the sa n ctuary and of the Lord s people .

I n her last illness and when recovery was hopeless , she spoke
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m u c h of her m ercies , often repeating

How d o Thy m ercies close m e round 3
For ever b e Thy name adored
I blu sh in all things to abound
The servant is ab ove his Lord !
She died very happy a m other in I srael ,
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A s early as the age of sixteen , M rs B ush of B ath joined the , ,

M ethodist S ociety and re m ained an exe m plary m e m ber for fi ft y

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n ine years Gratitude , hu m ility an d anxiety for the welfare

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of others characterised her long Christian course I n her last .

illness she was subj ect to m u ch su ffering weakness , and con ,

fl i c t but she enj oyed m u ch of the Saviou r s lov e; and i n the

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face of her spiritual foes when her lip s were tre mbling , her
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friends were rej oiced to hear her exclai m

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Jesus protect s ; my fears begone ,

W ha t c an the Ro ck of Age s m ove ?

Safe i n Thy a rm s I l a y m e down ,
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Thy everl asti ng arm s o f love .

H er faith was vigorou s , and her prospe c t clear as she entered

the Canaan of rest .

The conversion of Sa m uel S c holes of H igher M oor n ear , ,

Oldha m occurred i n thi s wise I n the year 1 7 7 7 , being i n his

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garden o n a S unday viewing h i s flowers an earthquake occu rred ,

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Thi s convulsion so alarm ed hi s fears that he ran into the house

for his Prayer B ook , and read fro m the Litany Fro m lightning
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and te m pest ; fro m plague , pestilence , an d fa m ine fro m battle

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and m urder , and fro m sudden death Good Lord deliver us ”
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Th rough t h e same o cc urren c e his wife also be c am e c onvin c ed

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c loset at the age of eighteen W hile reading Thy ini q uity i s

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taken away, and thy sin i s purged she w as filled with j oy and ,

pea c e i n believi n g ”
She beca m e a u seful Chri stian and as
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the m other of a large fa m ily, saw her eldest son engaged as a

lo c al preacher at the age of n ineteen , and five of her daughters
i n early life c onverted to God , who m et w ith her i n the sam e
c lass She lived to enj oy that perfect love wh ich c asteth out
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fear The day before her death she prayed with each of her
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c hildren, and to the physi c ian and parish c lergy m an who vi sited
her she spoke with earnestness on the preciousness of Chri st,
and frequ ently repeated the hym n c o mm en cing
Tho u Shepherd of I s ra el and m ine , ,

The j oy and desire of my heart

For closer comm union I pine ,

I long to resi d e where Th ou art .

O n one o cc asion , after repeating this hym n , M r D oolittle

engaged in prayer, after whi ch she said The ene m y i s kept far ,
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fro m m e ; thanks be to God , who gi veth m e the vi ctory .

W hilst repeating V i c tory through the blood of the Lamb , she

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entered i nto rest .

H YM N 2 29 . God of m y life , to Thee —O u h i s . B i r t hd ay .

TU NE M is s E dwins 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , form ing N o 1 23 i n H y mn s and Sa c red

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Poe m s 1 7 49 , v ol i The fifth verse of the original i s left out
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The sin g ular idea i n the last two lines i s fo unded on a tradi
tion a m ongst th e J ews , that the Al m ighty dre w th e soul or
spirit of M oses out of hi s body by a kiss D r W atts , i n his lyr i c .

poe m on the death of M oses gives the sam e idea thus

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Softly his fa inti n g head he lay

U pon h i s M a ker s bre a st
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His M ak er k issed his so ul away

A n d l a id his fl esh to res t
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The O pinion thu s c onveyed i s J ewi sh rather than Christian i n

its chara c ter, and i s deli c ate , tou c hing , and subli m e i n its
phraseology .

A s early as her th i rteenth year, M ary H ardy of D ufli el d, ,

D erby, afterwards of F alcon S treet, London , was convinced o f

sin u nder a serm on preached by the Rev M r Gill of M atlock .
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and soo n after wards she entered i nto full liberty fro m s i n H er
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love of the world was now c hanged for love to the S c riptures ,
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the service s of the Sanctu ary, and the people of God and she
be ca m e a zealous S unday school tea c her a nd c ollector for the -

c ause of God H appy i n her m arriage sh e adorned her godly

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profession by a useful Christian life, and l i ved to realise the

blessing of entire s a n ct i fica t i o n D uring a brief illness she .

found Chri st to be precious and delighted i n repeating s o me ,

favourite h y mns especially the lines

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Then when the w o rk is done ,

T h e work of fa ith with power ;

Like M oses to Thyself convey , ,

And kiss my raptured soul a way .

H er last words were An gels wait to c onvey me to glory .

V ery happy and thus she peacefully entered into re s t .

H YM N 23 0 F ountai n of life and all my j oy ”

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—TUNE, W h itsunday, 1 7 6 1
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B i rt hd a y . .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and Sa c red Poe m s 1 7 4 2

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page 1 2 2 The original has ten verses the first three and three
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others being left out I t was written D ece mber 1 8 , 1 7 4 1 , an d

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i n the o m itted v erses the poet alludes to that singular desire

for death whi c h has found its way i nto m any of hi s early
e ffusi ons .

H YM N 23 1 our fears ! The glad m orning appears

Awa y wi t h
O n h i s B i r t hd ay —TUNE B uilth ,
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Form s N o 1 9 1 i n Charles W esley s H ym n s and S a c red

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stanzas I n the first line , my fears i s altered to our fears

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Two verses are left out So m e of the lines are strikingly a p . ,

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p p o r i a t e to the founder of M ethod is m Few person s besides .

the brothers W esley could say p f friends what Charles W esley

s ays in one of the o m itted verse s
How ri ch in the fri ends Thy providen ce sends
To help m y infirm ity on 1
W hat a number I s ee W h o coul d su ffer for me ,

And ransom my life with their own

F orty two years after th is hym n was written an d after the poet
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ha d entered the real ms o f the blessed , J ohn W esley ma de this

affe c ting referen c e to this hymn : I this day (J u he 1 7 , 1 7 88 )
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enter o n my eighty fi ft h ye a r an d wh a t ca us e h av e I to prai se

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G Od , as for a thousand spiritual blessing s, so fo r b o d i l y blessings
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al so H ow little have I s uffered y et by the rush of nu m erou s x

years ! E ven now, though I find daily pain i n m y eye or ,

te mple , or a rm , yet i t i s never vi olent , an d seldo m lasts m an y

W hether o r n ot thi s i s sent to give m e
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m in utes at a ti m e
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warning that I a m shortl y t o quit thi s t abernacle , I do not -

kn ow but be it on e way or the other, I have only to say

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M y remn a nt of d ays I s pe nd i n H i s praise
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W h o died the whole world to redeem

M y d a y s a re His due Be th ey m a ny or fe w
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A n d they all are devoted to H i m

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Fifty years labour as a M ethodist p reacher during the last
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century, a n d five of the m passed i n travelling the alm ost u m

trodden wilds of Am eri ca as a pioneer m issionary and s up er i n
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tendent , prior to 1 7 80, represents an a m ount of toil and servi ce

of whi ch few i n these days can h ave any kn owledge S uch a .

career was that of t h e Rev Tho m as Rankin The whip which

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acco mpan ied the good m a n during hi s five years j ourneyings i n ’

America on horseback, has long been a treasured relic belong

ing to the author of these n otes H i s zeal for the glory of God ,
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and hi s love to souls su ffered n o abate m ent during a long life

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he continu ed to preach with m u ch acceptance and profit to

the close of his days D uring hi s last illness he said t oa friend ,
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I did not i mm ediately j oin the M ethodists when awakened and

c onverted ; I hesitated for som e ti m e ; but glory be to God that
H e in c lined me to c ast in m y lot a m ong the m ! Then referrin g
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to o n e o f hi s favourite hym n s , he qu oted part of it as expressing

hi s feelings and experien ce at the end of h i s pilgri mage
From Jehovah I ca m e For His glory I am , ,

And to H i m I with singi ng return

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What a mercy is th is i W ha t a heaven of bliss

How unspeakably h appy a m I _
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Gathered into the fo ld W ith Thy people en rolled

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W ith Thy p e ople to live and t o d i e .

H e lived a long life of ho nour able usefulness and died rejoi c ing ,

in God his S avio ur, and was b uried i n City Road Chapel ground ;
hi s chara c ter being sketched at the ti m e of hi s funeral by three
Presidents of t h e Conferen ce , hi s friends 1n th e m ini stry, the R ev .

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W alter R ev H en r y M oore , an d the Rev J oseph
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and B rady s version of P sal m ciii The lines c o mmen c e Thy

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wakened wrath , &c The latter p art of the first verse of thi s
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gran d hym n i s m anifestly n ot suited for use in publi c worship .

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This i s an awe in spiring hym n serious without being heavy
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M r W esley has pla c ed this

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b old withou t being extravagant .

hym n u nder the sub title O n the Attributes of God

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E rnest Lange, the au th or of this m u c h adm ired hymn , was -

born at B anzi e , in 1 6 5 0, where he becam e m agistrate and bur

g o m a s t e r
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published sixty one hym n s, to praise the m er c y of God who

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had delivered h i m fro m the pestilen ce which prevailed in 1 7 1 0 .

H e died at D an z i c i n 1 7 2 7 A n other tran slation of the same

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hym n form s N o 1 8 3 in the U nited B re t h ren s H ym n B ook

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O nly three of thi s author s hym n s ha ve been put into E ngli sh

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H YM N 24 2 . Glori ou s God , a ccept a heart —F or Ch i l d ren .

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TU NE H am bleton s, 1 7 6 1
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Thi s hym n form s N o 1 1 of Charles W esley s Hy mn s for

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Children . The expressive i m portu nity of the pleadings i n the

last verse where the personal pronoun M E i s five ti m es repeated
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de m on strates how n atural earnestness be c o mes true eloquen c e .

H YM N 24 3 Thou my God, art good and wi se —F o r

Ch i l d r en —
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TUNE Am sterda m, 1 7 6 1
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F orm s No . 22 of Charles W esley s ’

Hym ns for Children .

H YM N 2 44 Thou , the great , eternal God

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245 Good Thou art, and good Thou dost

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F or Ch i ld ren — TU NE , Kingswood 1 7 6 1
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Form s N o 9 4 of Charles W esley s Hymn s for Children

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The fourth verse of the origi nal i s left out an d the fifth verse i s ,

m ade the co mm en c em ent of H y m n 2 45 whi c h latter has bee n ,

m ade extensively u seful .

Religious i mpressions r e c eived i n the W esleyan S unday

s chool , S t N i c holas , M argate, led A nn Y oung to seek the
Lord , and at the age of fourteen , she b e c am e converted and ,

j oined the M ethodist S ociety A s a do mesti c in the fam ily of .

Captain W ood , of B irkenhead she adorned her profession by ,

an hu mble walk with God W hen her end was approaching .

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she expressed her c onfiden c e i n God, and with all her strength
s h e repeated the hym n
H Y . a nd i t s A s s oci a t i ons . 15 5
G ood Thou art and go od Tho u dost , ,
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Thy m ercies rea ch to all &c , .

layi ng parti c ular e mphasi s on the line W at c hes e v ery n um ,

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bered hair I n th is cal m and resigned state of m ind she fell
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asleep in J esus .

M rs B road, of S ewdl ey , in the N ewent c ir c u i t re c eived her ,

first ti cket of m e mbership fro m the Rev J onathan Crowther .

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when she was at s c hool H er j oy was unbou nded when she .

received the blessing of pardon W hen laid aside by illness .

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her last hours were sole mnly delightful She said, I c annot “
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sink I hang on m y S aviour s m erits

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B idding her hu sband
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farewell, she s aid, Give your heart to God She then re .

p e at ed the v erse
G ood Thou art and go od Thou dost , ,

Thy mercie s rea ch to all &c ,

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H e i s m ine and I , am H is . H er last words were , W ashed

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all m y s ins away .

H YM N 2 46 M y soul, through m y Redee m er s c are

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—TUNE S tanton ,
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h a s t d el i v ered my s o u l fr o m d ea t h, & c .
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Charles W esley s form ing N o 8 5 8 of Short S c ripture

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H y m ns vol i , based on Psal m c xvi 8

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The m other of the Re v Oliver H enwood was brought up i n .

the Church o f E nglan d D uring the last fifteen years of her

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life she was united to the M eth odists and her solicitude was ,

after wards increased for the salvation of her children, especially

her son, who beca m e a W esleyan m inister She passed away .

fro m earth to heaven , repeating with difficulty yet word for , ,

word
M y s o ul through my Rede em er s care
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S aved from the second de a th I feel , ,

M y eye s fro m t ears of dark desp a ir

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M y feet fro m fa lling into hell .

I t was the privilege of M rs B arrett, of H ul l, mother of the

Rev Alfred B arrett to attend a love feast held i n N o rfol k
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S treet Chapel , Sheffield , conducted by the late W illia m Bra m

well The m eeting was conducted in the u sual m anner for
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so m e ti me “
A s the m eeting was drawing to a close there was
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a pau se ; none see med wi lling to ri se and there fell upon the
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asse mbly a stillness and an awe as deep as tha t of the grave .

E very so ul see med to be absorbed an d overwhelmed by the

influence fro m above N one desired or dared to break the
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hallowe d and awful silence of that hour , but all sat co m m uning
with heavenly an d eternal things , until the preacher arose and ,

said , N ow who can say th at G Od i s n ot h ere ? wh ich appeal

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m ade w ith m u ch force and feeling , enabled the asse mbly to

relieve the m selve s by subdued ej a c ul ation s an d tears ”
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powe rful i m pre ssion produced on the m ind of M r s B a rrett never

wore o ff and suppo rted as it was by the drawings of the H oly
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Spirit i n early life she was led to j oin the M ethodist S ociety whe n
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she re m oved to H ull, and there fou nd peace through believing .

I n 1 83 2 she gave up her s on to the m i nistry , to who m she wrote

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frequently letters which indicated a growing i n grace and a ,

lively interest i n pro m oting religion H er last illnes s was brief . .

Though the valley of suffering was dark she said , All i s l ight ,

beyond ”
. H er hu sban d said i t wa s a happy circu m st an ce to be
able to appropriate the words of the hym n co mm en cing
M y s o ul through m y Red ee mer s ca re
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S ave d from the se cond death I feel , , &c .

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I ndeed i t is she replied
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an d , through the m er cy of the
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Redee m er I h ave n o fear of death

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H er faith was triu m phant .

and shortly afterwards her redee m ed spirit fl ed to paradi se .

The Rev Willia m B ird , i n de scribing the last hours of M r s

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B ird on earth M ethodist M agazine , 1 8 1 7 )re m arks “
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inquired i nto her spiritual state she replied , I hope y o u will ,

strive to m ake yourself easy con cerning m e because all i s and

w i l l be well with m e for ever J esus i s m y all The Lord liveth ,
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and blessed be m y Rock H e i s a sure foundation Observing .

m e weep on account of her approaching dissolution she requested ,

m e not to grieve B ecau se ( said she ) I shal l be h appy for ever

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and I n ow feel perfectly resigned to the D ivine will Towards .

th e end of her last day her speech began to falter A fe w .

m inutes before her departure she pressing m y hand said I d o ‘

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lo ve you , bu t I love God A l m ighty hotter : my obligation s to

H i m a re i nfin itely greater Y es .

My O thro ugh m y Red e em er s care

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Save d fro m the second d e a th I feel

M y eye s from t ea rs of d a rk d es pair ,
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M y fee t from falling into hell .
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H YM N 25 1 . Father of m e, and all m ankind O ur F a t her .

i n hea ven & c —TUNE, S p i t a l fi el d s , 1 7 6 1

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w h i ch a rt , . .

Thi s form s part of two of Charles W esley s S cripture ’

Hym ns , vol N o 3 4 2 a n d N o 3 43 , founded o n Luke xi 2 ,

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being a paraphrase of the first three clauses of the Lord s Prayer .

Three v erses of th e original are left out .

H Y M N 25 2 Co m e , Father, S on , and H oly Ghost ”

T he
t h ee a n d keep t hee, & c —TUNE , H a l lelujah ,
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L or d hl ess , . 1 76 1 .

Form ed of N os 200—
202 of Charles W esley s .
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H ymn s , ”
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H Y M N 25 Father, i n who m we live —T o the T r i n i ty .

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Charles W esley s , form ing N o 3 4 in R ede mption H ym ns

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Thi s was added to the c ollection i n 1 7 9 7 .

H YM N 25 4 Th e day of Christ the day of God — T he

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D i v i n i ty f
o Ch r i s t — TUNE ,
S m ith s ,
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Charles W esley s , fro m Hy mn s on the Trinity, founded o n

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2 Peter ii i 1 2 . .

H YM N 2 5 5 . Spiri t of Tru t h essential God A ll . S ipt u re

cr

& c —TUNE,
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i s g i v en by i n sp i ra t i on of God ,
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1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s , fro m ’

Hym n s o n the Trin ity, founded on ”

2 T i m xvi , and 2 Peter i

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H YM N 256 . H ail
Father Son and Spiri t great ! , ,
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Pl u ra li ty a n d T r i n i ty of Pers on a TUNE , Tri nity, 1 76 1 -

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Charles W esley s , fro m page 5 8 of H ym n s on the Trinity

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I ts tendency i s to show the c onnexion between the c reation

an d rede m ption of m a n .

H YM N 25 Glory be to God on high —Gl or i a .

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TUNE , Salisbury , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s paraphrase of the Gl or i a i n E x cels i s i n the

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S a c ram ental Servi c e , fou nd in Hy m n s an d Sacred Poe m s ,

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1 7 39 , page 1 2 8 I t i s printed i n J ohn W esley s S elect H ym ns ,

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with Tunes an next, and wa s added to the c olle c tion alt er M r

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W esl e y s death
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HY M N 25 8 J ehovah , God the Father, bless T he L or d .

bles s t h ee, a n d hoop t hee, & c —TUNE B rooks , 1 7 6 1

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Charle s W esley s fro m H ym n s on the Trin ity, founded on

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N u m b vi 24 The last verse of the original is left out, i n

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which o c curs the line , The in c o m m uni c able n am e

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H YM N H ail ! holy, holy, holy Lord
25 9 H oly , h oly , i s .

t he L ord of H os t s , & c —TUNE , Trinity, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s fro m Hym n s o n the T ri n i t y , p a g e 69 ,

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founded on I saiah vi 3 , and Re v i v 8 . . . .

H Y M N a6o . H oly, holy, holy Lord —T o the .

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T r i n i ty —TUNE ,

S ali sbury, 1 7 6 1 .

Charle s W esley s , fro m page 9 6 of Hy m n s on the Trin ity

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I t i s a hym n full of noble thoughts , conveyed i n fine an d

appropriate language D r W atts in one of hi s lyrics , has the.
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sa m e idea whi c h Charle s W esley has conveyed in the se c ond

stanza
Thy d a zzling be auties wh ile he sings ,

He hides his face behi n d his wings ' ,

A n d ranks of shining thrones around

Fall worshipp ing and spread the ground , .

D r Y oung , in hi s Co mplaint , ”
N ight Se c ond ,
has this line
Ti me ,
in advan ce be hind h i m hides his wings
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H YM N 26 1 . Co m e, Father, Son a n d H oly Ghost — T o ,

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T r i n i ty —TUNE, Sheffield , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , fro m page 9 8 of ’

H y mn s on the Trin ity .

HY M N 2 6 2 . A thou sand oracles divine —T o .

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t he T r i n i ty .

TUNE , H alleluj ah , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , fro m Hym ns o n the Trinity p a ge 1 00

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The original i s printed in eight line stanzas D r E dward Y oung, -

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in hi s N ight Thoughts , N ight F ou r line 440 has the follow

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i n g whi c h exa c tly corresponds with the seventh verse of this

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fin e hym n
They see on earth a bounty not i ndulged on high ,
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And do wnward lo o k fo r heaven s superior prais e ’
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H YM N F ather , h o w wide Thy glory shines — God

g l or i o us , a nd S i n n er s s a v ed .

D r W atts fro m H o ras Ly ri cae 1 7 0 5 The original has

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n ine verses , the fifth and seventh being o m itted Thi s hym n .

was added to the collection m an y years after M r W esley s ’

death and does n ot a ppear in the edition of 1 8 0 5

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Through the instru m entality of an awakening drea m George ,

R o l s t o n e was brought to God at the age of eighteen H e j oined .

the M ethodi st S ociety and during fifty years m aintained a con ,

sistent godly profession For forty years he was a u seful class .

leader D uring his last illness whilst he su ffered m u ch ; he had

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a gl oriou s assuran ce of hi s acceptan ce with God H e looked .

forward with j oyou s anti c ipation to the e m ploym ent of glorified

saints and so m eti m es said
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0 m a y I b e a r so me hu mble part ,

In th a t i mmo rtal song .

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I n this patient an d happy fra m e of m ind , he departed from the

m ilitant to j oi n the triu m phant church .

H Y M N 2 64 O A ll creating God
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of M a n —TU NE , B rentford 1 7 6 1 .
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Charl es W esley s form ing th e second of hi s ’ “

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H YM N 2 6 5 . 0 m a y Thy powerful wor d . T h e h i ng d ozn of

hea ven suff

er et h v i o l ence,
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Charles W esl ey s , form ing N o 1 3 7 of Short S c riptur e

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m en e es another section of the book with the title of B elievers

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F ighting .

S oldiers of Chri st arise

H Y M N 266 . .

2 67 But above all lay hold .

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2 68 I n fellowship, alone . .

T he w ho le a r mo u r of G od — TU NE H andel s M arch , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s for m ing together N o 1 40 i n H y m ns and

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Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 9 vol i founded on E ph vi , and extend

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ing to sixteen verses four of wh ich are o m itted I t i s in serted

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i n S el ect H y mn s with Tu nes a nn ext

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N 272 Pea c e ! doubting heart ; my God s I am —1 s a z a h ’ ’

xliii 2, 3 TU NE, 2 3 d Psalm, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym ns and S a c red Poems , 1 73 9

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page 1 5 3 Thi s hy mn is one of rare excellen ce , abounding i n

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s criptural i m ages and m etaphors and is full of instruction and ,

encourage m ent .

The early life of J am es H oby, of London , was a testim ony to

the truth of the s criptu ral re c ord that The thoughts of the heart
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are evil and that continually
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A m ore giddy round of gaiety,
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worldline s s , and sin ne ver attended a young ma n than was the

l ot of M r H ob y when young H i s m ind n ex t beca m e en tangled
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with a l m ost every v a ri et y o f religiou s op inion —Jewish , Popish ,

M oha mm edan , an d i n fi d eL D uring all thi s ti m e he thought
h i m self to be a go od Chur c h m an H aving been l ed to the .

M ethodist Chapel at Greenwi ch , he heard a serm on by the

Rev Richard W atson on holiness, fro m which he learned that i n
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hi s heart there was none of i t The n ex t M ethodist serm on he

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heard was by the Rev J abez B unting, fro m whi c h he saw, to

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his sorrow, that for thirty years h e had been de c eiving his own
h eart An other serm on , by the R ev Charles At m ore l ed hi m
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t o begin fam ily prayer O n Chri st m as day , 1 8 2 5 he began to

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m eet in M r B utterworth s class , and re c eived hi s first ticket

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from the Rev J ohn Stephen s Fro m that ti m e to the end of

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h i s life , so deeply c on scious was he of the greatnes s of God s

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m ercy to h i m i n rescuing h i m fro m so low a degradation , that

hi s u t m ost energies were e m ployed i n furthering the kingdo m
of Christ i n the world , and i n m aking known his salvation .

W hen inform ed that the di sease of the heart fro m whi c h he was
su ffering would term inate suddenly, an d obliged to keep hi s
roo m he requested th at , when he was dying , h is friends woul d
j oin in singi ng the hy mn beginning
Peace doubting hea rt ; my God s I am ’

W ho fo rm d m e man forbi ds my fear

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O n the first Sunday of 1 8 63 , he had hoped to have again j oin ed

i n t h eAn nu al S ervi ce at Great Queen Street, but the c all of t he
D ivine M aster o n that day was , Co m e up higher and j ust
after saying H e will give the H oly Spirit to the m that ask
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H i m , his soul entered the rest above .

N o t a le of s orrow and distres s c ould exc eed in in tensity of

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interest that of the loss of the M a r i a m ail boat , i n the W es t -

I ndies in 1 8 26 The ac c ou n t of the shipwreck of the Apostle

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Paul near M alta i s the nearest approa c h to the one j ust n a med
for variety of in c ident, a n d for the unbounded faith wh ich
was exer c ised on th e oc c asion F ive m i ssionaries three wives
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of m issionaries , with several c h ildren and n urs es , w er e returning

to A ntigua I n sight of l and a storm aro se , and before its fury
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the ma il boat was wrecked , the five m ission aries were drown ed ,
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an d in fa c t the only one of the large party who escaped wit h

life was M rs Jones, the wife of one of the m issionaries , who
endured m any death s in saving her own l ife ; but through
mer c y she was saved , and so m e years afterwards was m arried
to M r H i n ck s m a n , and died in great peace at Ly tha m , in Apri l
1 85 9 W hen the storm aro s e, one of the m issionaries son s, a
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little boy, gave out the verse beginning

Though waves an d s t o rms go o er my head &c ’

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After thi s had been sung a holy inspiration cam e over the c hild ,
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and he astonished the party in the bo at by the address he gave

on the s h ipwreck of J onah A strange feeling c a m e over those
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who heard the c hild M r s J ones ( H i n ck s m a n )tried to pray,

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but c ould not A t length she cried, Lord Lord ! help m e

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S carcely had she uttered t h e words when she b e c am e c o mpo se d ,

a n d re p eated the verse
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J e su s prote cts my fears begone ! ,

I n that ti m e of trouble and sorrow she gladdened her own heart

an d tho se of her c o mpanions by singing, for the last hy mn m ost
of th em heard on earth
W hen pass in g through th e wa t e ry deep ,

I ask in faith His prom ised a i d ,

The wa ves an a wful d istance ke ep ,

And shrink from my devoted hea d

Fea rl ess the ir vi o lence I da re
They cannot ha rm fo r G o d i s there ,

She was the only one who could sing in that distressing hour ,

and the only one saved i n that redee m ed co m pany Vi de .

M et hod i s t M ag a z i n e 1 8 26 page 4 8 6, and 1 8 61 , page 1 9 5

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A n other incident of like char acter , th e peril and preservat ion

of a m issiona ry and the use of thi s hym n on the occasion , will
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be found in a letter fro m M r W alla c e , in the M et hod i s t M ag a ~

z i n e, M a y 1 8 4 6, page 9 7 7 .
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[ H Y . 2 74 .

W hen M ethodis m was little m ore t han a b y word and ’ -

reproa c h M rs Gaulter chose for her co m pani on in life one of

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J ohn W esley s preachers W hen about fourteen yea rs old she

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joined the M ethodist S ociety , and for m ore t han sixty years she
m aintained a truly consistent godly profession and in all things ,

lived a n d acted under the in fl uen ce of the fear and love of God .

She suffered m u ch during life and in her last illness she had ,
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but little st re n gth for resi stan ce but the enem y of souls tried
to distress her m ind even at the end of a very long pilgri m age .

Shortly before h er death after on e of these spiritual confli c ts ,,

she repeated with much energy

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S t i ll n i gh m e O m y S avi o ur s ta n d ! , ,

A n d gu a rd i n fi erc e t em pt a ti o n s hour
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Hi d e i n the ho llow o f Thy h a nd

Show fo rth in m e Thy saving p o w e r
S till be Thy a rm m y sure d efen ce
N o r e a rth n o r h e ll s ha ll pl u ck m e t hen ce .

H er last words were but faint breathings — “

A world of ligh t
and glory an d that world she then entered
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H YM N 2 73 O m nipotent Lord , M y s aviour a nd Kin g .

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G oo d F ig h t —
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T he TUNE , Triu m ph 1 76 1
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Charles W esley s , fro m H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 74 2

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page 1 3 7 .

E lizabeth D eane, of I ghtham , S evenoaks, was a zealou s an d

liberal m e mber of the M ethodist S ociety during thirty years ,

and greatly aided the erection of a chapel o n her property She .

was a ti m id follower of the Lord J esus , but i n death she was

enabled to triu mph Fearing a sudden death , in answer to
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p rayer she was saved fro m her apprehen sions and gave the ,

m ost satisfactory evidence of being ready for her change The .

last words she was heard to say were

O mnipotent L ord my S aviour an d Kin g ,

Thy su ccour afford Thy ri ghteo usness b ring ,

T hy pro m i s es bind The e C o mp a ssi o n t o h a ve ,

N ow now let me find Thee A lm ighty t o save

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H YM N 2 7 4 . O my old m y boso m foe —Aft er

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TUNE, Ams terda m 1 7 6 1 ,

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Charles W es ley s , from ’ “

H ym n s and S a c red Poems, ”
1 749 ,

vol i.N o 95
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we m ended our pa c e , and in an hour cam e to S e en , having rode

three m iles about , and by seven to W r exal l The news of the .

d anger was got thither before u s , but we brought the welco m e

tidings of our deliverance W e j oined in hearty praises to our .

D eliverer, singing the hy m n

W o rship , and thanks and bl essing, , &c .

M enwh o c ould thu s su ffer and thu s sing were as ready ror the
lion s den or the fiery furna c e as fo r s u ch i nfu ri ated m a d
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ness of m en and beasts The hym n was inserted in the colle e .

tion after M r W esle y s death ’

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H YM N 27 7 . Jesus, th e Conqu eror reign s , .

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T ha n hsg i v i ng .

TUNE, H andel s M arch , 1 7 6 1 ’

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Charles W esle y s , form ing N o 1 3 9 i n H ymn s and S a c red

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P oe m s 1 7 49 vol i
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The original i s i n sixteen stanzas the fir st si x only being u sed ,

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These when first added to the c olle c tion form ed three hym ns of
t wo verses ea c h They were united in 1 8 30
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H YM N 2 7 8 . W h o i s this giganti c foe ? D a v i d a nd ” -

Goli a t h,
1 S a m uel xv ii —TUNE A m sterda m 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esle y s , fro m H ym n s and Sa c red Poe ms , 1 7 4 2,

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page 1 7 6 .

I n its c onstruction the history of the triu mph of D avi d over

the Philistine i s applied m ost e ffe ctively to the triu mph of
believers over inbred and besetting sin .

H YM N 2 79 Shall I for fear of feeble ma n —B old ness i n the

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Gosp el —TUNE, Canon , 1 7 6 1 .

F ro m the Germ an of John J oseph W inkler published in ,

1 7 0 3 , and tran slated by J ohn W esley du ring his residen ce i n

Georgia as a m issionary I t appeared first i n Psal m s and .

H ym n s i ssued by the W esleys in 1 7 3 8 , and i s also added to

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their Hym n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 3 9 ,
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This , says M i ss W inkler i s one of the standard hym ns of
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Ger many J ohn W esley endured severe persecution whilst in

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A merica fo r his stern fidel ity in reproving sin , and in t he lan

guage of thi s hym n he fo u n d co m fort and en couragem ent .

J ohn J oseph W inkler w a s born at Luckau , i n Saxony D ece m ,

ber 2 3 1 67 0 H e was first pastor in M agdeburg, afterwards

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c haplain in the arm y, and ac c o mpan ied the troops to H olland

and I taly S ubsequently he returned to M agdebu rg , where he
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became chief m inister at the Cathedral , and m e mber of the

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Consistory H e died there , A ugu st 1 1 , 1 7 2 2 H e was an excel

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lent m a n, o f a deeply c ulti vated m ind , and wrote ten v ery good
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hy mns .

H YM N 2 80 The Lord i s King, and earth sub m its

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e t ha t
bel i evet h s h a l l n ot ma he h a s t e
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TUNE, Z oar, .
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Charles W esley s , fro m ’ “

Hym n s an d Sa c red Poe m s, ”
1 74 2,
page 2 74 »

H YM N 2 8 1 Are there not in the labourer s day —T he Way ’

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of D u ty t he Way of S afety —TU NE , S n o w s fi el d s , 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym n s and S a c red Poe m s , 1 749

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vol i , N o 1 24
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H YM N 2 8 2 B ut c an it be
that I should pro v e —In
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T emp l a
t i on —TUNE Chapel 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , fro m H ym ns a n d Sa c red Poe m s, 1 74 9

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vol i , N o 1 1 3
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The original has si x verses the third being le ft out Thi s has , .
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the words se c o nd part at the head of the hym n , probably

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through an oversight it i s a separate hym n in th e original , and

under a di fferent head to the previou s one .

H YM N O God my hope , m y heavenly rest —F or a

2 83 . .
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P r ea ch er of t he G ospel —TUNE
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Charles W esley s fro m Hym ns an d Sacred Poe m s , 1 74 9
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vol i , N o 1 7 8 w ith a separate ti t le, M ose s W ish

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H YM N To Thee great God of Love ! I bow :For a

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Pr ea cher of t h e Gosp el —TUNE , Cary s , 1 7 6 1

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C harles W esley s , for m ing N o 1 8 0, in H ymn s and Sacred

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P oe ms 1 7 49 v ol i The se c ond verse of the orig i nal is left

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out .

HY N M 285 Co m e Saviour Jesu s , fro m above —Ren ounci ng ”

a l l fi r Ch r i s t —
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TU NE , An gel s Song, 1 7 6 1
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The original of this hymn wa s wri tt en in Fr en ch about t he

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year 1 640, by M ada m e A ntoinette B o uri g no n , whilst s h e w a s

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suffering fro m her father s anger on ac c ount of the m ercenary

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suitors who solicited her hand I t expresses her resolution to.

devote herself entirel y to the serv i ce of God The Fren ch i s in .

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five eight line verses M ada m e B o u ri g n o n was born in 1 6 1 6,

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an d died in 1 6 8 0 H er life was one of extraordinary su ffering,

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privation and enduran ce H er self denying i ndust ry and devo

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tion were the m arvel of m any a nd h er wri tings fill twenty ,

volu m es J ohn W esley m ade the tran slation in 1 7 3 6 when he

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was su ffering fro m reproach and c alum ny i n A m eri c a I t first .

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appeared in H ym n s an d S acred Poe m s , 1 7 3 9 page 1 2 3 , .

I t i s also found i n D r J ohn B yro ms M iscellaneous Poe m s

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2 vols , M an c hester, 1 7 7 3 vol

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. i i , page 2 1 1 , with the title
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Hym n to Jesus Thi s publi cation has led so m e to suppose ,
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erroneously, that i t was written by Byro m .

A re m iniscen c e of sadnes s i s asso c iated with thi s hym n in

connexion with the last service conducted by the R ev George .

M anwaring That service was the adm inistration of the Lord s

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Suppe r i n Carver S t reet Chapel S heffield A ugust 1 4 , 1 8 2 5 , ,

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Little m ore than fourteen days sufficed for a violent fever to end
the mortal s trife D uri ng th e wanderings of the m ind , the m an
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of God was o c cupied with d i v i ne t h i ng s , an d the even ing before

hi s death it was affe cting to his attendants to he a r h i m give out
the hym n
C om e S a vi o ur Jesu s from a bove
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Assist m e with Thy h eavenly grace

Empty my heart of earthly l ove ,

A n d fo r Thyself prepa re the pla ce .

Th is b e did with a distin ct and audible voi c e , as he lay i n

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sensible i n bed , pro c eeding through the whole o f the Co mm union

Servi c e an d the form of ad m ini stering the ele ments j ust as he ,

had done during hi s last earthly service I n i m agination he . .

was co m m e m orat i ng the Lord s death with H is saints on the ’ '

earth , and al m ost i mm ediately afterwards his released spiri t

j oined the m arriage supper of the Lam b i n the courts above
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M r s M anwaring was j ust reco vering fro m an i ll n es s w h en her

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hu sband was s m itten down , an d her watchful care of h i m she

loved induced the sam e m alady in hersel f The ch i ld ren w er e .

re m oved to the c are of friends She was taken to the dwell.

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ing of the R ev D aniel I saac , to whose c are her ulti m ate t e

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c o v er
y was m ai n ly attribut able n or was it dee m ed prudent or
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in I srael m ay be with equal truth a ffirm ed of her excellent

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husband , the pure, transparent and holy W illiam E dward ,

M iller W esleyan m inister

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The writer of these lines has a de
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lightful recollection of hearing the living testi m ony of the good

ma n , delivered at a love feast in Carter Street Chapel She ffield
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in 1 840 , that for years sin had had no place in hi s thoughts or

heart The thirty eight years passed by M rs M iller in the
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M ethodist S ociety were m arked by inward and abidi ng peace, ,

i rreproachable uprightness , and a holy life She walked i n .

light She frequently repeated the three last verses of Hymn

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2 88, m ore especially the closing lines

T hylove shall burst the shades o f death ,

And b e a r m e from the gulf beneath ,

To everl asting day .

W hat was said of the holy patriarch was equally appropriate to

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her, She was not, for God took her .

H YM N God of my life, whose gr a c ious p ower —A t t he

2 89 .
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App r oa ch of T emp t a t i on —TU NE , I nvitation 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , from H y mns and S acred Poem s , 1 7 40,

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page 1 49 The origin a l has fifteen verses seven of whi ch are

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o m itted .

Shortly before the c lose of the last c entury , the first M etho
dist s erv ices were held in the v illage of W alton , n ear B ra mpton ,

Cu mberland O ne of the fi r s t fruit s of that preach ing was the

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c onversion of a youth of sixteen , nam ed J oseph Taylor From .

that ti me his whole life and energies were devoted to the service
of God, and abundantly was he owned and blessed in his work .

H e acco m panied a young frien d of h is to Liverpool to see h i m

sail as a W esleyan m issionary to the W est I nd ies but when the
seraphi c D r Coke saw the two young m e n together he was s o ,

i mpressed with the superior fitness of M r Taylor for the work ,

that he was appointed and sen t i n the place of his friend .

Rea c hing B arbadoes on a S unday m orn ing a cco mpanied by ,

another m i ssionary, they hasted, on lan ding to the M ethodist ,

c hapel The m issionary in charge was so overj oyed that at the

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conclusion of the reading of the les son he left the pulpit and ,

hasted to welco m e the two brethren before the whole congrega

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tion They fell on each othe r s necks , and wept tears of j oy and
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gratitude M r Taylor s labours were a bundantly owned of God
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in that m i ssion , s c ar c ely a serv i c e being held without souls being

saved and as he once observed when stationed in London , he
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saw m ore souls saved i n the W est I ndies on one Sabbath than
he saw saved in the m etropolis in three m onths A t one mi s .

sion station he had to sleep in a roo m near the chapel with n o

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hu man being near A good black wo m an prepared h i m his

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supper and then left hi m alone with God B ut he found these

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sweet and happy seasons of co mm union with heaven After .

so m e years earnest labours , he was brought to the m argin of

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the grave ‘by fever and ague , as well as by the perils of the sea .

W hen , in subsequ ent life , he referred to these ti mes of a ffliction

and jeopardy he would devoutly lift his eyes and hands heaven
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ward, and with strong feeling repeat the stanza

Oft hath t he s ea co n fess d Thy power ’

And g iven me ba ck at Thy comm and '

I t c o uld n o t Lord m y life devour , , ,

S a fe in the ho ll o w of Thine hand .

O ft fro m the margin o f t h e grave

Tho u Lo rd h ast lifted u p m y head , ,

S udden I found Thee n ear to sa ve ,

The fever o wn d Thy tou ch and fl ed ’

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Then h e would add, I will sing of m ercy an d j udgm ent unto

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Thee O Lord , will I sing
, Few m en have done m ore real se r
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vice i n pro m oting the ki ngdo m of Christ not only i n the W est ,
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I ndies , bu t i n various i m portant Ci rcuits at ho m e , a n d espe c ially

as one of the general m issionary secret a ries , and as president of
the Conference i n 1 83 4 H e was a devou t and e a rnest Chris .

tian H e died in peace at B ass Lane H ouse, Bury Lan c ashire ,

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the residence of J R Kay, E sq, and had his last resting place
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i n the burial g round of Cheetha m hill W esleya n Chapel M a n

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chester, honoured in death as he had deservedly been i n life .

H Y M N 2 90 God if I m a y call Thee m ine

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hu t n ot S a n et ifieaf—TUNE, Pudsey 1 7 6 1
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page 1 5 0 The original i s in n ine double verses , five of which

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are o m itted .

H YM N 2 9 1 F ondly m y foolish hea rt ess a ys —I D es er t i on

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or T emp t a t i on —TUNE, Athlone, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , from “

Hym ns and Sa c red Poe ms ,
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1 7 3 9;
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page 1 49 . The original h as fourteen e

v rses , t he first t en of
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which are l eft o u t.

H Y M N 2 92 . To the haven of Thy breast .

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s a ia h xxx i i . 2.

TUNE, Kingswoo d, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m Hym n s and S a c red Poe m s , 1 7 4 2

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page 1 4 5 The latter half of the fourth , and the first half of
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the fifth ve rs es in the original are left out .

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H YM N 29 3 . J esu s , m y King, to Thee I bow .
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F i g ht t h e
G ood F i gh t of F a i t h —TUNE , I talian , 1 7 6 1 .

Charl e s W esley s , fro m H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s , ‘ 1 7 4 2 ,

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page 2 5 1 The original has n ineteen v erses , the fourth, and all
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after the tenth , being o mitted .

H Y M N 2 94 . J esu s Thou sovereign Lord of a l l

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F r ey a— TU NE , M ourners, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s form ing N o 2 6 in H ym n s and Sacred

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Poe m s 1 7 49, vol i i O ne half of the o riginal is left out The
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n ecessity and efficacy of prayer i s stron g ly set fo rth i n thi s

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hy m n . The God c omm anding plea of the fourth verse i s
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founded o n I sa xlv 1 1 , where the A lm ighty says , Co mm and

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ye m e . This co mm en c es the third se c tion of the book, with

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the t itle, F o r B elievers Praying .

H YM N 29 5 Co m e ye followers of the Lord M en o ug h t

—T U NE
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( Luke xv 1 11
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a l w a s t o p r ay
y a n d n ot t o jo i n t , , .
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Kingswood , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , first printed at t h e end of a tract , entitled,

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A S hort V iew of the D i fferen ces between the M oravian

B rethren lately 1 n E ngland , an d the Rev M r John and Charles .

W esley 1 7 4 1 ,
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I t i s also printed in H ym n s and S acred
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Poe m s 1 7 4 9 v o L ii N o 2 8 On e verse i s o m itted

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U nder the preaching of the first m issionaries at E nglish

H arbou r, Trinity B a y , N ewfoundland , the heart of George
I v a m y was graciously O pened to receive the gospel ; after
h e received the evidence of pardon a n d assurance he was abun
dautly happy, and during the rest of his short l ife he enjoye d
u nin terrupted p eace with God Fever and c on su mption foll owe d .
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HY M N 30 1 . J esus , my strength , my h O p e ” A Poor S i nner .

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—TUNE , La m pe ’s , 1 746 .

Charles W esley s fro m Hym ns and Sacred Poem s , 1 74 2 ,

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p age 1 46 The fou rth verse of the original i s left out , an d the
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second i s placed at the end and form s the sixth .

B rought to a knowledge of the truth under th e m inistry of

the Rev Willia m J enkin s i n 1 7 9 1 , A nn A usten , of Ki m bolto n,
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j oined the M ethodist So c iety 1n early life For m any years she .

was a diligent tract distribu tor , sick visitor, and class leader- - -
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For five years she was confined to the hou se by severe su ffering,
but no co mplaint escaped her lips I n a paroxys m of pain she .

would so meti m es say

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I w a nt a h ea rt to pray To pray and n ever cea s e , ,

N ever to m urmur a t T hy stay N or wi s h my su ffe ri ngs le ss

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H er last words were expressive of her c onfiden c e i n God, and

su re hope of heaven .

H Y M N 302 Lord , that I m a y learn of Thee

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[ sa i a h xxviii 9 , .

TU NE , M inories , 1 7 6 1 _ .

Form s N o 1 00 5 of Charles W esley s

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Short S c ripture
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H ym ns vol i
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HY M N 3 03 . Ah when shall I awake

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—God s ’
E v er l a s t i ng

L ov e — TU NE , La m pe s , 1 7 4 6
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F orm s N o 7 in Part I I of Charles W esley s H ym n s on

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God s Love
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The original has eleven v erses,fi ve of which ar e
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o m itted.

HY M N 3 04 . Sa viou r, on m e the wan t b estow .

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T he B ea t i
t ud es — TUNE, Travellers , 1 7 6 1 .

Thi s i s ma d e up of N os 1 9 , 2 1 .
,
2 2, 2 3 , 2 4 , 2 6,
and 2 7 of
Charles W esley s Hym n s on the
“ ’ ”
B eatitudes, found in the
“
Short S cripture H ym n s , vol i i
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H YM N 3 05 .
G ra c iou s Redee m er shake —F oz t he Wa t ohn zght , .
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TUNE Olney, , 1 76 1 .

Charle s W esley s , being N o 8 5 i n ’

H ym ns a n d Sacred .
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Poe m s , 1 7 49 , vol ii The original has ten verses the first four
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of w hi ch are o m itt ed This hymn c omm ences the fourth section

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o f the c oll e c t i on , with the title F or B elie vers W at c hing

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H Y . a nd i ts A s soci a t i ons . 17 5

H YM N 3 06 . F ather, to T hee I lift m ine eyes .

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M or n i ng —TUNE, 1 1 2t h Psal m, 1 7 6 1 0
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Charles W esley s , fro m ’ “

H ym ns and Sacred Poe m s , ”
1 7 49 ,

vol i , N o 1 4 2
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H YM N 30 7 . God of all gra c e and m aj esty .

”—F or t he fea r of
God — TUNE W e n vo 1 7 6 1 , ,
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Charles W esley s fro m Hym ns and Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 49 ,

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V ol i i , N o
. I n line si x verse four M r B unting suggests
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Changing the first word A nd for O h

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HY M N 30 8 . I want a p r 1n ci p l e within — F or .
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a T en d er Con
s ci en ce — TU NE , W e n v o , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esle y s form ing N o 1 6 7 of Hym n s an d Sacred

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Poe m s 1 7 49 vol ii The first verse and the halves of verses
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fou r and five of the original , are o m itted .

HY M N —
3 9 7 H elp
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Lord to who m for h elp I fl y —I n
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T emp
t a t i on — TU NE , M usi cians , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , form ing ’

No . 1 10 of Hym n s and Sa c red
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Poem s , 1 7 4 9, vol i . .

F or t he Wa t ch
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H YM N 3 I nto a wo rld of r ufii a n s sent
10 .
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n i gh t —TU NE , St Paul s 1 7 6 1
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Form s N o 8 9 of Charles W esley s .

“
Hym n s and Sa c red ’

Poem s 1 7 49 vol ii th e first verse of th e original being left

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out M r B unting h as suggested an entirely new and m u c h

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i mpro ved reading of the first verse

Int o a wo rl d of tempters sent ,

I wa lk o n hostile ground
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Where fo ol s o n s elf de stru ction bent

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A n d b ent o n mine surro und , .

H YM N 3 1 1 . B i d me of m en beware — F or .
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t he Wa tchi ng/i t .

TUNE, Olney, 1 7 6 1 .

Form s N o 90 of Charles W esley s Hymns and Sa c red

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Poe m s 1 7 49 vol ii the first verse of the original being left
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out and the n ext sli g htly altered

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 T he M ethodi s t H y mn Booh -
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H YM N 3 1 2 Jesu, my S aviou r, B rother, F riend ;

3 13 Pierce fill m e with an hu m ble fear
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Wa t ch i n a l l t h i ng s TUNE, Purcells 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , fro m H ym ns and Sa c red Poe ms , 1 7 4 2

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page 2 1 4 The original of these two form s one hym n , extend

i ng to fifteen stanzas , the last four being left out .

J ohn W esley an d M ethodis m had n o truer friends than were

A nn and Sarah Loxd a le two of the daughters of Tho m as Lo x
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dale , E sq of Shrewsbury An n was the inti m ate personal

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friend of the Rev J ohn W esley and the Rev J ohn Flet che r
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and afterwards beca m e the second w ife of the Rev D r Coke . .

S arah the younger si ster was converted to God in early life

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and was afterwards married to M r H ill of Shrewsbury son of , ,

the esti m able M rs H ill , who was her first class leader H er life -
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was one uninterrupted round of goo dness and m erc y, and can
no t be better described than i n the w ords of the Rev P . .

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M Co w an H er Christian experience was deep ; her dis
course was spiritual e d i fy i ng t a nd intelligent ; an d her entire
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deport m ent and c onduct evinced the closeness o f her walk with
God H er attach m ent to M ethodis m was arden t ; and her
.

liberality in supporting its institutions exe m plar y H er under .

standing was strong and well c ul tivated ; her j udgm ent was
sou nd an d discri m inating ; and her disposition was generou s
and tenderly a ffe c tionate H er piety was cheerful evangelic a l
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and catholi c She was a faithful friend , a condescending

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teacher o f youth , a wise counsellor, and an efficient class

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leader To this j u stly deserved eulogiu m m a y be added , that
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she was, fro m the co m m en ce ment of her religious course a c ,

customed to early ri sing and habitual industry I n later years, .

when unable to ri se early , she generally had her B ible '

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hym n book and Writing desk i n requi sition about six in the
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m orning Thi s c usto m she observed till she was half way
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between eighty and ninety yea rs of age Only five days illness .

preceded her death , but her m ind w a s un clouded, and she

enj oyed perfect peace The thought of j oi n ing the glorious
.

A c opy o f C ha rl es Wesley s Hymns a n d S a cred P o ems 1 749

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two vol um e s with M rs S a rah Hill s na m e written a cro ss b o th titl e

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pages a n d fo rm erly used by tha t la dy h as b een us ed by th e write r of

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the s e notes t o c o mpa re with t h e origina ls al l the hymn s s el ected from

tha t wo rk and it is prized by hi m for tha t pl easant ass oci a tion :
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 T he M ethod i s t H y mn Booh -
[ H Y 3 1
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fro m whi c h he was su ffering H e opened the service with m uch

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sole m nity, giving out H y m n 3 1 6 , c o m m en cing

Eterna l Pow er whose high abode
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W ithout reading the first verse he gave out the first two li nes of
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the s econd
The e while t h e first archangel sings
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He hides his fa ce behind his wings .

These lines h e delivered with an a w ful pathos his lips quiv er ,

ing as he uttered the sole m n words H i s e m otion was doubtless

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in c reased by the loosening of the silver c ord of life at that

m o m en t . W hilst the congregation were singing the second of
those lines , the prea c her looked partially round ( as if in sear c h
of so mething), sank down on the spot where he stood, and hi s
beautiful spirit was at on c e ad m itted to c hant the praises of G od
before H is throne in hea ven , and to witness that b ea t i fi c vision
” “
which leads even the first archangel in heaven to hide hi s
face behind his w ings W ithout a sound or sigh or m otion
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or w ithout even a single in stant s pre m on ition , did that e m inen t

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serv ant of God pass away to the skies , with a m ind full of sweet
peace and steadfast t ru st , overflowing with sa c red j oy i n the full
perform an c e of hi s holy du ties .

H YM N 317 Ah Lord , with tre m bling I c onfess —M a t t h ezo

v 1 3 —TUNE W elling , 1 7 6 1
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Form s N o 3 0 of Charles W esley s S hort S cripture H y m ns

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vol ii This hym n has long been a ston e of stu m bling and a
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rock of o ffen c e to m any Calvinists

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Forty years of the a c tive life of J ohn E arly were devoted t o

God ; during the whole of which , he was the c hief suppo rt of
the c au se of M ethodis m in W itney F o r several of hi s latter.

years , he wa s deprived of his sight , and was otherwise infirm ,

bu t i n all these su fferings he co m plained not , for God was the
strength of hi s heart and his portion I n hi s last illness he was .

very happy ; praising God , speaking of the pre c iou s blood of

J esus , and quoting the pro m ise s of God, and a couplet of a
favourite hym n
And lead m e to t h e mount above ,
"
Throug h the l o w val e of h umb l e lo ve .

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H i s last word s were I feel that heaven i s my ho me .
H Y . a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons . 1 79

H YM N 3 1 8 . keep I have —LA c harge to

e v i t i cus v iii 3 5 .
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TUNE Olney, 1 7 6 1 , .

This i s N o 1 88 of Charles W esley s Short S c ripture Hym ns ,

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vol i a hym n full of weighty and i m pressive thought, and often

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su ng ; a great favourite as it will ever re main , owing to its ,

speci al adaptation to the experience of life .

HY M N 3 19 .W a t ch d by the world s m alignant

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ey e .

N ehemi a h v 9 TU NE, W elsh 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s for ming N o 6 8 5 of S hort S c riptu re

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Hym ns , vol i I t shows the poet s great power of e mbodying

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Gospel duty and principle up on Old Testa m ent hi story .

H Y M N 3 20 B e it my only w 1s d o m here
. B eh ol d t hefea r .

& c —TUNE , Chapel , 1 7 6 1

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of t h e L or d t h a t i s w i s d om, ,
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Charles Wesley s , form ing N o 7 5 7 of ’ “

Short S c ripture .

H ym n s , vol i , founded on J ob x xviii 2 8

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H YM N 3 2 1 . S umm o n d m y labour to renew

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—T o be s ung at

w ork — TUNE , M itcha m, 1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s, 1 73 9 , ”

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page 1 94 Thi s hym n co mm ences the Fifth Se c tion, with the

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title For B elievers W orking ”

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H YM N 3 22 Servant of all, to toil for m a n — T o be s ung ”

at

w ork —TUNE Bexley, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym n s and Sacred Poe m s, 1 7 3 9 ,

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page 1 9 3 The first vers e of th e orig inal , o m itted reads as fol

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lows
S o n of the carp ente r rece1ve ,

This h umble work of m ine

W orth to my meanest l abour give
By j oining it to Thine ”
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H Y M N 3 23 God of al mighty lo v e —A n H our l y A ct f

o

O bl a t i on —TUNE , La m pes , 1 7 4 6
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Charles W esley s , forming N o 1 49 in H y mn s and Sa c red

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Poe m s 1 7 49 vol i
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I n the th ird verse of the ori ginal the first line is , “ Spirit of
gra c e i n spire, and the l as t lin e i s , A wo rm i nto a god
” “ ”
The .
 Hy ni n Booh
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T he M et hod i s t -
[ H Y .
3 27 .

alterations are to be preferred ; bu t the idea c onveyed i n the

l ast line exactly correspond s wi th a passage i n the first book of
Y oung s N ight Thoughts
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H poor h o w ri ch how abj e c t

ow , , ,
ho w a ugust ,

How c om p li ca te h o w wo nde rful , ,

i s ma n !

M i d wayfro m nothi ng to t he D e ity

A b eam etherea l sulli ed a n d ab s o rp t
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Though sul lied and d i sh o n o ur d still divine ’

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D i mm iniature of greatne s s ab s olut e !

An heir of g l o ry a frail heir of dust
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H elples s i m m orta l insec t infinite ,

A worm ! a g o d
Y oung as a poet was a favourite with the W esleys but prob
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a b l y b o t h Y oung an d the W es l eys had in thei r m inds the

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re collection of the words of th e S aviour I s it not written i n ,

your l a w I said Y e are gods

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J ohn x 3 4 ; see also Gen i 2 6
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H YM N Forth in Thy na m e 0 Lord , I go —c W ar h

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3 24 .
, . or e .

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TUNE , Angels S ong 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s formi ng ’

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No . 1 44 in “
H ymns and Sa c red
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Poe m s , 1 7 49 vol i ,
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H YM N 3 25 Lo I co m e with j oy to do F or a B el i ever -
in
B u s i n es s —TUNE Kingswood 1 7 6 1
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W or ld ly , , .

O ne of Charles W esle y s Rede mption Hy m ns .

3 26
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H YM N . Captain of I srael s host an d
xii 2 1 —TU NE , N orwi ch , 1 7 6 1
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Form s No . 1 33 of Charles W esley s ’ “

Short S cripture Hym ns ,

vol i
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H YM N 3 27 0 Thou who c am est fr o m above ” —

Lev i t i cus vi
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13 TUNE , Pa lm i s , 1 7 6 1 .

Forms N o 1 8 3 of Charles W esley s Short S criptu re H ymns

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vol i
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The words here ve rs i fi e d are , The fire shall ever be burni ng

”
Sam uel Bradburn in
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upon the altar ; it shall never go out .

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h is sketch of th e chara ct er of t h e founder of M ethodis m says , .

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f T h e Rev, Jo h n VVes l ey t o ld me w he n with h i m i n Y orkshire ,
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risest u p ”
. This , like m any other hym n s in the c oll e c tion has , ,

in eve ry verse and line , been m ade a blessing to so m e of the

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Lord s people .

Previous to the introdu c tion of M ethodis m into F akenham

an d W alsingham in N orfolk in 1 7 8 1 , by M r W esley , there
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were n one but fe m ale preachers in that locality ; but twelve of

these e m inently holy gifted wo m en were the m ean s of kindling
the fire of the Lord , till the work spread , and m any villages and
towns were blessed by the revival whi c h followed their labours .

A m ongst the converts resulting fro m th ese labours were m any

of the relatives and friends of A nn H ill Taylor who afterward s ,

becam e the wife of the Rev George Taylor O ne of these c on

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ver 5 was her m other s brother , J os iah H ill who beca m e an e m i

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ne M ethodist preacher another was h is brother Ja m es H ill , ,

a third was also na m ed J am es H ill , all three of who m adorned the

Chri stian profession during long lives A fourth , M r H arrison
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becam e a u seful local preacher : then followed a sister, who

beca m e the wife of Ri chard Fi sher, a M ethodi st preacher, and
m other of Tho m as R F isher , also a M ethodist preacher
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parents of A nn H ill Taylor also shared in the ri ch outpouring of

the Spirit of God ; an d she herself partook of the heavenly
fire whi ch c on su med the sin fro m the soul and produced a life
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devoted to God and to H is service W hen s carc ely twenty

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ye a rs of age, she was m ade the leader of a class and wisel y u sed ,

the o ffi c e for m any years H er love to the W ord of God was
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great she studied its truth , lived in obedience to its precepts ,

partook largely of its blessings and drank in its hallowed i n s p i r

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fu sing as a consequen c e light and j oy on e very hand

a t i o n s , di f .

Fro m youth she al m ost daily sang

W hen qui e t in my house I sit ,

Thy book b e my compan ion still

Myj o y Thy s ayings to rep ea t ,

Ta lk o e r the records of Thy will

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And search t h e oracl es divine ,

Ti ll every h eart fe lt w o rd be m ine

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She delig hted in the se rvi c es of the san ctuary, and especially
i n prayer m eetings , and for m any years attended one held
at an early hour on the S abbath m orning H er life was o ne of
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sinceri ty, integrity u sefu l ness , and prayer

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I n very early life , Ann , the wife of the R ev W illia m N aylor.

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H Y . a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons . 1 83

devoted herself to the Lord a n d through m any years maintained

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a close and u nifor m walk with God I n the church she was .

ready for every good work, and her labours of love were blessed
to m any A s a c lass leader she was d iligent , faithful and suc
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c e s s ful The W ord of God was her daily co m panion and she
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was a cc usto med to sing

0 m ay t h egrac ious words divine
Subj ect o f all m y c onvers e be
So will the Lord his foll o wer j oin ,

A n d walk and talk Hi mself with m e .

By her life she taught her fa m ily h o w to live and in her death
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which took place at H am m ers m ith, showed how pea c efully the
Christian c an die H er last words were, speaki ng of heaven ,
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M y treasure and m y heart i s there .

M usi c which has been the charm of s o m any has been the
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snare of m any m ore Sam uel Potter, of Cul m stock, D evon was
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for so m e years a m e mber of the c hoir in the parish church , an d

often during that period resisted the strivings of the Spirit of
God, by his love of the frivolity of his c om panions A letter .

c ontaining earnest godly advice, from a relative of h is , the

venerable J ohn M oon , one of the early M ethodist preachers ,

was to h is gu ilty conscience like the m essage of N athan to

D avid he left hi s ungodly co m panions , j oined the M ethodists ,
found pea c e i n believing, opened his house for preaching, and
ever afterward s devoted hi s best e fforts to the extension of the
work of God On the last Sabbath he spent on earth , he called
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h is fa m ily together for evening prayer and they sang at hi s

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request the whole of Cowper s hym n whi ch begins ’

G o d m o v es in a mysterious w a y .

H aving closed the devotion s of the day he sang for hi m self, as ,

he had done on m any previou s oc c asion s , the verse

Oft as I l a y me
down to rest ,

0 m ay the reco n ci l ing word

Swee tly c o m po s e my we a ry breas t
W hile on the b o so m of my Lo rd
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I s ink in blissful dream s away ,

And visions of e te rn al d ay .
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H e was v ery fervent in prayer the e vening before he died and ,

rested peacefully during the night Rising in the m orn ing .

1 84 T he M ethod i s t Hy mn Booh -
[ H Y .
3 29 .

refreshed he cheerfully said W ell , I think m y work i s al m ost ‘

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don e, and before he left hi s bed side the m essenger of m ercy -
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a rrived , he quietly sank do wn on th e bed , and fe l l asleep in the

Lord Crowds fro m the surrounding villages attend ed hi s

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funeral to do hon our to the m e m ory of a u seful godly m an .

M ethodi s m was i ntroduced into Beeston , chie fl y through the

residen ce there of M r and M rs Kirkland W hen residing in .

N ottingham, M rs Kirkland was brought to Christ by m eans of

a serm on preached in H alifax Place C h ap el b y the Rev E dward ,
.

H are I n 1 8 1 9 , on re m oving to B eeston, M r Kirkl and opened a

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roo m on hi s groun d for prea ch ing The cause grew and .

prospered until a large chapel was erected i n whi ch twelv e

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c lasses of m e mbers were gathered , an d a large S unday school -

establi shed Two of these classes were m et by M rs Kirkland ,

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whose life was m arked by so m any of the fruits of the Spirit

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that one of her neighbours sai d of her, she had for m any years
lived next door to heaven and had only to step over the thresh
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h old . D uring m any of her later years she every evening ,

repeated the verse

Ri s i ng t o sing my S aviou r s praise ’
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Th e e m a y I publish all d ay long

And let Thy prec ious word of gra ce
Flow fro m m y h eart and fi l l m y tongu e ,

Fill all m y life with pure st love ,

And j oin m e to t h e C hurch a bove .

That prayer was fulfilled in her life and after a short illness ,
she departed to be for ever with the Lord .

H YM N 3 29 Thee , J esus , full of t ruth and gra c e —T he T r i a l .

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of F a i t h — TUNE, W ednesbury , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m H y m n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 9

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vol i i N o 1 8 The original i s i n two double verses , and i s

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evidently founded on the fiery trial of the three H ebrew children

in B abylon and thei r astonish ing deliveran ce .

T h e doctrine of a parti cular providen c e , observes M r D

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Crea m er whi ch breathes throughout Charles W esley s poetry,

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i s very fo rcibly e xpressed in the second stanza of thi s hym n

W e now Thy gu a rd i an presen ce own ,

And walk unb urn d in fire ’

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This hymn co mm en ces the sixth se c tion of the book, with the
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title , For B elievers Suffering .
 T he M et hod i s t H y mn Booh -
H Y .
33 2 .

H YM N 33 0 S aviour of all, what hast Thou done ! —T he ”

T r i a l of F a i t h —TUNE, 2 3 d P sal m , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , form ing N o 6 of H y m n s and S acred

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Poe m s, 1 7 49 vol i i There i s a m ighty p ower of poeti c

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i mag inati on i n this fine hym n parti c ularly i n the c losing lines ,

I take m y l a st trium phant fl ight

Fro m C a lvary s to Sion s height ’ ’
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An old di sciple of a chee rful disposition , was J ohn W eb

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ster of Leeds H aving good health an active m ind an i ntense

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love to Christ and an anxi ou s desire to bring sinners to Christ,

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he devoted hi m self, and m uch of h is i n c o m e t o pro m oting the ,

c au se of God H e j oined th e M ethodist S o c iety in 1 7 8 0 and

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was a class leader for forty years O n one Sunday afternoon he

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m e t his class with m ore than hi s u sual fervour and a ffection .

I n the evening h e attended th e servi ce at B run swi ck Chapel in ,

good health and j oin ed heartily in singing the c on c luding verse

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of H ym n 3 3 0
This is t h e strait an d roya l way
That leads us to the courts above , &c .

H e knelt down with the c ongregation to pray and whilst so ,

engaged he was heard to groan , and , without speaking a word

he ceased to breathe .

H YM N 33 Thou 1 .Lord ,
hast blest m y going out —Aft
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er a .
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y o u r n e
y TUNE Leeds ,
1 7 6 1 .
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Charles W esley s fro m H y mn s and S a c red Poem s 1 7 4 0

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page 1 2 8 I n the original three hym ns follow each other

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a J ourney hy m n 2 1 4 ; A fter a J ourney, hym n 33 1 ; A t

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Lying D own hym n 2 2 7 , .

H YM N 33 2 M aster I own Thy lawful c lai m — ]f a ny m a n ”

w i l l com e aft er nee —T UNE, M a ri e nb ou rn , 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s fro m Hym ns and Sa c red Poe m s 1 7 49

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vol ii , N o 1 3 The original has eleven verses , si x of which

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are o m itted , and in so m e of the m the m ore glaring s in s of that

age as well a s of thi s, are fearlessly exp osed .
H Y 33 . a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons .

H Y M N 3 33 . Co me on , my partners i n distress .
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or t he
B r ot her h ood TUNE , S n ow s field s , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , form ing N o 22 i n H ymn s and Sa c red

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Poe m s , 1 7 49 v o l i i The third verse of the original i s left out
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Thi s hym n i s distinguished for its special adaptation to the

c ir c u m stan ces of the tried and su ffering people of G od M ont .

go m ery says of i h e hy m n that it anticipates the strains of the

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redee m ed and i s written al mo st i n the S pirit of the Churc h
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triu mphant ”
Two or three only out of m any e x a mples, illus
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t ra t i ve of the value of this hym n can be here give n ; others will

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be found referred to i n the B iographical I nde x .

U nder date of Coleraine, J une 7 , M r W esley writes

parti culars of a pleasing sight A young gentle w o m an entered
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into the M ethodis t Society there , as the result of M r W esley s ’

first preaching in that town in the open air U nexpectedly .

m eeting her sister in the prea c hing roo m she fell upon her -
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neck, wept over her, and could only say , O sister s ister 1 and ,

sank d own on her knees to prai se God B oth sisters were in .

tears so were m any others i n t h e roo m ; M r W esley hi m self

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was so a ffected that he hastened into another a part ment to c on

ceal his e m otion and to prai se God These two sisters were .

Ann Y oung and I sabella Y oung A nn becam e the beloved .

wife of the esti m able and venerable H enry M oore one of M r ,

W esley s executors ; and I sabella becam e the wife of another

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excellent M ethodist preacher , Tho m as Rutherford There did .

not live a person who stood higher i n M r W esley s esti m ati on

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for every gra c e and virtue wh ich can adorn hu m anity than Ann ,

M oore nor was she less beloved by M rs Charles W esley D r ,

A dam Clarke and by other di stingu i shed M ethodists who knew

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her I n her last illn ess she had n o desire but to depart and
.

be with Ch rist and when , on on e o ccasion reference was ,

m ade to so m e dear departed relatives , she said she should soon

see the m all in heaven and addressing M rs Rutherford, said ,
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S ing,
C ome on m y partners in distress
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M y com ra des throug h t h e wilde rn ess ,

W h o still yo ur bo di es feel &c ,

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N early her last words to her hu sband were, God is go od ;

God i s lo v e glory be to the Father an d to the S o n and to t h e , ,
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1 88 T he M et h
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H oly Ghost She peacefully entered into rest , with a heavenly
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s mile rest ing on her counten an ce ; and she l i es buried with ,

her honoured hu sband , close to the east wall of City R oad

grave yard , behind the chapel
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A m ongst the noble arm y of martyrs , few will o cc upy a

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m ore pro m i n ent position than the m issionary of the cross an d

a m ongst that self denying band , few w ill take higher rank than
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those of S ierra Leone Th ree su ccessive t e rin s of servi ce i n

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W estern Africa were undertaken and co m p leted by Tho m as

D ove U p t o that pe riod , 1 8 46 , no m issionary had rendered s o
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m uch service in that terrible cli m ate , and escaped with hi s life .

H e was converted i n early life received his first ticket fro m the
,

Rev J ohn Gaulter, when president of the Conferen ce , becam e a

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u seful local preacher and was encouraged by the Rev D r Adam

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Clarke to o ffer hi m self for the m ission work The record of hi s .

labours , as furn ished by hi s brethren , i s an a m ple testi m ony

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that he loved the happy toil and was abundantly owned ,

a n d blessed Through the m ercy of God he was per m itted

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to return to E nglan d after seeing so m any colleagu es fall i n the

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foreign field around h i m, and o cc upied several ho m e c ircu its with

a cceptan c e ; but the toil of that servi ce indu c ed a so m ewhat

pre m ature term ination of hi s useful labours H e bowed in .

sub m ission to the D ivin e will ; and in hi s se verest pai n and

weakness , only a short ti m e before hi s d eath , he said

W h o s u ffer with o ur ster here

M a ,

W e shall be fore H i s fa ce a pp ea r ,
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An d by His s ide sit down .

O n the day of h is death h e said I have not a c loud on m y ,

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m ind ; I die at peace with God and all m ankind ” A fterwards

h e said I sh al l s oon be landed , an d in twenty m inutes h e
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expired without a sigh .

Am ongst the c onnecting links uniting the M ethodis m of M r

W esley with that of h i s i m m ed iate su c c essors none held a m ore ,

useful po sition than Tho m as C o rd eux, the official p rinter to the

c onnexion M rs C o rd eux was a m ost ex c ellent, u seful, and
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exe m plary Christian , in early life seeking the kingdo m of heave n

and its righteou sness , and finding all other blessings attendant
thereupon Their j ournal i s a m ost i nteresting record of Chris
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ti an experien c e W hen illnes s had prostrated her strength , and

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of Charles W esley in his N otes on the B ible ; a n d on thi s
short hym n the discri m inating bibli cal cri tic m akes these o b s e r
va t i on s i n hi s n otes on thi s pas sage of H oly W rit N o soul
of m a n can suppose that ever God bade on e m a n to curse
another, m uch less that he co mm anded su ch a wretch as Shi m ei
to curse such a m a n as D avid ; but thi s is a peculiarity of the
H ebrew language whi ch does n ot always distingu ish between
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perm is sion and co m mand m ent Often the S cripture attributes

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to God what H e only per m its to be don e , or what in the course

of H i s providen ce H e does n ot hinder D avid , however , con .

siders all thi s as being per m itted of God for hi s chastisem ent
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and hu m iliation .The doctor then quotes thi s hym n with these
words : I cannot withhold fro m m y readers a very elegant
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poeti c paraphrase of thi s passage , fro m the pen of the R ev .

Charles W esley, one of the first of Chri stian poets ”

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H YM N 3 35. Cast on the fi d el i t y F or a w oma n n ea r
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t i m e of h er t ra v a i l — TUNE Kingswood , 1 7 6 1 ,
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F orm s one of Charles W esley s Hy mn s for a Fam ily page

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54. I n the se c ond verse there i s a sp irited person ification of

m er c y, death , pai n and sorro w
, .

M any who vi sited M argate a few years ago were stru ck on ,

entering the W esleyan chapel , with the appearan ce of two

brothers both in the evening of life , on e of who m read the
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liturgy with deep and reveren t feeling, while the other led the
respon ses of th e congregation O ne of these was George Rowe
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wh o early gave his heart to the Lord , and beca m e a u seful

m e mber of the M ethodist S ociety c onducting a clas s for nearly
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forty years , and serving the o ffices of S ociety and Circuit Steward
w ith e fficien c y W hen laid aside by illness he retained hi s
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confiden c e in God and when n ear his end , hi s brother vi sited

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and prayed with h i m , an d a t the close of the prayer he uttered

the beautiful lines
Cast on t he fid elity Of my re d ee mi ng Lord ,

I shall His sa lva ti o n s ee A c cording to His w o rd

,

Cred en c e to His word I give M y S avi o ur in distre s s es p a st

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W ill no t n o w His s ervant l ea ve But bring me thro ug h a t las t
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H i s faith was n ourished by de vou t meditation and prayer, and

i n pe a c e b e entered heaven
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O ne of the worthies of M ethodis m i n N ottingham was M r

S amp son B iddulph, A t t he e a rly a g e of eighteen , h e
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w as brought to a knowledge of the truth in the M ethodist c hapel

at H ockley was ad m itted on trial by the Rev J S Pipe and
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received his first m e m ber s ticket fro m the holy W illiam B ra m

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well who ever afterwards was hi s friend H e took an active

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part in the first m issionary m eeting held at N ottingha m , and in

whatever tended to spread the knowledge of d ivine truth , and
pro m ote personal holiness The parties held in M ethodis m i n
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his days were really m ean s of gra c e ; the ti m e was spent i n

Christian co mm un ion and i n prayer ; thi s was their delight ,

and the secret of thei r power, and on e result was that often ,

in those days fro m fifteen to twenty thousand m e m bers , and

even m ore , were annually added to the Church I n hi s last .

illness , and on the last Sabbath he spent on earth , he said , I

n o w feel the power of grace to su stain m e ; and afterward s,
whilst being supported in bed , he tried to repeat
Cas t on t h e fidelity Of my re d eem i ng L ord ,
”
I sha ll His s a lva tion s e e &c , .

H ere hi s voice failed ; but a friend read th e hym n through ,

which e m inently expressed the feelings of hi s heart , and i n thi s
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spirit he departed , to be for ever with the Lord .

The parents of M rs D B ealey were both inti m ate personal

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friends of M r W esley in London I n early life she resided on .

the Continent, enduring m any trials Return ing to E ngland in .

1 8 00 M i ss M arsden beca m e the wife of M r Richard B ealey of

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Radcliffe near M anchester D uring sixty years , thi s fam ily has
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rendered m ost i mportant and substantial help to M ethodis m i n

B ury and around that locality
, M r s B ealey was called to suffer
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the separation fro m several m e mbers of her fa m ily and ulti ,

m ately her own health gave way, and thi s confined her m uch at
ho m e Through these trials she found great consolation i n
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reading the S criptures and W esley s H ym ns E very n ight s h e

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used to have two or three hy m n s read to her, until she could

repeat the m fro m m e m ory A few days before her death , whilst
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her su fferings were m ost a c ute , she was relieved by verses of

S cripture or hym ns She frequently repeated two lines fro m
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her favourite hym n , the 3 3 st h

To Thy bl es s d will res i gn d
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And s ta y d on tha t a lone

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An d when memo ry fa il ed , every few m inutes she would say,

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1 92 T he M ethod i s t Hy mn Booh -
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Repeat my lines I n perfe ct cal m witho u t a struggle , her

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redee med spirit retu rned in triu mph to God .

H YM N 33 6 . in Thy na m e I pray —F o r a Woma n

F ather , .
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nea r t he t i me of her t ra va i l — TUN E, Kingswoo d , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s for a F a m ily, page 5 4

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The first and second verses of the original are left ou t O bje c .

tion has ofte n bee n taken to the last line of the first verse ,

And agony is heaven The severity of the c ontrast i mplied

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i n the language u sed we m ay be co me m ore reconciled to when ,

the design for which the hym n was written i s known This i s ex .

pressed i n the title U nder any circu mstances , c an i t be shown

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that agony i s heaven

The influen ce of M eth od is m in pro m oting the salvation o f ,

the m e mbers of its ho m es co m pares favourably with that ,

of other section s of the Christian Church O ne exa m ple of .

the tru th of this O pinion m a y be found in the blessed effect fol

lowing the ho m e training i n the do m esti c circle of M r George
O sborn of Rochester A t the age of eighteen he gave hi s heart
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to the Lord and during the rest o f his life he becam e the m ost
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active and influential m e mber of the M ethodist society in his

native city O n several o c casions he had the privilege of m eet
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ing M r Y es l ey , and on one of the visits of that excellent m a n

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t o the l ocality he walked with a few friends to one of the hills

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behind the tow n of Chatha m fro m wh ich a delightful prospec t ,

of the surrou nding country i s obtained All were pleased and .

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when they h a d fre el y expressed their ad m iration , M r W esley

took o ff his hat and began to sin g
u c
Pr a ise ye the Lo rd tis go o d
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to pra ise , &c .

W hen they had sung the hy m n they returned ho m e but the ,

lesson learned by M r O sborn was whenever h e saw fine , .

s cene ry to praise not the landscape only but the Author of it

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also W hen he was m arried he ha d wish ed that the Rev

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J ohn N ewton should p erfo r m t h e cere m ony ; but the ti m e .

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n ot being favourable , the venerable city rector invited h is

two Chatham friends to t ea wi t h h i m w h e n a religious ser , _

vi ce was held, the happ y effects of whi ch were never for

Two of the sons of M r O sborn— the Rev George
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gotten . .

O sborn D D and the Rev J a m es O sborn —

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ha v e occupied n o
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m ean ; pla c e in the M ethod i st m i nistry now for m any ye ars 2i nd ,

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page 1 44 The po w e r of the presen ce of Christ to c o m fort and

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heal i s strongly set forth in the fou rth verse .

W hilst attending a soc ial prayer m eeting at a friend s house -

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E lizabeth Calvert , afterwards wife of the Rev Richard J ohn s .

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was m ade happy i n the pardoning love of God when little m ore
than eighteen years of age Shortly after be c o m ing the wife o f .

a M ethodist preacher she had to take charge of a class but ill

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ness prevented her u sing so m u c h active energy i n the cau se o f

religion as she desired She was a source of m u ch help and .
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co m fort to the R ev Philip Garrett during the sickness whi ch

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ended his days on earth A s the leader of a class at W alworth .

she was m ade a blessing to m any W hen illness set in she

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sough t recovery in change , but she soon found that her earthly
labours were drawing to a close W hen life appeared to ebb .

away, an d her friends i n tears surrounded h er, she would sud

d e nl y break out i n singing t h e verse of h er favourite hym n
Th a nk ful I t ake the cup fro m Thee ,

P repared and m ingled by T h y skill

Though bitter to the taste it be ,

P owerful the wounded soul to heal .

Am ongst her last words were these T h e Lord does susta i n '

m e,
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and M in e eyes shall behold the Lam b .

H YM N 33 8 Thou La m b of
. God , Thou Prin ce of Pea c e
—TU NE , Purcells, 1 7 6 1
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I n Afl i ct i on or Pa i n .

J ohn W e sley s translation , fro m the Germ an of Christian

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Frederi c Ri c hter, and appears i n Hy m n s and S acred Poe m s ” ,

1 7 3 9 page 1 4 5
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The original has been attributed , i n error, to
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both T e rs t e eg en and Gerhardt .

D r Ri chter was born in 1 6 7 6 H e studied m edi cine and .

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afterwards divin ity at H a lle and i n 1 69 9 becam e m edical a d

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viser at Franke s O rphan hou se in that town H ere he dis c o

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vered a re m arkable m edi c ine whi ch yielded h i m large profits , all

which he gave to orphan hou ses H e wa s a re m arkably plain -
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si m ple m a n bent only on doi n g good H e began to c o m pose

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hym n s at the age of twenty H e died at the early age of thirty .

fi v e and left twenty three hym n s full of spiritual thoughts and

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showing a deepl y conte m plative Christian m ind

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For m any years J ohn B ra m well , of Colne , lived a rigid

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Pharisee but u nder a M ethodist serm on h e was convin ced o f

his sinful c ondition , and , after se vere m ental an guish , found
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H Y . a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons . I 95

pardon H e u sed to say that the 9 3 d H ymn des c r ibed hi s

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character and hi s c onversion H e ever afterwards spent h i s .

ti m e in advan cing the c ause of God I n hi s last illness he had .

settled peace of m ind and generally replied to inquiries i n a

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verse of S c ripture or of a hym n s o m e of whi ch he m u ch loved ,

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To a frien d wh o asked how he was , he replied

When p a in o er m y w eak fl esh preva ils ’
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W ith lam b like p a tien ce a rm m y brea st -

W he n grief m y w o unded s o ul a s sa il s ,

In l o wly me e kn ess m ay I
A few hou rs later , he whispered, W ell, well, and died in the
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Lord .

After m any years laboriou s toil in the m inistry of M ethodis m

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the Rev D aniel Jackson retired fro m the full work after which
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he was severely a ffl icted , first by losing his sight , then h is hear

ing and lastly by a painful spas m odi c asth m a I n the m idst
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of these co m plicated sufferings he m anifested Chr i stian s ub mi s

sion , fin ding relief often by q uoting the verse
Tho u L o rd the d readfu l fight h a s t w o n ;
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Alone Tho u hast the wine press trod -

In m e Thy strengthening gra ce b e shown ,

0 ma y I c on qu er thro ugh Thy blo o d !

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H e afterwards added I have sweet peace, sweet c onfidence in

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God and with hi s last breath he c al mly u ttered “

J esus , in ,

death re m e mber m e .

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H YM N 3 3 9 O Thou to whose all searching sight
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B el i ev er s S upp or t — TUNE Pudsey 1 7 6 1

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John W esley s translation fro m the Germ an of Count Z i n z en

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dorf which was publi shed first in hi s Collection of Psal m s and

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H ym ns 1 7 3 8 and afterwards in the edition enlarged in 1 7 3 9
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page I S4

H YM N 3 40 . The thing m y God doth h ate —7 er em i a h xx xi ”

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33 and xliv 4 TUNE , La m pes 1 7 4 6

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Thi s hym n i s m ade up of two of Charles W esley s S c ripture ’

H ym n s ”
vol i i N os 1 240 and 1 2 3 2 . , . .

There i s a re m arkable thought i n the third verse S oul of m y ,

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soul . Christ and the true believer beco m e a s it were iden , ,
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t ifi ed ; for he that i s j oined to the Lord , is one spirit S ir .
1 96 T he M ethod i s t H y mn Booh -

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34 2 .

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Richard Black m ore has the sa m e thought i n his Ode to th e
D ivine B eing

Blest obj ect of my love inte n se ,

I Thee m y j oy my trea sure ca ll , ,

M y p ortion my reward i m m ense

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So ul of my so ul m y li fe m y a l l i , ,

This hy m n co mmen ces the seventh section , with the title of

”
Seeking for F ull Rede m pti on .

The death of the father of Robert Spanton , of M alton was ,

th e c ause of the son s conversion at about the age of eighteen

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and for n early fifty years he was a c on sisten t m e mber of the

M ethodi st so c iety , faithfully and lovingly filling the duties of
class leader local preacher, and cir c u it steward during a great
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po rti on of that period H e n ever lost an opportun ity to reco m

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m end religion to all he ca m e i n c ontact with ; declari ng to a

young gentlem an on on e occasion that it afforded pleasure i n ,

po ssession pleasure i n the retro spect , and pleasure i n the pros

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pect . H e see m ed to live in the S pirit enj oym ent of the text ,

Rej oice ever m ore and when , j ust before his pilgri m age was
ended , h e wa s unable to sing hi m self he desired thi s verse to ,

be sung to h i m
Thy n a t ure be m y l a w Thy spotless sa nctity , ,

A n d sweetly every mo m ent draw M y ha ppy s oul to The e .

S oul of my s o ul rema in W h o did st for all fulfil ,

In m e O Lord fulfil again Thy hea venly Father s wil l

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he sai d there i s m ore d ivi nity in that on e verse than
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so me person s write in their life ti m e ”

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was , M y heavenly F ather c alls me Glory, glory l

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H YM N 34 1 . 0 Jesus , let Thy dying c ry —M .

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a tt . xxvu .
4 6, and
E ach xxxvi 2 6 — TUNE, Pal m i s ,
. . . 1 76 1 .

Thi s i s form ed of two of Charles W esley s S cripture H ymn s ’ ”

N os 2 69 and 1 269 based on M att xxvii 46, and E zek

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xxxvi 2 6 . .

H YM N 3 4 2 . God of eternal truth and gra c e .

—Pe fect Love
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TUNE M itcha m, 1 7 8 1
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Th is hymn i s form ed by j oining three of Charles W esley s ’

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N O S 1 3 7 6, M i c ah v i i 20 ; 1 74
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S cripture H ymns . .
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M att x v 2 8 29 7 , M ark ix 23
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Religion does not e x e mpt a m a n fro m trials , bu t it does supply

hi m with needful gra ce to help h i m to endure an d overco m e
the m Ball Green , S owerby, was known during th e greater part
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of a c entury as th e ho m e for the M ethodist preachers on their

visits to that place and in the dwelling of J ohn H aigh ( whose
wife was sister to the Rev M atthew Lu mb and m other i n law
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to the Rev J ohn A slin ) not a fe w of the early presidents of the

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Conferen c e found a hearty welco m e Thi s good m a n was .

often in the furn ace of trial yet , though he lived through n inety
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winters save one he lost n ot hi s c onfiden c e in God and in all

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hi s trials he delighted in the ordinan c es of re l igion and in the ,

spiritual c onversation of the Lord s people I n his last a ffliction’

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he had settled peace and shortly before hi s speech failed h i m,

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b e repeated very earnestly the verses

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O fo r a heart to prais e my G o d ! &c
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A nd also
A heart in every thought renew ( 1 ,
And full o f love divine
Pe rfe ct a nd right a n d pure a nd good ;
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A co py Lord of thine , ,

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H e added , Thi s will do, an d n othing else and i n that spirit
he entered into rest .

Clu stering round this hym n are other m e m ories sacred and
preciou s which it i s di ffi cult to pass by On e of M r W esley s
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chosen class and band leaders i n London was M rs Langford ,

whose husband was a l ocal preacher in the last century and of ,

wh ose trial serm on M r B radburn reported to the founder of

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M ethodis m , he preached like a prin c e

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The S unday m orning .

prayer m eeting now held in Lam beth Chapel vestry was co m

m e n ce d by M rs Langford in her kitchen ; and the first fe m ale
class form ed in Lam beth owes its origi n to thi s godly wo man .

H er daughter M ary began to m eet in c lass when about twelve

years old and for m ore than sixty su c cessive years she re mained
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in fellowship with the sam e people, and m aintained an un

ble m ished reputation W hen very young she beca m e one of
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the colle c tors for the building of City Road Chapel and c on ,

t i n u ed the good work till local clai m s diverted the flow of her
generous sym pathy I n 1 7 9 1 M ary Langford be c a me the
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wife of M r C o rd ero y , and afterwards the m other of M essrs

John E dward, George and W illiam C o rd e r o v a ll o f who m were
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or are honou red and useful m e mbers and offi c ers of the M ethodist
Societies in London H e r h u s b a n d was placed in a position of
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t rust and responsibility under the Govern m ent , but it involved

the e m ploy m ent of m any workm en on the Sabbath day To -
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this M r C o rd ero y n ot only de mu rred bu t positively declined to ,

work hi m self choosing rather the fear and love of God than the
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fear of any ma n, even the sovereign hi m self ; it involved the

break ing of the D ivine law H is integrity as a m a n wa s as .

great as his resolution to keep the Sabbath was fi rm and h i s

firm ness of character was rewarded by his being exe m pted fro m
work on the Lord s D a y , and by his having still greater c o n fi
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dence and respon sibility reposed in h i m I n these things he was .

su pported an d encoura ged by hi s excellent wife who , after she ,

becam e a w i d o w continued to m aintai n an unwavering confiden ce

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i n God .The Lord sustain s you , dear m other said one of her ,

children on the m orning of her death H er lips m oved in prayer .

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The Lord support m e Shortly afterward s she added with
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em phasis The Lord J ehovah i s m y strength

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O ne of her last .

acts was to take her p urse and with her o wn hand pay for a ,

B ible to be u sed i n the pulpit of a Pri m itive M ethodist Chapel

in a village where she had lately visited I mm ediately after .

wards , at her request, Psal m ciii was read to her On co m ing . .

to the 1 7 th verse the reader said “

Y ou see dear m other the , , ,

pro m ises are to your children and grandchildren H er reply .

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was , They m ust seek the Lord She then began .

O for a h eart t o prais e my G o d I

but could not get through even the first line H er child caught .

u p the strain and fin ished the verse ; a s m ile was the o n ly

re ward the su fferer c ould besto w, as the depart ing spirit entered
paradise .

H YM N 344
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Tho u h idden love of God , whose height .
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D i v i ne L ove — TUNE , Careys 1 7 6 1 , .

J ohn W esley s translation of a Germ an hy m n , writte n by

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Gerard T e rs t e e g e n I t first appeared i n the collectio n of

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Psal s and Hy m ns , 1 73 8 , also in

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Hym ns and Sa c red
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Poe m s , 1 7 3 9 .

John W esley i n h i s Plain A ccount of C hri stian Perfection

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re cord s that he w rote ( tran slated) thi s hym n while at Savannah,

Georgia , in the year 1 73 6, and he quotes the line in verse four ,
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co mm en cing I s there a thing beneath the sun , to S how hi s
religious senti m ents at that period D r Southey, c onfusing .

dates gives the a ffe c tion for Grace M u rray as th e origin of

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this hym n M r B Love i n his Re c ords of W esleyan Life

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des c ribes th is hym n as the piou s conte mplation of a soul

seeking for full rede m ption I n a tran slated Life of Ters .

t eeg en , by the R ev Sa m uel Ja c kson , a version o f this hym n i s

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given with two v erses the fou rth and fifth , m ore than J oh n
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W esley had tran slated .

G erard T e rs t eeg e n was born N ove mber 2 5 , 1 69 7 in the town ,

of M ors , i n W estphalia, and was the son of a godly trades m an ,

who di ed soon after hi s bi rth H e early showed great talents .
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and m ade progr ess at s c hool ; but hi s m other s circu m stan c es ’

co m pelled h i m to go to bu sines s instead of the U niversity at

the a g e of fifteen A t sixteen the grace of God reached hi s
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heart and soon afterwards , in a re m arkable m anner he sur

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rendered hi m self to God , and becam e unspeakably happy

Though poor h i m
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self he gave m uch to the poor, s o that he was

often i n want A t th e age of thirty he began to exhort i n
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private m eetings , and soon be c a m e widely known fro m the

si m pli c ity, power, and ex c ellen c e of hi s addresses H e began .

to travel and to address large audien ces , chiefly on the love of

God till h is health failed H e belonged t o n o sect, though the
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M oravian s tried to se c ure h i m H e gradually be c am e so weak .

as to look like a corpse but he c ontinued his labours till he was

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seventy three , when dropsy set in and he d ied April 3 , 1 7 6 9

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H e left 1 1 1 hym n s chiefly on three subjects —n a mely, Lo , God

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i s here God i n u s , and Co mm un ion with God an d Christ
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Thi s hym n , N o 344 was wri tten by T er s t e eg en i n 1 7 3 1 , and was

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origin ally in eight verses , of whi ch J oh n W esley translated S i x .

Thi s i s a de cided favourite an d i s printed i n all the W esleyan ,

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collection s i n M ercer s Church P salter in Ro un d ell Palm er s
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B ook of Praise , and also i n the M ora v ian collection N o 669

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where it will be fou nd in another rendering, and in the original

m etre .

HY M N 3 4 5 .
—“ Ye ra n s o m d sinners heard —Rejoi ci ng
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TU NE Resurre ction , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W e sley s fro m H ym n s and Sa c re d Poe m s , 1 7 4 2,

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p a ge 1 8 0 The se c ond verse of the original i s left out and the

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health was c ontinued to h i m H e died j ust before the Con .

ference to which body he sent thi s m essage two days before

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he died Tell the Conferen ce I die i n pea c e in love to the ,

preachers and the conn exion I a m going into eternity glorying .

in the cross of Christ

This all m y h0pe a nd all my plea , ,

F o r m e the S a vi o ur d ied .

H e left m ost of his property to the funds of M ethodi s m, and

died i n m u ch peace .

M iss Frances D alby, of N ewark , was c onverted to God in

early life u nder a serm on preached by Squ ire B rooke She had .

a fine talent for m usic , but for so m e years she had been nearly
blind O n the last S unday she spent on earth she requested her
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sister to play her a tune on c e m ore and to s ing the hym n com ,

m e n c i ng ,
For ever here my rest shall b e ,

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adding I sha l l s ing it too
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H er sister having re entered the .
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roo m where she lay she said , Y ou m anaged your part better
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than I did m ine I could only sing .

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For ever he re my rest shall b e

b ut she added with e m phasis I shall re main close to the bleed ,

i ng side of m y S aviour ”
And so she passed away in peace. .

B ut ju st before her departu re she had gloriou s m an ifestation s of ,

the D ivine presen ce to cheer her i n the dark valley .

A poor but industriou s m a n n am ed M artin who lived near ,

Leeds had been valiant for Satan , bu t after his conversion was
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as earnest for his S aviour I t w a s his custo m, on returning .

ho m e fro m hi s work in the evening to have a thorough washing , ,

and whilst doing so he continued to sing the third verse of

H ym n 3 46
W a s h m e a n d make m e thus Thine o w n , ,

W a sh m e a n d m ine Thou art ,

W a sh m e but n o t m y feet a lone , ,

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M y ha nds my hea d m y h ea rt , ,
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Several other exa mples of the use of this hym n will be fo und
n a m ed in the index .

H Y MN 347 . my life ! Thyself apply Ch r i s t

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fi S a n ct z ca t i on . TUNE, Aldrich 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and Sa c red Poe m s ”

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page 9 7 The last v erse of the original i s left out I t is also

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p rinted in John W esle y s Select Hy m ns with Tunes a n n ext ,

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1 7 6 1 , in the Sa c red M elody, with the tune S p i t a l fiel d s

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H YM N 348 . H eavenly F ather, sovereign Lord .

3 49 . W here the an c ient D ragon lay ”

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I sa iah xxxv —TU NE H otham, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esle y s fro m H ym ns and S a c red Poe m s , 1 7 40

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page 1 0 7 The original is i n twenty fou r line stanzas an d was

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divided after M r W esley s death ’

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H YM N 3 5 0 . H oly Lam b , who Thee receive —R ed emp t i on .

F o u n d —TUNE, S avannah 1 7 6 1 , .

J ohn W esley s translation , m ade in 1 7 40, fro m the Ger m an of

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A nna D ober originally written in 1 7 3 5

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written for a children s school feast The eighth and n inth -
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verses are n o t translated I t i s a fine em bodi m ent of sou nd .

scriptural doctrine .

W hen Oldham w a s part of the M anchester c ircuit i n M etho

d i s m and Tho mas Tennant the stationed preacher in 1 7 90
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H annah M ills received her first ticket of m e m bership and for

half a centu ry h er walk was such as becam e the gospel o f
Christ I n her last illness her m ind was kept i n perfect peace
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a n d s h e often c al led on her frien ds to help her to praise the

Lord The day before she died , she was favoured with a special
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sight of the heavenly world whereupon she said , If the Lord

wi ll but allow m e to spend m y next S abbath in heaven , I will
praise H i m louder than any that are there O h that I c ould .

sing I would sing m y favourite verse ,

Dus t a nd as hes though I to
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Full o f s i n an d m ise ry .

Then after a pau se she repeated the third and fourth lines with
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great e mphasis ,
Thine I a m Tho u S o n o f G o d , ,

Take the purchas e o f Thy bl o o d .

Shortly afterwards robed in righteou sness divine , she en ter ed

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the N ew Jerusale m abo i

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H YM N 3 5 1 Co m e H oly Ghost all quickening fire

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t o God t h e S a n ct ifi er — TUN E, Y ork , 1 76 1 . .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s an d S a c red Poe m s,

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HYM N 3 5 2 J esus , Thou art our King —H y mn t o Ch r i s t the

K i ng —TUNE , I rene ,
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1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m ’

, Hym ns an d Sa c red Poe m s , ”

1 7 3 9,

page I 7 4

H YM N 3 5 3 O J esu , sour c e of cal m repose Ch r i s t Pr ot ect -

i ng a n d S a n ct ify i ng —TU NE , 1 1 3 t h P sal m 1 7 6 1

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Fro m Hy m n s and S a c red Poe m s 1 7 3 9 page 1 8 1 , tran s , ,

lated by J ohn W esley fro m the Germ an of Joh n Anas ta siu s

F rey li n g h a u s en This hym n throws m u ch light on the doctrine
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of Christian perfection but the petition in verse five ,

No anger m a y st Thou ever fi n d
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m u st be understo o d as referri ng only to sinful anger, and not a s

conde m ning all anger whatever for it i s a pre c ept B e ye ,

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angry, and s in not .

J ohn Anastasiu s F r ey l i n g h a u sen was born D ece ber

at Gundershei m in the s m all prin cipality of W olfenb uttel ,
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where hi s fath er wa s a trades m an and the burgo m aster H is .

p ious m other early taught h i m the truths of Christianity I n .

1 68 9 he entered the U niversity of J ena , but in 1 6 2 he re m oved

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to H alle under A H F rancke , and be ca m e his assistant m inister
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at Gla u cha , near H alle I n 1 7 1 5 he was raised to the assistant

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charge of St U lri c s Church , H al le , and m arried his god child

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Francke s only daughter, wi th who m he lived in great peace and

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blessedness O n the death of Francke i n 1 7 23 F re y l i ng h a u s en

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was appointed chief m inister of St U lric s , and director of the ’

O rphan H ouses H e su ffered m uch fro m m ost violent tooth

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a che , during whi ch h owever he c o m posed so m e of his be st

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hym ns I n 1 7 3 7 his tongu e beca m e paralysed and he had to give

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up preaching H e died Febru ary 1 2 1 7 3 9 H e left the Church

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a legacy of forty four hym n s which are full of sou nd p iety and
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tender godliness co m bined with great be auty and warm th o f

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expression F re y li n g h a u s en was th e chief hym n writer of the

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pieti s t s c hool in Germ any, a nd colle c ted the best hym n s of all
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H YM N 3 59 God of I srael s faithful three T he T h r ee .
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Ch i l d ren i n t h e fi ery fu r n a ce —TU NE , Am sterda m , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , fro m H ym n s and Sa c red Poe m s 1 74 2,

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page 2 1 0, founded on D an iel i ii The se c ond verse of the .

original is left ou t .

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H YM N 3 60 . Father of Jesu s Christ m y Lord T herefor e , .

i t i s of fa i t h ,
t ha t i t m i gh t be by g r a m —TUNE , B exley ,

1 761 .

Charles W esley s fro m Hy mn s and Sacred P oe m s 1 74 2 ,

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page 2 4 8 founded on Ro m an s iv 1 3 & c The original has

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twenty verses n ine of which are left out The poet seeks with
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m uch care to gu ard thi s hy m n against the faith of the A n ti

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n o mia n hen c e the faith of whi c h he writes i s obedient faith ;

it waits on God in a diligent use of the m eans of grace .

I n early life , Fanny W edgwood , of W ybu nbury N an t w i ch , ,

was c onverted to God she j oined the M ethodist S ociety ,

and walked circu m spectly A rapid c on su m ption c ut short .

her earthly c areer H er sleepless nights were o c cupied in holy

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m editation , prayer, and praise A little before her death she

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exclai m ed
F a ith m ighty fa ith the pro m ise see s
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A n d l o ok s to th a t a l o n e
La ughs at i m p o s sibiliti es ,
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And cri es It shall be done I ,

I shall go to heav e n the p ro m 1 s e can not fail : so she slept i n

J esu s
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M r s R iles wife of the Rev J ohn Riles , su ffered a painful

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a ffl iction with exe m plary patien ce H er husband praying by .

her bedside she j oined heartily, and at the close ex c lai med ,
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with great e m otion

Fa ith m ighty fa ith the prom ise s ees
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A n d l o o ks to tha t a l o ne
L a ugh s a t i mp o ssibiliti es ,
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And c ri e s I t shall b e do n e 1 ,

A dding ,
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I long to be gone , and her wish was very soon after ”

ward s gr anted .
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H YM N 3 6 1 M y God ! I kno w I feel Thee m 1 n e Ag a i n s t , .

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h op e, bel i e v i ng i n h op e TUNE , M i t c h a m 1 76 1 ,

Charles W esley s fro m Hy mn s and Sacred Poe m s 1 740

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page 1 5 6 The eleventh verse of the origin al i s left out

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H YM N 362 B e it according to Thy word H e t h a t l os et h .

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hi s l ife for M y s a he s h a l l fi n d i t TUNE St Paul s 1 7 6 1 .
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Charles W esley s , fro m Hy m n s and S acred Poe m s , 1 7 4 2

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page 2 1 2 The original has twelve verses , three of whi c h are

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H YM N 3 63 W hat
n ever speak on e evil word
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iii 2 a n d Ps a l m cii i 3 —
. TUNE E vesha m , 1 7 6 1 . .
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Charles W esley s fro m S c ripture H y m n s 1 7 6 2 The first

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and second verses for m N o 7 5 3 ( Jam es iii the th ird and . .

fourth verses form N o 8 5 4 ( Psal m ciii . .

H Y M N 3 64 J esus the gift divine I know —7 ohn iv 1 0, 1 4 ;

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a n d 7 a m es i 2 7 TUNE , 1 2 3 d Psal m, 1 7 6 1 . .
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Charles W esley s , fro m S c ripture Hym n s 1 7 6 2 V erses

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1 and 2 form N O 4 1 3 ( J ohn iv 1 0 verses 3 4 , and 5 for m

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N o 7 3 8 (J am es i
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bu t patched up and disj ointed , and requires e m endation ”

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H Y M N 3 65 . O God of m y salvatio n ,
hear .

3 66
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. I soon shall hear thy q ui ck n i ng voice .

A T ha n hsg i v i ng TUNE Y ork , 1 7 6 1 .

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Charles W esley s fro m H y mn s and Sacred Poe m s , 1 74 2

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fou r of which are left out ; i t was not divided till after M r
W esley s death
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S everal lines in thi s hymn , writes M r
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B unting lam e and bad
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H YM N 3 67 co m e an d dwell in m e
. 0 S eehi ng for fu l l
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R ed emp t i on —TUNE , Olney, 1 7 6 1 .

The original form s three of Charles W esley s S c ripture

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Hy m n s 1 7 6 2 , vol i i V ers e 1 form s N o 6 1 9 ( 2 Cor iii 1 7 )

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verse 2 form s N o 5 7 8 ( 2 Cor v . verse 3 form s N o 7 1 3 . . .

( H ebrews xi .

The m other of M r J am es M u s gfa v e, of Lee ds , was a M ethodist

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for si x ty years , and her father was one of the first m e mbers of
S o c iety in th at town J am es M u sgrave was brought to God
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during a revival in 1 79 7 , when he was twenty years of age .

H is c onvi ction s of s in were so deep he retired in to a field to ,

plead with God for pardon , and there he found it Forty si x .

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years afterwards at a band m eeting h e testified to the reality

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of the change of heart he then u n derwe nt Several hundred .

young person s were brought to God in that revival , and a m o n gst

the m was the Rev J a m es B la c kett , and the father of the Rev
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Robert Spen ce H ardy A c lass form ed of these young m en

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was taken in charge by the Rev W illia m I nglis , whose j udicious

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coun sels greatly contributed to their establish m ent i n the faith .

O ne of h is valued ad m onition s was , W hen the world as saults

you wat c h and pray when the flesh , flee and pray ; when the
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devil fight and pray

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H e was su cc essively appointed a local
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preacher c l ass leader an d tru stee of several chape ls i n which

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duties he a c ted with fidelity an d j udg ment O xford Place Chapel .

owes m uch to h is activity, diligen ce and benevolence ; and a ,

tablet to honour hi s m e mory i s erected within that edifice H e .

was present at the great Centenary M eeting held in M anchester

i n 1 8 3 9 , and his portrait i s engraved i n the great pi cture c o m
m emo ra t i n g that event O n S unday, M a y 6, 1 84 4, he attende d
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t h e seven o clo c k m orning prayer m eeting at the Oxford Place

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Chapel and shared in condu c ting the servi c e H e selected and

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gave o ut hy m n 3 6 7
0 co me and dwe ll
, i n me, Spi rit o f po wer withi n !
W ith i m pressive earnestn ess he gave out the last verse
I want the witness Lo rd That all I d o is right, , ,

A ccording to Thy wi ll a n d word W ell pl e asing i n Thy sight ,

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I a sk no highe r state Indulg e me but in this

And soo ner or lat e r the n tra nsla te To my e ternal bli s s .

W ith the giving ou t of that hy m n , and its a c co mp a nying prayer,

hi s public work for God on earth ma y be said to have closed .

H e a ttended the forenoon service at the chapel, and in the

e ve n ing was proceeding to the sa m e pla c e , when he was seen
by a pe rson in the street to stagger, an d fall M edi cal assist .

ance was obt ained in a few m inutes , but life was e x tin c t ; disease
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of the heart had tran slated the Lord s servant , to sing the
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La mb i n hym n s a bove .

T he p i oneer m other of M et h od is m in S outh A fri c a w as Ann

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that is c ontain ed i n co mm un ion with God , whether of prayer or
praise I t is free fro m figurative language : but how shall we
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express o t h er w1 s e than in the language of the hy mn itself the '

seraphi c sole m nity, the spirit of prayer which are evinced in ,

this co m position — that prostration of soul before the I nfinite

Three i a One which none but the saved sinner can feel and
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which see m s to i m itate that of the angels i n heaven ? I t i s only

the Spirit in the first , a n d those consecrated by H i m in the
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second place, whi ch can search into the deep things of Go d .

H YM N 3 70 eepen the wound Thy hands have m ade

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S eeh i n g o r u l l R ed emp t i o n — TUNE ,
B r o c k m e r 1 7 6 1 ,
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Th is i s m ade up of two of Charles W esl ey s S criptu re ’

H y m ns 1 7 6 2 , vol i V erses 1 a n d 2 for m N o 3 4 2 ( D eut xx x i i :

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and verses 3 and 4 form N o 8 69 ( Psal m cxix . .

H YM N 3 7 1 W hat n o w i s m y object and a i m P —S eehi ng fozz ”

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f u l l R ed emp t i on TUNE The Shepherd

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of I srael ,
1 7 6 1 .

This is m ade up of N os 8 05 and 8 1 0 of Charles W esley s

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S cripture H ym n s , 1 7 6 2 , based on Psal m xx xix 8 , an d xlii 2 , . .

of the Prayer book version -

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M r s A gar, of Y ork , m other of the Rev J oseph Agar w as privi .

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l eg e d with the special personal friendship of the founder of

M ethodis m who soj ourn ed under her roof duri ng his last v i sit
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to Y ork S h e had then two young children on whose heads

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that venerable m an of God laid his hands , and blessed the m .

Previous to her m arriage she had been privileged to attend the

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Conference at Leeds in 1 7 8 4 when she was e d i fi e d w ith the con

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v e rs a t i on s of M r W esley M r and M rs Fletcher, M iss Ritch ie ,

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and others of M r W esley s special friends She g ave her heart

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to God in early life ; but after that Conferen c e , religio n was

with her m ore than ever a reality I n her last illness her m in d .

was kept with pe rfect peace W h en a hope of h er recovery was

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expressed by her friends she answered , For m e to live i s

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Christ and to d ie is gain

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A nd again , I am in great peace
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all i s Rock !
I thirs t fo r a l ife giv ing G o d -
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A G o d tha t on C a lva ry d ied

I g as p fo r t h e stre am of Thy l o ve ,

T h e S piri t of ra pture unknown

And the n to re d ri nk it ab o ve
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E t erna lly fres h fro m th e throne

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H er last words were, Jesu s i s preciou s ; H e i s with m e i n the “

valley ”
Thus her spirit pea c efully entered into rest
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HY M N Give me the enlarged desire —

372 . S eeh i ng for fu l l .

R ed emp t i on —TUNE , A m sterdam , 1 7 6 1 .

Thi s i s N o 8 4 1 ( Psal m lxxxi 1 0 )of Charles W esley s S c rip

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ture Hy m ns 1 7 6 2 I t was a favourite hym n of the Rev John

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Fletcher s , when president of Lady H un t i ngd o n s College at
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T r ev e ec a At that ti me M r B enson was the head m aster of

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that college .

H YM N 3 73 . J esu Thy boundless love to m e

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L i v i ng by
Ch r i s t — TUNE Cary s , 1 7 6 1
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J ohn W esley s tran slation of Paul Gerhardt s Germ an hymn

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I t appears i n H ym n s and S a c red Po em s , 1 7 3 9 and a lso i n .

th e U nited B re t h r e n s Collection Th e original has n ineteen ’

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v erses seven of whi c h are left out

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For a notice of the author .

see u nder Hy m n 2 3 Several verses of thi s hy m n , and espe c ially

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the last one have been u sed as dying testi m on ies

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The first M ethodi st who visited Prin ce E dward s I sland i s ’

belie ved to have been Benja m in Chappel who m M r W esley ,

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m ention s in h is J ournal, vol iii , page 3 69 Benja m in an d . .

W illia m Chappe l who h ad been here (at I nverness ) three

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m onths , were waiting for a vessel to return to London The y .

had m et a few people every n ight to sing and pray together ,

and their behaviou r, suited to their profession , had re m oved

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m uch prej udice B enja m in was a wheelwright a n d going out
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to Prince E dward s I sland began to call upon the i slanders to

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turn to God H e died as he had lived , rejoi cing in his Savi our ,
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and faintly singing with hi s expiring breath

0 Lo ve how chee ring i s thy ray
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All pa in before thy presence fl i es .

B efore he died h e saw the cau se of G od established and pros

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pering on the i slan d .

At the age of fourteen E leanor D i ckinson received c o nfi rma ,

tion in the Church of E ngland and learned , by heart,prayer s ,

adapted to every circu m stance of life W rapt in a cloak o f .

self righteou sness she c ontinued till m o re t h an twenty when

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she was indu ced to hear a serm o nby the Rev Tho m as Hanb y .

a m ongst the M ethodists under which she was convin ced of h er ,

sinful state by nature She began to pray, and earnestly sou g h t .

 T he M . et hod i st H y mn Booh-
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the Lord and entirely lost all recollection of the for m s she
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she had learned by heart She was invited to a class m eeting .

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feeling at the sa m e ti m e that her heart was as hard as the

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n ether m ill stone A s she entered the roo m, the leader was
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giving ou t the verse i n H ym n 3 7 3 ,

M r
o e ha rd th a n m a rb l e i s my
h ea rt ,

A n d fo ul with sins of d ee p est s tain

B ut Tho u t h e m ig hty S avi o ur a rt ,

N o r fl o w d Thy cl e an s i ng blo o d i n v a i n
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A h s o ften m e lt this ro ck a n d m a y
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Thy bloo d wa sh all these s tains aw ay

These lines so exactly described her case that Sh e was greatly ,

a ffected her m ind was earnestly engaged in prayer an d before ,

the meeting closed she was enabled to believe on the Lord

Jesus Christ for pardon and went ho me happy m God After , .

her m arriage she was providentially vi sited by M r s Fletcher

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who beca m e an inti m ate friend and they lived on term s o f ,

happy fellowsh ip to the end of their lives dying within a few

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days of e a ch o t h er M rs D i ckinson was an exam ple of all

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godliness and the last word s sh e was able to utter were in

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answer to the observation of her friend the Rev W alter Griffith .

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I t is easy to d ie when t he sting of death whi c h i s s in , i s

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drawn .
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She faintly whispered “
Y es yes S oon after her
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redee med spirit entered the m an sion s of the blessed .

I t i s worthy of re m ark , that the sa m e hym n was dwelt upon

with evident delight by the same W alter Gri ffith when on the
verge of eternity, ju st ten years a fterwards B eing so m ewhat .

d isappoin ted i n the plans he had hi m self form ed in youth he ,

sought revenge by a determ ined purpose to enter the arm y bu t ,

D ivine Providen ce fru strated hi s plan s ; an d when his d i s a p

point m ent was deepest he was led to hear a serm on by the Rev
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J oseph Pil m oo r i n W hitefriars S treet Chapel D ublin , whi ch r e

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s ul t e d i n his being re c eived a m e mber of the M ethod ist S ociety

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by that excellent m inister H e was ad m itted on trial as a travel

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l ing preacher by the I rish Conference i n 1 7 8 4 and the account

of the l abours of thi s truly devoted servant of God in early
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life i s a m ost interesting record as found i n th e M ethod i s t ,

M ag a z i n e for 1 8 2 7 I n 1 8 1 3 he was elected President of t h e

.

C o nferhn c e, an d continued to labour with great a cc eptan ce and

u sefulness till within a few m onths of his death D uring his .

l ast illness he said to D r Ada m Clarke , Y ou know, D octor M r ,

 T he M eth o d i st H y mn Booh -
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3 84 .

H Y M N 3 77 . of everl a sting grace —F or Wh i t S u n d ay

F ather .
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—TUNE Psal m 1 1 3 1 7 6 1 , , .

Charles W esley s fro m Hym n s of Petition and Thanksgiving

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for t h e Pro m ise of the Father 1 7 46 page 3 , , .

H YM N 3 78 . W hat shall I do my God to love ? —D es i r i ng to

L a v a —TUNE , Canterbury 1 7 6 1 , .

Charles W esley s, fro m H ym ns and S acred Poe m s ,

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page 2 4 The third verse of the original i s left out

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H YM N 3 7 9 . 0 love , I langu i sh at thy stay es i r i ng to

L ov e —TUNE Psal m 1 1 2 1 7 6 1 , ,
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Charles Wesley s , fro m ’ “

H ymns and Sa c red Poe m s , 1 7 4 2,

page 2 5 .

H Y M N 3 80 . Prisoners of hope , lift up your heads T he .

W or d of o u r G od s h a l l s t a n d for ever TUNE , Frankfort .

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1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s , fro m H ym ns and S acred Poe m s

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page 2 3 2 F our verses are o m itted

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H YM N 38 1 . When
S a v iour shall I be , my , _
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TUNE Paris 1 7 8 1 , , .

Charles W esley s fro m Hy mn s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2

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page 1 5 2 The original i s in five dou ble verses, of w hich three

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are o m itted .

H YM N 3 82 . great M ountai n , who art thou ?

0
W h o hath slighted or c o nt e m n d ?
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3 83 .

Z echa r i a h iv 7 , & c —TUNE, Am sterda m, 1 7 6 1

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C harles W esley s from Hy mn s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2

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page 23 4 The second part, like the first consists of five verses
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of which two are o m itted .

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H Y M N 3 84 know that my R edee mer lives . R ejo i ci ng
in H at ed —TUNE , Liverpool 1 7 6 1 ,
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Charles W esley s fro m H ym ns and S acred Poe m s , 1 7 4 2

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page 1 80 The orig i nal has twenty three verses , of which four
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t ee n are o m itted .

A plain s i mple hea rted , u nlettered, but g odly man; wa s J ohn

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W arters of N o rton near M alton , where he beca m e a u sefu l

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local preach er and lived to be at the head of the plan in the

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M alton circuit The poo r unedu cated people heard h im gladly

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fro m h is plainness of speech H e long prayed for the conversion

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of his fa m ily and lived to see hi s prayers answered H e su ffered

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m u ch and severely in h is last illness but co m forted h i m self by

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quoting verses of hymns O ne of his last e fforts a t qu otation

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gave evidence of hi s assured faith in Christ H e repeated the .

first verse of Hym n 3 84

I know tha t my Red e em er lives ,

A n d ev er pra ys fo r m e
A t ok en o f H i s l ove He give s ,
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A pl e dg e o f liberty .

O n c o ming to the second verse, he dwelt with pleasure on the

line
H e bring s salva tion near .

Amongst his last utteran ces were the words

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Christ i s preciou s
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preciou s Chri st preciou s blood precious pro m ises
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a connexion of m ore than sixty years with the church m ilitant ,

he j oined the triu m phant h ost in the city of God .

I saac P a pe was brought to know God , i n the city of Y o rk , and

m ade a prayer leader and exhorter -
I n 1 8 2 2 he re m oved to
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Ripon , where he beca m e a loc al preacher, a n d aided by his ,

brother co m m enced a S unday school at B orough Bridge H e

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was l o n g a m o s t faithful and earnest c lass leader W hen illness -

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set in he saw no hope of recovery, and was fully res i gned to the
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will of God To a friend who vi sited h i m the day before his

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death h e said , W hatever you do give your heart t o God ;

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and do i t without delay To another friend he said I h ave
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built on a Rock , and that Rock is Christ ”

And to M r Steven
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son one o f the preachers , who as ked if he found J esu s n ear, he

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replied
I find H i m lifting up my head ,

H e bri n gs s a lva ti o n n ea r
H i s presen ce mak e s m e free i ndeed ,
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And H e will s o on appea r .

After partaking of the sa c ram ent of the Lord s Supper he see m ed ’

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lost to all earthly things , and talked of nothing but chariots and
angels , shining garments , crown s a nd m u si c , shouting hallel ujah,
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u ntil hi s exulting spirit entered the paradise abo v e .

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385 .

HY NM 3 85 . Love D ivine all loves excelling —F or t h ose th a t

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s eeh R ed empt i on — TUNE, W e st m i n ster, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m Hym n s for those that seek an d those

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that have Rede m ption in the Blood of J esu s Christ 1 7 4 7

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The second verse of the original i s left out ari sing probably ,

fro m two lines whi ch are thought to be defective i n doctrinal

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a c cura c y The o m itted verse i s as follows

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Bre athe O brea the Thy loving s p irit

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Int o eve ry troubl ed breas t

L e t us a l l in The e inh erit ,

L e t us fi n d that s e cond re st
Ta ke away the power o f sinni ng ,

Alpha a n d O m eg a be ,

End of faith a s its b eginning

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Set our h earts at libe rty .

U pon the two doubtful lines i n the centre of thi s stanz a ,

that refined criti c M r Fletcher of M adeley, h as re m arked

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M r W esley says s econd r es t becau se an i m perfect believer en

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j oys a first , inferior rest if he did n ot, he would be n o believer .

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An d of th e line , Take away the power of sinn ing he asks, I s ,

n ot this expres sion to o strong ? W ould it n ot be better to soften

it by saying , Take away the love of sinning [ or the bent of
the m ind towards sin ] Can God take away fro m u s our p ow er
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of s i n n i ng without taking away our power of free obedien ce ?
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A s early as the age of ten years E lizabeth , the first wife of the ,

Rev F ran ci s At h o w W est began to m eet i n class , and to non e

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of the m any mean s of g r a c e offered by M ethodis m was she m ore

attached than to the class m eeting I nstru cted and delighted
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by the preaching of the Rev Robert N ewton , her j oy was greatly

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increased when she be cam e an in m ate of hi s house to take

c harge of h is children I n 1 8 2 6 S h e was m arried and in 1 8 29
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she had so m e strong presenti m ents of changes i n the fa m i l y by

death The death of two of her sisters , and of M r W est s
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m other, confirm ed these i m pressions , and shortly afterwards she

had further indi c ation s of a si m ilar character, whi ch really pre
ceded her own early death She su ffered m u ch and severely,
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and was very prostrate To her hu sband s inquiry, I s Jesu s
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pre c iou s ? she m ade n o reply for so m e ti m e A fter she had

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gathered a little strength, she began singing

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3 86 .

th e end of the first , se c ond and third edit i on s only of thi s

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work, but was withdrawn fro m the fou rth and fifth editions , and
i nserted as a c o m plete paraphrase of the c hapter in the 1 7 49
book , as stated above .

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O ne of God s worth i es was M rs S ar a h B en son , wi fe of the
Rev J oseph B enson V ery early i n life she felt the strivings of
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the Spirit of God W hen she was sixteen , she attended the
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M et hodi st chapel in Leeds , where she was convin c ed of sin ,

and was enabled to believe for pardon Fro m th e ti m e of her .

acceptan c e with God , to the end of her earthly pilgri mage her
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uprightness and con s c ientiou sness of condu c t were m anifest to

“
all who kne w her, and she was spoken of as an I sraelite i n
d eed , i n who m there was n o guile ”
She was m u c h and heavily .

afflicted in body through weakness , but her faith a n d patience

enabled her t o bear all sub m issively H er last confine m ent w as .

a ti m e of peculiar and protracted trial and oc c urring at the ,

ti m e of the Conference in 1 7 99 her husband was unable to leave ,

her to attend the first session , an d a ti m e of spe cial prayer

was observed by the whole Conferen ce for the deliveran ce of H i s
servant I n an swer to these fervent , h eartfelt , believing prayers
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the goodnes s of God was m anifested , the youngest son in the

fam ily was born , and M r B enson was enabled to go to Confer
en c e before it was half over That child was called Sa m uel .
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heard of Go d and was known for years as M r Benson s
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Conferen ce Child D edi cated fro m before hi s birth to the
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Lord a n d by the earnest prayers of th e wh ole M ethodist Con

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ference , he grew up a God fearing , God loving , and God serving

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m a n a n d has been for forty fi v e years one of the clergym en of

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S t Saviou r s Chu reh , at the foot of London B ridge I n her

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last illness M r s B en son su ffered m u c h and long but her j oy

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and peace with God were unbroken Wh en she had taken .

to bed for the last ti me , she asked her daughter Ar mto read
three v erses to her
By d ea th a nd h ell pursued i n va in ,

To The e the ra n so m d s e ed sha ll come ’

Shouting the ir h e avenly S i o n ga in

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And pa ss thro ugh d ea th triumph ant ho me .

The pa in life sh a ll the re be o er

of
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T h e a n g uish a n d di s tra cting care

There s ighing gri ef shall we ep no more ,

A n d s i n sha ll n ever e nter th ere .

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W h ere pure ess enti a l jo y is fo und ,

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T h e Lo rd s the ir hea ds sh all rais e

re d ee m
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W ith e verl a sting g la dn ess c ro w n d ’

And fill d with l ove a n d lost in prais e

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U pon thi s she said , Oh , what a blessed hy m n Let m e

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hear i t again She then gave instru ctions to be buried behind
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City Road Chapel , and soon afterwards entered on her eternal

rest .

I t is worthy of re m ark that the last ti m e the R ev J oseph

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B enson was out to tea , the Rev Jabez Bunting was present, wh o .

records how M r B en son delighted all present by the sole m n

m anner in whi ch he recited the sam e three verses and gave a ,

heavenly tone to the whole conversation of th e evening .

A wo m an at Alnwick had a dream that she s a w a young m an

sitting under the gallery of the M ethodist chapel there i n a ,

pensive m ood O n the next evening being at the chapel an d

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seeing a young m a n in the place she h ad seen i n her dream she ,

sent her brother to ask hi m to acco mpany h i m to a class m eeting -

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H e had previou sly been convinced of s in under a serm on by M r

R C B rackenbury in 1 7 80 , and soon afterwards he obtained
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pardon , and ulti m ately entered the M ethodist m inistry Su ch .

was the co m m encem ent of the religiou s life of the Rev Robert .

J ohn son W hen prostra ted by illness and expe c ting his death ,
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he rejoi ced in the fact that he had preached a full gospel , and
especially the doctrin e of Chri stian perfection Then c alling .
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for the H y mn b o ok , he repeated the hym n

o

A rm o f the Lo rd a wak e a wake , ,

Thine o w n i m mo rta l s treng th put o n &c .

adding e m phasi s to the third verse

T h y a rm Lord i s n o t s h o rt e n d n o w
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I t w a nts n o t Lord t h e p o wer t o s a ve

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&c .

A perpetual s m ile beam ed fro m his countenan c e, and in tran

quillity he entered heaven .

D uring half h is life ti m e J a m es S cott , father of the Rev

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W illi a m Scott, m issionary, was a useful class leader at Lincoln -

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A l i t t l e before he died he said , A ll is bright all i s clear and

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then repeated the verse

B y d ea th a n d h ell pursu ed i n va in ,

T o Thee t h e ra n s o m d s ee d s hall com e &c

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and after quoting the next verse , he peacefully fell asleep in J esu s .
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3 9 .

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H YM N 3 87 Prisoners of hope, arise
. F or t h os e t ha t w a i t .
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or a l l R ed e mp t i o n —TUNE, O lney, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s form in g N o 1 3 3 in Hym ns and Sa c red

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Poe m s 1 7 49 vol i i The fou rth verse of the original i s left out
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H YM N that m y load of si n were gone

388 . 0 Co me u n t o
& c ( M att xi
M E, —TUNE, Purcell s , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and S acred Poe m s 1 7 4 2

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page 9 1 I t i s also in J ohn W esley s Select H y rhn s wit h Tunes

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A n ne xt bound with the S acred M elody 1 7 6 1 the tune there
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give n being E vesha m ”

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H aving bee n brought to God i n early life during a revival i n

1 83 7 ,the sym pathies of Catherine W ork m an were naturally
entwined round the young ; and both in the Sabbath school, -

and in her own fa m ily, her love and regard for you ng people was
m anifested in an earnest desire for their salvation As the wife of .

the Rev J S W ork m an her zeal for the glory of God her piety
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and consisten t exa m ple, her love of God s W ord of prayer a n d ’

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of the m ean s of grace , won for her a circle of attach ed friend s .

N ine days of inten se suffering whilst resid ing at Patricroft, ,

M anchester term inated her earthly course

, O n the night before .

her death , M r W ork m an asked if she felt Christ precious , to

whi c h she replie d Very , very ; full of Christ !,
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She then
r epeated with surprising an i m ation
,

C o m e , L o rd ,
the droo p ing sinn er chee r ,

N o r l et Thy cha ri o t whe els d ela y -

Ap p ear i n my po o r hea rt appe a r !

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M y G od m y S avi o ur co m e away
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She su ffered mu ch in her l a st hours but rejoiced in a present ,

Saviour and waving her feeble hand i n triu m ph wit h a s m ile ,

o n her lips , her released spirit entered the real m s of the blest .

H YM N 3 89 J esu s at Thy feet we wait —

0 F or t hos e t ha t ”
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w a i t for fu ll R ede mp t i on —TUNE, Trinity, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym n s and Sacred P oe m s 1 749

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v ol ii , N o 1 3 4
. . . Three verses of the original are left out
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I t i s an honourable record to the m e m ory of Ja m es Bond , of

\ V a r m i nst er, that fro m 1 7 8 0 for fifty years he acted a s an e a rnest , , ,

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fa i t h ful lo c al prea c her and d uring that ti m e he prea c h ed fou r
 T he M et hod i s t H y mn Booh -
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b rink of A ntino m ian is m by unwarily reading Crisp and S alt ,

m arsh .J ust then , warm i n m y first love, I was in the ut m os t

danger, when Providence thre w in m y way Baxter s treati se e n ’

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titled A H undred E rrors of D r Crisp D e m on strated ’
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brother was sooner apprehen sive of the dangerous abuse which

would be m ade of our unguarded ( Calvinisti c) hym ns and ex
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pression s than I was Fro m that ti m e and circu m stance the
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clearness purity and de m onstrative power of scriptural holiness

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was frequently m anifested in Charles W esley s co mpositions ’

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HY M N 39 4 O God of ou r forefathers hear —T h e H o ly E u

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Charles W esley s , a n d appears i n H ymn s on the Lord s

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H YM N 39 5 O God to who m , i n flesh reve a l d —

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Charles W esley s , form ing N o 4 3 in H ym n s and S acred

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Poe m s , 1 7 49 vol i founded on H ebrews x iii 8
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O f thi s hy m n M r B unting observes , that it is qu ite as appro

p ri a t e
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co m ing to Christ for pardon and pu rity .

H YM N 3 96 Thou , who m on ce they flocked to hear

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TUNE, E vesha m, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s being N o 46 i n H ymn s and Sacred

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H YM N 397 J esu Thy far extended fam e
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Charles W esley s being N o 44 in ’

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Poe ms 1 7 4 9 vol i The original ha s
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t w e l ve verses , four of
which are o m itted .

H YM N S aviour of the sin si c k soul F or t h os e t ha t -

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w a i t for fu l l R ed emp t i on —TUNE , Brays , 1 7 6 1 .

Charl e s W esley s form ing the latter half o f N o 1 1 6

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four eight line stanzas, co mm en cing Jesu s cast a pitying eye

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The first an d second verses are o m itted The second li ne o f .

verse 2 in the hym n reads in the original Take away m y “

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power to sin which i s the sam e as in Hy m n 3 9 3

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For m ore than sixty years J ohn J a m es , of San creed , St J u st ,

was a c on sistent M ethodist an d su stained the o ffi c es of class ,

leader an d local preacher for m ore than fifty years , with accept
ance and faithfulness H i s assuran ce of the D ivine favour was .

clear , hi s attach m ent to the m inistry strong and hi s regular ,

early attendance at the m ean s of grace a consistent and worthy

exa m ple to m any I n his eighty ninth year he died a tranqu il
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and happy death So m e of his last words were, I a m on the

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Ro ck ”

None but Chri s t t o m e be gi ven

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N o ne but Chri s t in e a rth or heave n .

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Chri st i s m y all in all Thu s peacefully he entered into rest . .

The repetition s u sed i n verse 3 j u st quoted and also i n , ,

the fourth verse are n o less a beauty th an a peculiarity in

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Charles W esley s poetry ; and the antithesis in the first two

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lines o f verse 3 and i n the last two of verse 4 taken in con

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n exi o n with the reiteration of words renders these two stanzas ,

a m ong th e m ost re m arkable of any in the volu m e , both for sin

g ul a r i t y of expression and subli m ity of senti m en t .

H YM N 399 Light of . life , seraphic fire — F or t h os e t ha t w a i t .

f f l l R d m i — TUNE W est m inster, 1 7 6 1

o r u e e p t on ,
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Charles W esley s being N o 1 20 in Hym ns and Sacred

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Poe m s 1 7 49 , vol ii
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o m itted .

H YM N Jesus co m es with all H is grace —

4 00 . F or t h os e t ha t .

w a i t for fu ll R ed emyb t i on — TUNE Cookha m 1 7 6 1 .

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Charles W esley s fro m Hy m n s and Sacred Poem s , 1 749

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vol i i , N o 1 3 5 Three verses of the origi nal are o m itted

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H Y M N 40 1 All things are possible to h i m

. A ll th i ng s a re .

p os s i bl e t o h i m t h a t bel i evet TUNE N orwich , 1 7 6 1 -

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Charles W esley s being N o 1 1 2 in H ym n s and S acred’

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o m itted The hym n contains a clear state m ent of the doctrine

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of Christian perfection a feature which J ohn W esley spe c ially ,

co mm ends in thi s edition of hi s brother s works ’

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H Y M N 40 2 0 m ight I this m o m ent cease —Wa i t i ng for ”

t he Pr omi s e —TU NE Am s terda m 1 7 6 1

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page 240 Three verses are left out The first c o mmen ces
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O the c ruel po wer of sin .

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H YM N 40 3 Lord I believ e a res t re m ains
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m a i n et h t herefore a r est for t he p eop le of G od .

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W ednesbu ry 1 76 1 ,
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C harles W esley s fro m Hym ns an d Sa c red Poe m s 1 7 40

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stanzas and form s the la st i n the bo ok I n so m e of the o m itted

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stanzas there are a few rather extravagant thoughts .

M ultitude s of M ethodists have experienced delight i n c o m

m itting to m e m ory W e sley s hy m ns ; but fe w probably in a
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lfi g h e r degree than E m m a A nn the wife of the Rev J ohn B , . .

Charles A t the early age of twelve she j oined the M ethodist

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S ociety and when only twenty two she was ca lled to exchange
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m ortality for life H er chief delight was to S peak of J esu s and

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she would often during her last illness ask her friends to sing
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to her of H i m O n one occasion when those n ear were look

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i ng on her i n silence she tried to S ing ,

Lo rd I be li eve a rest re mai n s To a l l T h y peopl e known

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A re s t wh e re pure enj o yment reigns And Thou art loved a l one , .

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H er last advi ce was , Live to purpose, and M eet me in
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heaven .

H YM N 40 4 O glorious h O pe of perfect love —D es i r i ng to

L o ve — TUNE M usicians , 1 7 6 1 , .

Charles W esley s fro m H y m ns and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2

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are left out The first co mm en c es

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Co m e Lo rd and help me t o rej o i ce, ,

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I t cont ain s an ad m irable c ont rast between the earthly and the
heavenly Canaan .

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D uring a revival of religion a t Run corn , S a rah R hod es of ,

Rotherham , was c onvinced of sin , whilst a girl at scho ol She .

j o in ed the M eth odists , and so m e time after wards wa s appointed

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joys i n th el angua ge of W esley s hymn s ; so j ust b efore h i s s ufi

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feri ng s o n e art h were c lo s ed , he sai d , in r ep ly to the i nquiry of

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Rej oi ci n
g now in ea rnest hop e ,

I stand a n d from the mountain top

See all the land below
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Th ere dwells the Lord our Rig ht eousness ,

And k ee ps His own in perfec t peace ,

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A nd ever la stin g rest .

After thi s h e gradually sank, until hi s happy spiri t fled to God

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T he S jr
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H YM N O j oyful so und of gos pel g rac e!

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Charles W es le y s , fo rm i n g th e last p ie c e i n Hy mn s and

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T h e original has twenty two stanzas , the
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first n in e an d fou r others being o m itted This i s one of the .

fe w hy mn s t o whi ch the poet ha s added , in the o m itted porti on ,

a note of ex pla natio n of the ter s he has made us e of m one
verse .
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Few ‘ c an boast the pri vilege whi c h was well earned by M rs
H a y of Louth , o f having e n t ert a m e d the travell ing and local
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preachers at her hou se for m ore than half a cent ury For .

seventy two years she a d orhe d h er religi o us profession as a m em

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ber of t h e M eth odis t S ociety, and for ninety two y ea rs the pro -

v i d e n c e of God pro l o nged her l ife W hen prostrated by illness . .

she r ejoiced 1 n Christ as h er s aviou r, an d had pleasure m quot

i ng the h ymn co m men ci ng
T he glo ri ous crown o fri ghteousn es s
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, To me reach d o u t I view
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J ust befo re her depart ure; she added , Angel s are c om e ;

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sur el y they are c o m eto fet c h me h o m e an d so she entered into

rest.
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T he pro mis ed l an d ‘
from Pi s gah s top, ’
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I n o w exult to s ee
M y ho pe is full ( 0 glorious hope
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Of i mm orta lity .

Sh e left behind her a cle a r and pleasing testi m ony that

going to be for ever with t he Lo rd .

H YM N W hat i s our c alling s glo ri ous hope ’ ”

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g a v e H z ms elffor u s ,
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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym ns and S a c red Poem s 1 7 42,

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page 246 fou nded on Titus ii 1 4 The original c o m men c es ,

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J esu s, Redee m er of m ankind, a nd h as fou rteen stanzas, the

fi rst n ine being o m itted .

H YM N 407
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i s like Je s h urun s G od D euteranomy
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xxxi ii 26—29 —TUNE, Am sterdam, 1 7 6 1

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Ch arles W esley s fro m H y m n s and Sa c red Poe m s , 1 7 4 2,

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page 2 48 The original has nin e stanzas, the two last being
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o m itted I t is re marka ble for its ad m irable adaptation of S c rip

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t ure hi sto ry, co m bi ned with evangeli c a l senti ment .

I t wa s the privilege of M rs W itty to h ear M r W esley preach

i n Georg e Y ard Chapel , H ull, and also to hear M r B enson preach
the O pen ing serm on of tha t renowned house of prayer There .

s h e re c eived her first ti cket fro m the Re v Tho m as Taylor, i n .

1 7 9 1 , and during a long life s pared no pains or cost in extend

i ng the kingdo m of Chri st in the worl d D uring a protracted .

affl iction her m ind was kept in pe ace, an d a few m inut es before
s h e ex pired she faint l y uttered

Round m e a nd b e neath are spread

The everlasting arm s
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a n d directly afterwards entered into her heavenly rest .

H Y MN 40 8 H e wills that I should holy b e — H ol zn ess t o ” “ '

t i re L or d —TUNE, A thlone , 1 7 8 I
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Charles W esley s , be ing m ad e up of four of his Short S crip

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V erses I and 2 form N o 6 3 1 , vo l ii ; verses 3 and

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ture Hym ns . . . .

4 N o 3 2 5 , vol i ; verses 5 an d 6 N o 8 3 8, vol i

. . . and verse s 7 . . .

an d 8 N o 1 7 1 , vol i i
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Fro m having been a gay, thoughtless , i mpetuou s , worldly

, John Ander s on , through the grace of God , be c am e
y oung m a n

on e o f the most honoured and su cc essful prea c her s of ri ht

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wh i c h M ethod is m has kn own B orn i n the garr i so n of

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e o u s ne s s .
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G ibraltar, where hi s father was a soldier he gre w up with a proud ,

and unyielding spirit , till the death of his m other awakened h i m

to a state of cons c iou s sinfulness a n d at a love feast held in ,
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London when he was seventeen h is c onviction s were deep ened , ,

a n d at a n ot h e r l o v e feast held on W hit Tu esday 1 80 8 , at Poplar

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h e entered into the liberty of the children of God O ne day .

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whil s t readin g the exp e r1 e n c e of one of the early M ethodist ‘

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preacher s he beca m e con vinced of a call to enter t h e m i n i s t r y ;

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and , advised to tha t e f fect by the Rev Ri chard Reece he soon ,

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entered upon that c ourse of u sefu l and e ffi c ien t servi ce with whi ch
his na m e i s blessedly as s ociated even to thi s day I n 1 8 20 a .
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re m arkabl evisitation fro m heaven result ed i n hi s entire c o u se

cration of all h is powers of m ind and body to the serv ice o f
God and i n the entire san ctifi cati o n of hi s n ature , a nd thi s per
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s onal holiness stood altern ately i n the relation of cause and

effect to fidelity in the duties of hi s c alling E ver afterwards his

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soul was full of glory T he struggle by whi ch he entered o n

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thi s blessed experien ce i s so full of in struction , that it m ay b e

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briefly stated here The re a ding of Rutherford s L etters had
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c reated a panting i n hi s sou l after God , and in that S pirit he ha d

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prepared two se rm on s and preached the m O n M onday ob .
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se rves M r Anderson , I was m using on the pas t da y s labours ; ’

a n d prayin g for a bl essing The subject of Christ s m anifesta

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tion occurred t o m e I fostered the delightful topi c I longed

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for J esu s to co m e and dwell in m e M y heart was soft and ten .

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der m y soul c lear and pe aceful I b rok e out i n praise of G 0d

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I n thi s fra m e I took up our Hy m n book , and read and san g -

the hy m n beginn ing

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s th a t 1 should holy b e ;

Tha t ho line s s I lo ng to fe e l &c , .

P1 o c e e d i ng to e xa m m e other hy mn s i n the sa m e strain , I then

fell upon m y knees and prayed for the free gift of God 1n J esu s
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Christ I soon found the powerful visitation of t h e Spirit I s a w

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th e gloriou s fu l ness of Jesus Christ I felt it was only by faith . .

Satan te m pted when I was on the eve of believing that I should

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not c onfess t h e blessin g I saw the i mpious design and in that

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m o m ent my whole soul opene d by faith and the plenitude of God

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entered in an d took possession of my heart M y full soul uttered .

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O h for su c h a ba ptis m o n all the
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J esus hath died that I m ight ive
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H YM N 4 1 5 . B el i eve i n .

t he L o r d 7 a m : Ch r i s t a n d t h ou s ha l t be s a v ea — TUNE , ’
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Liverp ool , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , fro m H ym n s and Sacred Poem s 1 7 4 2,

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page 9 5 co m m en c ing with th e ninth stanza of the original , eight

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being o m itted and founded on A cts xvi 3 1 There are n o t wo . .

l ines m in e wide l y known a m ongst M ethodists than the c losin g

lines of thi s hymn whi ch are ,

Thy pres en ce makes my p a radis e ;

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And where Thou art is h eaven .

Th e poet Cowper has written a s t anza whi c h c ontain s a so me

what si m ilar senti m ent
Thou bo unteous Give r of al l goo d
B ut 0 ,
Thou art of all Thy gifts Th yself the crown
Give what Thou ca nst —without Thee we are poor ,

And with Thee ri ch—t ake wha t Thou wilt a way

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The t ruth of the declaration of the Psal m i st, W hen thy

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father and m other forsake thee the Lord taketh thee up was , ,

verified in the experien c e of Sarah Pearson who , losing both her ,

parents before she was sixteen , found a piou s ho m e i n a M e

t h o d i s t fa m ily, was early m arried
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in the Lord and early called ,

to her reward After she had taken the final leav e of her rela
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t i ves , she said, Oh how happy I a m

My so ul breaks out in strong desire
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The p e rfe ct bliss t o prove

M y longing h eart i s all on fire
To be di ss o lv d in love’
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W hilst breath i ng out “

faith and patien c e, she es c aped to t h e”

m ansion s of l i g h t i

H YM N I ask the g i ft of r i ghteou sness

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Wha ts oever
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t h i ng s y e d es i re, w hen y e p r ay , bel i eve, .

B rockmer, 1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s forming N o 3 1 3 in’

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H ymns vol ii , founded on St M ark x i 24, with the first eight

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lines of the origin al left out M r B unting says , that This, .

with so me other hym ns and verse s in this section , belongs pro

p erly to M ourners C onvinced of The line i n verse 3 ,
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Thy fulness I require, M r B unting alters to Thy whole sal f
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d t he las t l i ne he “ ’
v ation I require ; an alters to Shall ne er
c o mmit it m ore ”
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H YM N 417 Co m e, O my God , the pro m ise seal ”

Wha t
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y e d es i re, w hen y
t h i ng s e p ray , bel i ev e, &c .
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Chi m es, 1 7 6 1 .

Cha rles W esley s form ing N o 3 1 4 of Scripture H ymns

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v o l ii , fou nded on S t M ark x i 2 4

. with t wo verses c onsiderably .

altered : M r B unting ob serves , This hym n might be taken as

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H YM N God ! who d i d st so dearly buy -
F or B el i evers
—TUNE, Kingswood, 1 7 6 1
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S a ved .

Charle s W e s l ey s fl o rmed by uniting three of the Sho rt S cri p

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ture H ym ns , nu mbered 5 5 4, 8 2 3 a n d 8 2 2 founded on 1 Cor , .

v i 2 0 ; Rev i 5
. R ev i 4 , 5 —the transposed order being ft c
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quently resorted to by M r J ohn W esley in arranging his brother s ’

verses This c o mm en c es the eighth se c tion of the c olle c tion ,

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with the title F o r B elievers S aved .

H YM N 4 1 9 Q with o u r i m mortal H a
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not g i v en a s t he sp i r i t offi a r , & c —TUN E Pal mi s , 1 7 6 1 7

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Charles W esley s being N o 6 5 5 of Sh ort S cripture H ym n s

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vol ii , founded on the words , God hat h not given u s the spirit
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of fear, bu t of power, and of lo ve , and of a sou nd m ind [ Gr

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s obriet y ] 2 T i m i 7 . . .

H Y M N 4 20 . Y e faithful souls , who Jesus know .

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Charles W esle y s, fo rm ed of N 5 and 6 26 of

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HY M N I the good fight have fought
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o a i t TUNE Brentford , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley 5 form ed of N os 665 and 66 7 of Short

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S c ript ure H ym ns founded on 2 T i m iv 7

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A t the age of fifteen,M rs Jos eph S m ith , of M arket W eighton , -

found pea c e in God through faith in J esus Christ F o r m any .

years she reti r ed several ti m es dai ly t o h ol d c o mm u nion w ith r

God by prayer She su ffe re d fro s i x att a c ks of p ar alys is

. m .
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After t hé l a s t s eizure s h e w as very happy,
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a nd jus t before sh e
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expired , she repeated and sung

I the go od fight have fought ,

5 0 w h en s h a ll I de c l a re ? ”

The vi ct o ry b y m y S a viour go t _ ,

I long with P a ul t o sha re &c , . .

The enthu s iasm w hi c h was sh o wn in worldly pursuits by

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M argaret V a s ey , o f W h itby, was tu rned in its full tide into t h e

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cause of G od and religion when sh e be c a m e converted and as -

ul l e a d e r of a é l a s s for m
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the affectionate '
any years, she
was m ade a blessing to m any W hen told that re c overy, i n her .

l ast ill nes s was h O p e l es s f i n c al m r e s i g n a fi o n she a cc epted the

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position and continu ed so me ti m e in prayer afterwards adding,

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M ay l bri ng glory t o G o d i n m y last hour

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0 may I triu mph s o ,

W hen all my wa rfare 8 pas t ; ’

And d ying find my l a test fo e , ,

Under my feet at las t .

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Her dying breath was a prayer for her young est s on, Lord ,
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s ave h i m Lord , save h i m 1
I n her seve nteenth year Ag nes H all w ife of the R ev Tho m as
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H all , was brought to a saving kn owledge of the truth through

the in stru m en t ality of M ethodi s m and fro m that ti m e her resolu ,
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ti on was take n : fThi s people s hall be m y people , and their
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God
. A s th e wife of a m ini ster she sought i n every ,

way to exten d the R e d eem ef s kingdo m After a brief illness, .

i n cal m resignation she la y waiting for her c hange, and rep eated

0 m ay
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W hen al l m y wa rfare 5 pa st ;
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Under my feet at last .

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H er u p and a ll her blessed .

H YM N Let not the h is wi sdo mboast

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Le t n ot
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W esley s , r b ei ng N o 1 090
Ch arles
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H y mns, 1 vol 1i founded on Jer i x 2 3
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M yse lf, m y
residue of days ,
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I co nsec rate to Thee .

W ith his last breath he was e x tolling the m erits o fthe atonement
m ade by Chri st .

H YM N 4 27 God of all redee m ing gra c e —Con cer n i ng t he

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S a cr ifi ce of o u r Pers ons —TUNE, F o u n d e r y , 1 7 6 1

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Charle s W esle y s fro m Hym n s on the Lord s Supper

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1 7 45 N o 1 3 9 . The se c ond verse i n the original reads t hu s

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Just it is ,
an d go o d and right , .

H YM N 428 . Let H i m to who m we n o w b elong —Con cern i ng .

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t he S a cr i fi ce af a zer Pers ons TUNE , S p i t al fi el d s , 1 7 6 1.

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Thi s form s N o 1 5 7 of Ch arles W esley s Hym n s for t he

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Lord s Supper, 1 7 4 5 .

The self consecratio n expressed in th i s an d the previou s

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hym n i s as D r B re vi n t rem arks inclusive of all which we are

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and which we can give to G od , even to the least v essel in o ur

houses ; all are m ade holy in thi s one c on secration , a c cording
to the words of Z ech xiv 20, 2 1 The po et su m . . s up the whole .

i n the c ouplet
The Christi an lives to C hrist alone ,

To C hri s t alone he dies I ”

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I n early life Sally Tho mas of H awort h , Ke ighley, was c on ,

v erted to G od , and con t i nued to witness a good c onfession till

c alled ho m e She delighted m uch i n the m ean s of gra c e To

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t he M e t hodist m inisters , who were for m any years entertained

i n he r fa m ily, she evin ced the m ost sinc e re atta c h ment
. I n her .

las t affliction her m ind was kept in pea c e death h a d lost its
s ti n g , and s h e often ex c lai med

The C hristi an lives to Christ alone ,

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T o C hrist alo n e he d ies l

I n th i s S p irit of happy res ign ation she en te red into rest

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H YM N 4 29 B ehold th e servan t of the Lord —A n ”

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ev t i o n —TUNE , W hit S unday

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Taken fro m Charles W esley s H ym ns a n d S a cred Poe ms

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1 74 9 vol i , N o 1 20
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This hym n was first published by J ohn W esley at the end of

t h e fi rs t p ar t of h is ‘F urther A ppe al to M en of R ea s on and
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R eligi on , whi c h i s dated D ece m ber 2 2 1 744 Th at th e hy m n ,

was written by Charle s W esley i s c ertified by the fa ct tha t it i s

printed i n th e fi rst volu m e of hym n s publish ed by h i m i n 1 7 49,
w ith whi ch wo rk J oh n Wesley s n a m e i s n ot asso c iated
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Th e thoroughly scriptural character of W es l ey s z hy m n s h a s

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been so often de m onstrated , that the B ible m a y be said to be

e m bodied i n the H ym n bo ok So m e of the m ore c areful -
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students of both those books have given proofs of the hym n s

a b o u n d i ng i n s c riptural language
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indeed duri ng the preceding ,

en t u ry , in whi ch the hym ns were written so m e of the m had

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s c ri p t ura l p ro ofs publi shed w i t h t h e m

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exa m ple of thi s interesting fact , thi s hy m n was lately given by

a W esleyan m inister to the young ladies of a B ible c las s , to -

trace out the scriptural allusion s therein , lin e by line The .

r esult was as foll ows

Li n es . S cri p p . a s s a g es . Li n e s . S cri p . p a ssa g es .

1 . Luk e i . 13 . 2 C hroni cles vi .

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2 . Ps alm xxii 8 . . 14 . Proverbs xvi 9 . .

3 . Lukexii 2 8 . . I 5 . 1 C orinthians xvi . 10 .

4 . Ro man s xii 2 . . 16 . John xvii 4 . .

5 . H ebrews iv 1 0 . . 1 7 . John viii 2 9 . .

6 . M a tthew iii 1 5 . . 18 . M a rk vii 3 7 . .

7 . E ph es i a ns iii 7 . . 1 Co r . vi . 1 9 , 20.

8 . 1 C orinthi ans xv .
9 . 20 . Isa i ah lxiv 8 . .

Is a i ah vi 8 . . 21. P salm xvii 1 5 . .

Hos e a xiv 8 Psa l m cxix 6

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10 . . . 22 . . .

11 . John iii 2 1 . . 23. M a tthe w vi 22 . .

12 . H ebrews xiii 20 .
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21. 24 . Ph ilippi ans i 2 1 . .

H YM N 43 o —Father S on and H oly Gh o

. st —Con cer n i ng , , .
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S acn fi ce o f ou r Pers on s —TUNE , D edi c ation , 1 781 .

F orm s No : 1 55 of Charle s W esl ey s ’

Hym n s on the Lord s ’

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S upper , 1 7 4 5 - °

D ire c ted by hi s own choice to the m edi c al profession , D aniel

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M Al l um was sub sequently c alled by the great H ead of the
Chur ch to m inister in holy things I n obedien c e to this c al l , .

h e exer c i sed hi s m inistry a m ong the W esleyan s until ( by a

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m ysteriou s d ispensation of Providen ce ) he was re m oved , in the

m idst of hi s years and o f h i s u sefulness , fro m hi s labours on
earth to hi s re w ard i n heaven ”
W hen , in 1 8 1 9 he asked th e .
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c onsen t of the Confere nce to b e reli eved fro m the law which '

prohibits the marriage of probationers , b e w as s u c cessful , a nd .

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he makes the following e ntry in h i s j ourn al o n rt h e o cc asion

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A s i t resp e c t s t e m p o ral th in gs m y desire is to live h on e s tly i n

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t h e s i g h t o f all me n and m y pra ye r i s that whi c h Agu r o ffered

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up A s it regards heav enly th ings , my wish i s expressed i n the

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following lines z

‘If s opoo r awort h as I

M a y to Thy gre at glory live ,

All m y a ction s s a n ctify ,

A l l m y w o rd s a n d thoughts receive .

H i s last testi m ony was M y labours a redone but I bu ild only, ,

o n the m erit s of m y Saviour I feel that J esus died for m e ”

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H YM N 43,
1 . O God , what o ffering shall I gi ve —A M or n
i ng D ed i ca t i on qf o a rs el ves t o Chn s t
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TUNE , Bradford , 1 7 6 1 .

J ohn W esley s tran slation of a Ge rm a n hy m

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n , writt e n b y
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E rnst Lange , 1 6 5 0 1 7 2 7 and appears in H ymn s and S a c red

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Poe m s , 1 7 3 9 page 1 7 9 The first v e rs e c o mm en c es thu s i n
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the original — “ ”
J esu , Thy light again I view but it is o m itted , .

a i n poeti cal c onde m

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I t form s a very earnest and J p l nat ion-

of
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the putti ng on of gold an d co stly apparel whi ch i s prohibited ,
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also by the original r ul es of the U nited S ocieties ‘
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H YM N 43 2 . Father, into Thy hands alone —Con cer n z ng . th e

S a cr ifi ce of o u r Per s on s TU NE , Liverpool .
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F o rm s No
of Charle s W esley s H ym ns on the Lord s
. 1 45
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S upper,” 1 7 4 5 The substan c e of thi s hym n i s e mb odied in

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so m e re m arks by D r B re v i nt , w h i ch fg enerally prec ede Charles

W esle y s Sacra m ental H y m ns
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H YM N 43 3 . Give me the faith whi ch ‘ “

c an re m ove .
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L ay R r ea chen at

Charles W esley s , being N o 1 8 8 in H ym ns and Sa c red

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P oem s 1 749 vol i , th e first , seco nd ; a nd e ighth v e rses being

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o m itted The in dividual i ty of thi s hym n a s expressed in the

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title , i s confined ch i efl y to t h e three o m itted verses I n the

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second v erse the poet bre at hes a strong desire for a cal mly
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fe rv ent zeal
To sa ve po or souls o ut of the fire ,

To snat ch the m fro m t he ve rg e of h ell

A n d tu t h them
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t o a p a rd o n i ng G o d ,

And quench the bra nds in J esu s blo od ’

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H e add ed , H e has be en with me for twe nty two years , and oh ! -

what pleasure I have had in m eeting m y cl a s s ! B ut n o w I a m

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m ore happy th a n ever, and so he entered into rest .

The l abours of M r W edlock, as a m i s si o n ary i n Ja ma i c a, t

were m ade a blessing to m any, and a mongst the m to Rebe cc a ’

B a llah , of M ontego B a y She beca me an ea rnest and sincere .

Chri stian I n early life she was c a lled to heav en , but before
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she departed she left a blessed testi m ony of her a c ceptance

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with God To her leader who v is ited her s h e s aid; S ing me
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my fav ourite hy m n
J esus all a t o ning Lamb
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Thine a nd only Thine I am ;

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Take my body s p irit soul , ,

Only T hou posses s the whole .

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She s at up and sung the whole w i th tho s e pre s ent , dwellin g w i th

great em phas i s on the line
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Thine a n d only Th ine I am , , .

Thank God , she said , ”

I fear n d e vil days .
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43 5 F athe r ; to Thee m y s ou l I lift I t i s God
—T UNE, M it
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t h a t w orketh i n y ou to a nd t o d o, &c .
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c ham
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Charles W esley s , form ing N o 1 6 8 of Hym n s and s a

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Poe m s , 1 7 49 vol i i N ote on e ve ry c haracteristi c line of the

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poet s , H is blood d ema nds t h e pu r c h as ed grace l

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H YM N 43 6 . J esu , my Truth , m y . Wy a .
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F or B eli evers .

TUNE, O lney, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s, be ing N o 1 27 i n Hymns and Sac red

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Poe m s, 1 7 4 9 vol i The origin al i s i n seven doubl e s tanzas,
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the third and fou rth being l eft o ut .

The affluent c ir c u m sta n ces of the pa rents of J ohn Ripley, of

Leeds , did not prevent the m placing th eir son i n a posi t i on to
earn hi s own living by hi s own i ndustry W hen he gre w t o .

approa c hing m anh o od , he hesitated for so m e ti m e to j oin t h e

Lord s people in fellow s hip ; but u nder a serm on preac hed by
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the Rev A E Farrar he saw that religion was ne ces s a ry to

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qualify a m a n for business in t he world , for worshipping i n the

Church, and for walking before God with a pe rfect heart H e .

a t on c e j oined h i s fa t her s c l as s A s ho rt t i me a fterwards , after

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a sei mo n prea c h ed by the R ev George M arsden , h e w as gi ven

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to r ealise a sense of pardon and adoption into the fa m ily of

God H e was an instru c ti ve Sunday scho ol tea c her and a
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useful and ac c eptable lo c al preacher H e was not strong .

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physi c ally, and on e S unday in 1 8 2 8, when return i ng fro m one of

h i s preaching appoint m ents , he was drenched through with rain ,
an d in c autiou sly went into a c hapel and sat to h ear on e of hi s
brethren prea c h H e retu rned h o m e ill and fro m that night
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did not reco ver hi s healt h D uring hi s illness he spoke as on e

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on the c onfin es of heaven H e earnestly sought till he found

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the blessing of perfe c t love , and then , with peculiar e mphasi s

he gave o ut the hymn , whi c h had long been a favourite with

Let m e Thy witness live ,

W hen s i n i s a ll d estroyed
And the n my s p o tle ss soul rece ive ,

A n d t a k e me hom e to Go d

W hen h e h a d realised the full blessing of s a n ct i fi cat i o n the ,

weakness of the m a n was swallowed up i n the strength of t h e

Chri stian an d h e reproa c hed hi m self that he had so long re
mained with ou t the blessin g H e died in g reat p ea c e, whisper
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ing Glory ! glory !

H YM N 4 3 7 O G od , my God , my All Tho u a rt —

Ps a l m
lx iii —TUNE I ta lian , 1 7 6 1
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This hym n i s fro mthe Spani sh tran slated by J ohn W esley ,

when he was in Am erica i n 1 7 3 5 and first published i n hi s ,

Colle c tion of Psal m s and Hym ns , 1 7 3 8 it is also 1 n Hym n s

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a n d S a c r ed Poe m s , 1 7 3 9 page 1 96 The fou rth v erse of the
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ori ginal is left out .

A writer in the Chri s t i a n M i s cel la ny for 1 8 46 ob serves , re

specti n g this h ym n, This 15 one whi ch stands pre e m in ent , an d
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which 1 5 al m ost u nrivalled for its elevated devotional feeling , its

rich evangelical senti ment , its si mple elegan ce of language and ,

the ac c urate and beautiful m anner i n which without any ,

apparent e ffort , th e poe t has interwoven the thoughts and ex

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pressi ons of t h e Psal m ist in his own sacred ode I t i s a version .

of Psalm lxii i T h e author h as n ot yet bee nascertained , and i t

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is the only one of J ohn W esley s translation s whi ch has not been
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t ra c ed to its source .

The mind of E li z abeth S to c kdale w a s disposed toward s religi on

 T he M eth od i s t H y mn Booh ’ -
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fro m early life I n reading religiou s books and espe c ially Chris
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tian biography she took del ight She did not receive the bles s
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ing of a cc eptan c e with God u ntil a short ti m e before her death .

She was a lone with her husband and they were speaking of , ,

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the be auties of the hym n beginning Thou g rea t ; m y s t er i o us ,
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God unknown & c when she was m uch affected She a sked
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to have th e H y m n bo ok that she m ight find her favourite h ym n

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W ith m uch feeling she read the first verse

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All Thou a rt
G o d , my God, my
Ere shin es the d a wn o f ris ing d ay
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Thy soverei g n light withinmy h ea rt ,

Thy all enlivening po we r d i spl ay -

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She c ontinued to read till she c a m e to the sixth verse when she ,

in c reased the e mphasis 4 -

A b uhd a n t s we e tne ss while I sing ,

Thy love my ra vished h ea rt o e rfl o w s ,

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Secure i n Thee my Go d a nd Ki ng ,
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Of g l o ry that no pe ri o d knows .

A nd then with no ordinary feeling, she repeated —

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O Go d my G o d my All Thou a rt
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She was enabled to e x er ci se fait h in the pro m i ses of God an d ,

to believe o n H i m for her acceptan c e through Chris t Strangely .

m ysteriou s are the ways of God so m eti m es to the eyes of hu m an

observers A fe w hours after this blessed c hange was realise d ,
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it was evident that death w as at hand , and just before the

change ca m e her only child was suddenly s e i z ed w i t h cro up
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a n d was s ufl o c at ed be fore relief could be applied an d a youthful

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m other and her only infant entered heaven together I

H YM N 43 8 . O God of p ea c e and pardoning love —

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N ow .
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fp G od o Y ork 1 76 1
ea ce,
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—TUNE , ,
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Charles W esley s be ing N o 7 3 4 of Short S cripture H ymns

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vol ii ; founded on H eb x iii

. . Thi s h y mh and the two
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foll owing one s are o f a m easure so pe c uliar that they are very .

seldo m u sed in the service of song .

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H YM N Thy po wer a n d saving truth to show
43 9 . .

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44 0 Thou ,
J esu
. T h ou m y breast 1 n s i
p re ,
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F or a Pers on cal l ed for t h t o bea r h i s T es t i mony TUNE, _

Y ork 1 7 6 1 '

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F ro m Charles W esley s H ym
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n s and Sa c red Poe s , ”
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H YN N 44 5 . 0 co m e , Thou radian t M orning Star -

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Pr op hecy TUNE, B radford 1 7 6 1 -_

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Charles W esley s m ade up of po rtion s o f N o s 2 5 7 2 5 8 , and

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2 5 9 of
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Short S c ripture H y m n s, vo l i , founded on N 0 5 xxiv , . . . .

1 7 , 1 8 with two verses o m itted

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H YM N 44 6 J esu , the word of m er y give

. L et t hy pr i es ts c .

be cl ot hed w i th, s a l va t i on , & c — TUN E , Corni sh , 1 7 6 1

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Ch arles W esley s , m ade up of portions of two Short S c rip ’

ture Hym ns N os 6 3 8 and 3 9 7 , founded on 2 Chron vi 4 1

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and J udges v 3 1 . .

H YM N 44 7 . M essiah , Prin ce of Peace N ei t her s ha ll t hey

l ea r n w a r a ny m ore, & c —TUNE ,
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. Olney, 1 7 6 1
Form s N o 960 of Charles W esley s S c ripture H ymn s, vol 1
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based on the words , N either shall they learn war any m ore
( I s a ii
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H YM N 44 8 Prin ce of un i versal pea ce T he w o lf . s ha l l

d w el l w i t h t he l a mb, & c —TUNE , Kingswood, 1 7 6 1

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Form s No .
9 89 of Charles W esley s ’
S c ripture Hy mn s, vol ”
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based on 15 3 . xi . 6, 7 .

H YM N H appy d a y of union s w eet

449 E p hr a i m s ha ll
n ot en vy y n d a h , & c —TUNE , Kingswood 1 7 6 1
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Form s N o 99 5 of Charle s W esley s S c ripture H ymn s vo l i ,

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based on I sa xi 1 3 . . .

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H YM N 4 5 0 . M essiah , full of grace T h e I s r ael i tes a s d r i ed .

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bo n es TUNE , Brentford , 1 7 6 1
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Forms N o 1 2 7 7 of Charles W esley s .

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vol ii , based on E zek xxxvii 1 1 , 1 2
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H YM N 45 1 . F ather of faithful braham, hear A .

”—F or t hé

7 e w s —TUNE ,
M ourners , 1
. 7 6 1 .

Thi s is N o 3 2 of Charles W esley s H y mn s .

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1 7 5 8 , a r re tra c t , and seldo m reprinted

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H YM N 4 5 2 . Al mighty God of Love —A .

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S ig n a nd an Of er
i ng .
— TUNE , Olney, 1 7 6 1
Thi s i s m ade up of N os 1 1 5 7 , 1 1 5 8 , and 1 1 5 9 of Charles .

W esley s S cripture H y mns , based on I sa lxvi 1 9 20

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H YM N 4 5 3 . S inners , the c all obey .

” —F or E ng l a n d —TUNE ,

Lampe s , 1 7 46 ’
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Form s the fifth of Charles W esley s Hym n s for Ti mes of ’

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Trouble an d Persecution , 1 744 ; the third , fourth , and fifth
v erses of the original o m itted .

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H YM N 4 5 4 God of un spotted purity
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45 5 0 let u s our own works forsake
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U nto t he A ng el of t he Ch u r ch of t he L a od i cea ns TUNE, .

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Athlone 1 7 8 1 ,
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Charles W esley s , form ing part of a long hy m n of thirty 5 1x

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stanzas , in H y mn s and Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 4 2 p 2 96, founded ,
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on R ev i ii 1 4—1 9 There are twent y four verses of the original

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left out H ym n 4 5 4 c o mm en c es with verse 3 of the first part

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H Y MN 4 5 6 . Father if j u stly still we cla 1m

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457 .O n all the earth Thy Spirit shower .

O n t he D es cen t of t he H oly Gh os t a t Pen t ecos t —TUNE , F ulham ,

1 76 1 .

These form part of a hymn written by D r H M ore ( 1 6 1 4 .

and altered by J ohn W esley The first five verses of the .

o riginal are left out ; the first line reads thus

W hen Chri s t h a d left His fl es h below .

This fine Pentecostal hym n has form ed the the m e of a m ost

i nteresting paper i n a recent issu e of the Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e
, ,

fro m the pen of the Rev G O sborn , D D , in which the reader . . . .

i s presented with parts of the original by D r M ore, and the

a ltered version by J ohn W esley ; exhibiting the m asterly hand

of W esley and how “

the fulness of the gospel salvation
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sh ines out in W esley s rendering e ven m ore brightly t h an the

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geniu s of the poet .

H enry M ore D D , was an able divine , born i n 1 614, at

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Grantha m, and edu cated at E ton and Chri st College , C a m

bridge I n 1 6 7 5 h e was made a preben d of Glou c ester, but a s
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he renoun ced the Calvinisti c prin ciples in whi ch he had been

rigidly brought up , he resign ed h is position in the church , and
retired on a s m all co m petency refu sing high preferm ent , which ,

was offered h i m H e di ed i n 1 6 8 7 B esides the two hy m n s

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whi ch M r W esley used in an altered for m, he was the author of

S ong o f the S oul , a Platon ic poe m, whi c h was repri nted i n
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1 6 4 7 with additions .

H YM N 4 5 8 . A u thor of faith
we seek Thy face 0f [ n t er ces , .
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s i on — TUNE S m ith s 1 7 8 1
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Charles W esley s , fro m N o 64 of H ym ns and Sa c red

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Poe m s 1 749 vol i i Three verses of the original are left out
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H YM N S hepherd of I srael hear

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4 60 God of all power and grace . .

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These for m together N o 6 5 in Charles W esley s Hym n s “

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c hanged from I n perfe c t c harity to harm ony

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H YM N 461 . Saviour to Thee we hu mbly cry

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Charles W esley s , fro m H y m n s and S a c red Poe m s 1 7 49

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vol i i N o 7 2 Thi s hym n ap p eared first at the end of a tract

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on the D i fferen c es between the M oravians and the W esleys

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1 74 5 The M oravian s had taught that if a person professed

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faith in Chri st there was no necessity that h e should m anifest

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any sorrow on account of sin s past or present ; but that he ,

should acknowledge h 1m s el fto be a happy sinner and rest satis ,

fi ed m that state The term hajfipy s i nner being thus prostituted

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t o unholy purposes , was reprobated i n th is hy m n by the poet .

An other of their err brs was that of re c o m m en d i ng a n un s crip

tural s t i ll n es s — teaching people to refrain fro m the u se of reli
gions m eans and ordinan ces This error i s c onde m ne d by M r .

W e s l ey in Hym n 29 5 , verse 2 , i n the line

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‘W hile S a tan c ries—Be s till ”

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H YM N 46 2 0 let . the pri soners m ournful c ries — H y mn -

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I n t er ces s i on —TUNE , E vesha m 1 7 6 1 , .

Charles W esley s fro m Hym ns and Sacred

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i ng of a fa mily is i m pressively taught i n the history of many

households known as religious ones .

H YM N 4 6 8 God only wise, al m ighty, goo d —F or a F a m i ly

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TU NE M itcha m , 1 7 8 1 _
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Charles W esley s fro m Hy mn s for Fa m ilies , N o 6 5 Thi s

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fine and practi cal hym n inculcates som e really i nvaluable les
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sons for the proper govern m ent of a fa m ily The sacre d .

clew of th e fourth verse whi ch gu ides person s i n a labyrinth

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and keeps the m in the right way, i s espe c ially striking and sug
g es t i ve .

H YM N F a ther of Lights ! Thy needful aid —

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F a m i ly —
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Charles W esley s fro m Hym n s for Fa m ilies’

The fourth
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H YM N 4 70 . M aster supre m e I look to Thee ,
. T he M a s t er s
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H y mn —TUNE , Angels S ong, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , being N o 1 3 5 of H ym n s for Fa m ilies

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I t i s written in eight line stanzas , and i s well worthy of daily

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H YM N 47 1 . H shall I walk m y God to please

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H y m n — TUNE , S n o w s fi el d s 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s form ing

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Two verses are left out .

H YM N I an d m y house will serv e the Lord — T he

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M a s t er s H y mn —TUNE, Travellers , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , being N o 1 3 7 of Fa m ily H ym ns

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H YM N 473 Co.m e ,
Father ,
S on ,
and H oly Ghost — A t t h e .
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Q t en i ng of a S chool i n K i ng s w ood — T U N E M a ri e n b urn , 1 7 6 1 ,

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Charles W esley s being N o 0 of hi s H ym n s for Children
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1 7 63
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. few words the true basis of edu c ation
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knowledge and piety learning and holiness .

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H YM N Captain of our salvation , take
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4 75 B ut who sufficient i s to lead
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F o r Ch i ld r en — TUNE Frankfort , 1 7 6 1 ,
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Charles W esley s , for m ing N o s 4 1 and 4 2 e f Hym ns for

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Childre n the origi nal title being
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A t the Opening of a S c hool
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in Kingswood .

Co m e F a t h o’ r S on , and H oly Ghost —A t t h e

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B ap t i s m of A d u l t s TUNE Pa lm i s 1 7 6 1 .
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H YM N 47 7 Father S on and H oly Ghost — A i t he B ap t i s m, .

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of A d u l ts —TUNE H a m ilton s , 1 7 8 1
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Charles W esley s being N o 1 8 3 i n H ym n s and Sacred

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Poe m s 1 7 49, vol ii The original was written for a fem ale
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as the seventh line reads

Bless fo r h er the l aving fl o od
and the fe m inine pronoun i s u sed throughout .

H YM N 478 And are we yet alive —A t t he M .

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eet i ng o f
F r i en ds —TUNE Lam pe s 1 7 46
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This hym n for m s N o 23 6 of Charles W esley s H ym n s an d.

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S acred Poe m s , 1 7 49 v ol ii , page 3 2 1 , . . .

The fou rth verse of the original i s o mitted ; but it i s give n

here becau se of its conn exion historically with M ethodis m, thi s
being the hym n whi c h has been sung m ore or less at the open , ,
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ing of the Conferen c e , for probably m ore than a century I t is .

also used at the opening of the conferen ces of other sections of

t h e M ethodist fa m ily The last verse i s as fo llows .

J e sus to Thee w e bow, ,

And for Thy c om ing wa it

Give us fo r g o od so me tok en n o w,
I n o ur imperfec t s ta te
Apply the hallowing word
Tell ea ch who looks fo r T h ee ,

Thou sha lt be pe rfe c t as thy Lord ,

Thou sha lt b e all like m e .

There see m s to be som ething of di scord between th e senti m ent s

conveyed i n the third and fourth verses in the form er we read
of the power of redee m ing grace , whi c h saves Till we can sin
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no m ore whilst i n the latter verse as given above we read of , ,

our present being our i mpe rfect state ”

Taken together, it i s .

evident that the poet m eans the sinless state of the third verse
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to refer to the state of the glorified saints This see m s the more .

evident fro m the two lines following

Le t u s t ak e u p the cro s s ,

Till we the crown obtain .

The singing of thi s hym n at the opening of Conferen ce see m s

now to be an essential p art of the graver duties of that venerable
and deliberative asse m bly This i s the first hym n in the fifth .

part of the collecti on the first section , with t h e title , For the
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S o c iety on M eeting .
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H Y M N 4 79 . Pea c e be on thi s hou se b e s t o w d ’

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S a l u t a t i on —TU N E , F o un d e ry , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esle y s , fro m Hy mn s and Sacred Poem s , 1 7 4 2

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substituted for washed .

H YM N 4 8o . Glory be to God above — A t t fi e M eet i fzg of .

Ck r i s t i a n F r i en d s —TUNE , F o un d ery , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s an d Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 4 2

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p a ge I 5 8 The original has six stan zas the last three being left
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out. The seventh and eighth lines of the original read thu s
Las tin g c o m fort stead fas t hope ,

Solid j oy and settl ed p eace ”

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H YM N 48 1 . thanks to the La m b W h o gives us to m eet

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At M eet i ng of F r i en d s —TU NE , N ewcastle , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , from ’ “

Hym n s and Sacred Poem s , 1 7 49 ,

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H YM N 482 Saviour of sinful m en —A t t lze . M eet i ng o f

F ri en d s —TU NE , La mpe s , 1 7 4 6
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Charles W esley s, form ing N o 2 3 2 in H ym n s and Sacred

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Poe m s , 1 7 49 , vol ii The fourth verse of thi s hym n has been
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often u sed by the Lord s people in their extre m ities of life and’

su ffering .

W hen only seventeen years old J ane , the wife of the Rev , .

M atthew D a y , wa s convin ced of sin ; and at the W atch night

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service following she was e n abled to believe in Christ to the

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saving of h e r; soul H er friend s not being M ethodists ,her path

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b ecam e one of trial ; bu t she rem ained fi rm i n her religiou s

course , and the Lord opened her way into a pl easant path , in
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She said , I a m going ho m e going to m y s aviour going to

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glory ! The last n ight of her pilgri mage of eighty s i x year s -

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was one of suffering but instead of m urm uring , she said , O h
that the c ord were broken ; then would I fly away, and be at
rest add ing
0 wha t a m ig hty cha nge
Shall J e s u s s ufferers kno w ’

W hile o er the ha ppy plains they range

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In ca pable of w oe
The dying saint the n said with an e c stasy of j oy, M y S abbath
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will be i n heaven and at m id nigh t of Saturday her released

spirit fled to the m ansion s of light .

W e read in the Wes l ey a n M ag az i ne of the last hours of M r s

J ane Keys , of Lurgan i n I reland , wh o at intervals so d elightfully
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real ised the glories of heaven that she appeared in a state of ,

rapture W ith her hands c lasped and her eyes lifted up , she
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sweetly sa ng
O what a mighty change
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W hat o e r the happy pl a ins they range

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In ca pable of woe
I n her last hour she said , All i s su nshine before me .

m any thousands have thus bee n helped to realise heaven

earth by the sweet hym ns of Charles W esley

H YM N J esu to Thee ou r hearts we lift —A t M eet i ng

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of F ri end s —TU NE N orwi c h, 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s fro m Hy mn s and Sacred P oe m s 1 7 49

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v o l ii
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alterations are m ade in three others .

H YM N 4 84 A ppointed by Thee , W e m eet i n Thy na m e ”

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F or C/z r i s t i a n F r i en d s TUNE , Tal lis , 1 761 .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and S acred Poe m s , 1 7 49

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vol ii The original i s in si x eight line stanzas , single m easure

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the first being o m itted .

The hym n , as first written c o mm en c es thus ,

H happy th e pa i r
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W ho m J es us unite s ,
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These lines suggest thoughts which are not fully c onveyed by

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the hym n i n i t s abridged form as it appears i n the H ym n book -

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I ts author, Charles W esley, had spent n early forty years in single

blessedness that he m ight give hi m self up entirely to the work
of preaching the gospel I n the very pri m e of life the thought
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crossed the poet s m ind, H ow kn ow I whether it i s best t o
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m arry or n o This thought soon attain ed m aturity and

having m et with a fair young lady during hi s evangelisti c labours
in W ales , he consulted hi s brother J ohn , wh o neither opposed
nor m u ch en c ouraged the interesting intercourse Taking th e
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s till further advice of his esti m able friend , good V in c ent Per
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ronet, v icar of Shoreha m, that m a n of God encou raged hi m to
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pray and wait for a providential open ing
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waited and expressed the variou s searchings of hi s heart i n

m any hy m n s on the i mportant oc c asi on ”
Charles W esley was
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m arried by hi s brother J ohn to M iss Sarah Gwynne in a W elsh ,

village chu rch at Garth , on Saturday April 8 1 7 49 , a day s o

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fine that not a cloud was to be seen fro m m orn ing ti l l night .

Praise , prayer, and thanksgivi n g was the sole o ccupati on of that

day J ohn W esley says of that o c casion , I t was a solem n day,
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su c h a s be c a m e the dignity of a Christian m arriage ”

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opening vers es of thi s marriage hymn are as follows

H ow ha ppy the p a ir W ho m J esus u n ites
In fri end ship to s ha re Ang eli c delig hts ,

W ho se ch a ste co nversa tion Is co upl e d with fe ar ,

W ho se s ure exp ecta ti o n Is nol i n ess lu r e

M y J e sus, my Lord , Thy gra ce I co mmend ,

S o kind t o a ffo rd M y w eakn es s

3 fri e n d .
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Thy only g o o d pl ea s ure On m e ha th b esto w ed

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A h eavenly trea sure A s erva nt of G od
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There were other hy mn s written on thi s o c c asion , a mongs t

whi c h portion s will be found in the Hym n book as Hymn s 49 9 , -

5 1 0 5 1 2, 5 1 3 , 5 1 4 , and 5 24»
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At the age of forty W atkin Lew i s, of B errie n, M ontgo mery,

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was convinced of sin owing to a bereave m ent , and found peace

whilst wrestling with God alone A fter a few years m e m bership
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he was m ade a M ethodist class leader whi ch o ffice he held

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nearly forty years H e was tried in his last illness , and asked
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for I saiah xlix to be read to h i m H e then said The pro mise s

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there have often been m y support , and added
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J esu s appe a r N o l onger dela y ;

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To sa nc tify here And b ear u s away ,

The en d of our m eet ing On earth l et us s ee ,

Trium phantly sitti ng In glory with Thee

H e died saying Praise the Lord ! Though H e slay m e, yet
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will I tru st in H i m !

H YM N Jesu , we look to Thee —A t M eet i ng of F r i en ds

4 85 . . .

TUNE , B rentford , 1 7 6 1
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Charle s W esley s , fro m H ym ns and Sacred Poe m s, 1 7 49

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v o l ii
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H YM N 4 86 . See , J esu s Thy dis c iples see

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F ri en d s — TUNE S w a nl i ng —
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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym n s and Sa c red

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HY M N 487 Two are better far than one —F or C/z r i s t i a n

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F r i en d s —TUNE A m sterda m , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s, fro m H ym n s an d S a c red Poem s , 1 74 9 ,

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H YM N H ow happy are we W h o in J esu s agree

48 8 . T o be , .
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S a ng a t t he T ea t a ole —TUNE B uilth , 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , being N o 1 46 of H ym n s for Fa m ilies

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Th is co m m ences the second section of the fifth part, with the

title , For the S ociety giving Thanks ”
There i s a qui c kening .

and edifying spirit pervading thi s ad m irable hy mn .

H YM N 48 9 . H ow good and pleasant tis to see ’

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F a m i ly — TU NE , Y ork, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s , being ’

No . 12 of H ym ns for Fam ilies .

H YM N B ehold how good a thin g Ps a l m cxxxiii

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TU NE, Tru mpet, 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esley s version o f Psal m c xxxiii , fro m H ym n s and

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W esley s death’
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HY M N 49 1 Co me away to th e skies , y beloved , arise

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O n t he B i r t /z a ay of a F r i en d —TUNE , S m ith , 1 7 6 1
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Form s NO . 1 65 of Charles W esley s Hym n s for Fa m ilies ’ “

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H Y M N 4 94 LO ! God i s here ! let us a dore —

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s h ip —TUNE She f field, 1 7 6 1

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J ohn W esley s tran slation fro m the German of Gerhard Ter

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steegen , and i s based on Genesis xxvi ii 1 6, 1 7 For an a c count . .

of the author see under H ym n

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I t i s a truly noble co m position a hym n , says M r Love ,

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that I should be glad to he a r sung at the open ing of d ivin e
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service every Sabbath m orn ing The late Re v B enj am i n
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Clough uncle of M r Pun s h o n, who went to I ndia with D r Coke ,

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state s that being i n London with h i m , the D o c tor said , M y

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dear brother, I a m dead to all but I ndia l M r Clough thought
over thi s re mark , and these words occu rred to hi s m in d “
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left all and followed H i m Thi s raised M r Clough s fainting
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spirits , and he began to s ing the third verse of H ym n 494

Gladly the toys of e arth we lea ve ,

W ealth pl easure fa m e fo r Th ee alone

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To Thee our will s oul fl esh we give

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0 ta ke 0 sea l th e m for Thine own

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Tho u a rt t h e G o d Thou a rt t h e Lo rd
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B e T ho u by all Thy work s ado re d .

D rCoke heartily j oined M r Clough i n singing that hym n of sel f

dedi c ation On e knows not in which m ost to glorify the grace
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of God : the veteran of the cross about to laun ch out into an ,

enterprise of great m agnitude or the devoted youth strong i n ,

h is victoriou s faith driving away fro m hi s heart the evil spirit of

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fear by a burst of sa c red song .

U nder a ser m on preached by the v enerable John W esley, M r

\V Caudle , of Col c hester, was induced to j oin the M ethodist
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S ociety ; and , soon afterwards, he fou nd peace in believing H e .

lived a godly and useful life , an d died like a patriarch , in the full
possession of hi s intelle c t , blessing and c ounselling hi s friends .

A few hours before he died , he repeated, with m u c h fe eling, the

c ouplet
LO G od is he re l et us adore ,

An d o wn how d read ful i s thi s pla ce 1”

H e fel l asleep in J esus faintly whi s pering to h i s fa mily,

, G oo d
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bye ; God bless you 1
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H Y M N 49 5 Co me let u s arise An d press to the skies — F or

Ch r i s t i a n F r i en d s —TUNE , N ew Y ear s D a y , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s form ing N o 204 of H ym n s an d Sacred

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Poe m s , 1 7 49 vol ii , where it i s printed in double verses , single
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m easure .

H Y M N 496 . The earth i s the Lord s A nd all it

contains .
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g om of Goa ,
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Charles W e sley s being N o 1 7 8 of Hy mns and Sacred

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i t S peaks of God s boun ty in supplying u s with daily food .

H Y M N 49 7 . Co m e, all w h o e er have set — 0n ’

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a foa m y .

TUNE Ca rd ifl , 1 7 6 1 ,
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Charles W esley s being N o 1 80 of Hym ns and S acred’

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Poem s , 1 7 49 vol i i , . .

For forty si x years F ra n ms B ea c ha m, of Clutton B ri stol , was

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a useful m em ber of the M ethodist Society, an d a local prea c her

for forty years There was a freshness and power in h is preach
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ing, which al ways secured for hi m a welco m e in the circuit ;

this was the result of hi s habit of i nter c essory prayer H e .

spent one hour every m orning before the fam ily was up , i n ,

earnest devotion a n d had bri ef fam ily worship four ti m es every

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day D uring hi s illness hi s m ind was delightfully stayed on

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God Shortly before he died, he said to hi s son , Christ i s

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m ine and I a m H i s
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Finding hi m self near the etern al world
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he wh is p ered
Nearer an d nea rer still , ,

W e to our country c ome

To tha t c el es tial hill ,

T he we ary pilg ri m s hom e

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The N ew Jeru sal em above ,

The seat of everla sting love .

H i s end was m ost pea c eful . H e died , breathing out Chri st

i s pre c iou s l
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H YM N Com e let u s anew Our j ourn ey pursue
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y o ur n y
e — TUNE , D erby, 1 7 8 1 . .

Charl e s W esley s , forming N o 1 8 1 in Hymn s an d Sa c red

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Poe m s , 1 7 4 9, vol 1 1 The last line s of v erses seven and eight
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are transposed ; that wh i c h was printed to the eighth verse

i s pla c ed to the seventh .

W hen abo ut the age of twenty M iss J a c kman ( afterwards

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M rs Spen cer, of Slaidburn , and m other i n law to the Rev Ada m - -

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Flet c her) sought and found salvation through Christ , and

be c am e confirme d in her cho ice of the M ethodists , chiefly
through the m ini st ry of the Rev W illia m B ra m well She was . .

one of the fi rs t fru its of M ethod ist prea c hin g i n her native place
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By a c ourse of u nifo rm p iety, and of m ore than ordina ry de

v o t e d n e s s to G od for sixty fi ve years , she proved the genuine
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n es s of the change wrought in her hear t Their hou se was .

opened for m any years for preaching and m any were saved
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through the services W hen nature was fairly worn o u t by

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age , she spent m u ch of her ti m e in repeating portions of the

W ord of God and verses of hym ns and j u st before her death ,

she sung part of the hy m n

Co me , l e t anew Our j o urney pursue
us

W ith vigo ur ari s e ,

And pre s s to our pe rm ane nt place i n the ski es

after whi c h, pea c efully and i m per c eptibly she pass ed away to ,
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her Father s house above .

For several years M rs M M F i s o n , of B a rn ingha m Su ffolk,

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was exercise d with doubts as to her acceptance with God but

soo n after her last illnes s co mm en ced, the Lo rd so powerfully
m anifested H i m self after she had agoni sed in prayer for the
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blessing that fro m that period her j oy was u nbounded, and her
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delight was i n telling e very one how happy she was and i n ,

u rging the m to seek the Lord H er confidence in God was .

unshaken to the last and j ust before the fi nal struggle after
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great agony of pain , she said , wi th sweet c o mposure

T h e fiercer the bl a s t The s ooner tis p ast ’
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H er last m essage , to her Thetford friends , was , Tell the m

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J esus 1 5 p reci ou s .
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A life of only thirty years was allotted to M atilda S medley,

of Sandia c re , and during twenty of the m she faithfully served
the Lord A s a S u nday school tea c her and a colle c tor for
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m issions and the B ible S o c iety she was m ost d iligent and ,

succe ssful Two year s of affl i c tion were appointed to he r ; but

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m ind wa s kept in peac e Shortly before her d eparture she
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desired that H ym n 4 99 should b e read to her A fter the sixth

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v erse was read

H a ll eluj ah they cry To the King o f t h e sk y

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To the grea t everlasting I A M

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To t h e La m b th a t was sl a in And liveth agai n , ,

Hall el uj ah t o Go d a nd t h e L amb
she was enraptured, and see m ed ready to m ingle wit h the celes
tial throng of the redee m ed before the throne , whither her happy
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spirit soon fled her last words being J esus i s preciou s
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A m iller an d baker i n a country village has m any t em p t a

tion s to S ab bath breaking bu t i n t he case of Tho m as Pal m er
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of E y e , Peterborough the te m ptation was invariably resisted

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For m ore than thirty years he was a con sistent M ethodi st ,

and later in life a u seful class leader an d c ircuit steward I n -

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his last illne ss he was redu ced to such extre m e debility that he ,

c ould s c arcely speak ; bu t j u st previou s to h is death to the ,

surpri se of all his friends , he broke out , and sang m ost delight:
fully
A d ay with o ut ni g ht W e feast in H is s ight ,

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And ete rnity seem s as a d ay 1

H e continu ed to sing z t intervals so me of his favourite hym ns

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till within a n hour of his peaceful departure to heaven .

H YM N — “
All p r a i s e toour
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redee m ing Lord M eet i ng .

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of F r i en d s TUNE B i rs t a l 1 7 6 1 .
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Charles W esley s fro m Hy m n s for those tha t seek R ed em p

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tion 1 7 4 7 page 6 3 I t was added after M r W esl ey s death ’

The lengthened w
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idowhood of M r s I sabella D a y of B ere ,

H eath D orchester wa s S pent in helping forward the work of

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God W hen severely a ffl i cted , she did not absent herself fro m
the m
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ean s of grace O n the eve of her last day on earth,

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the usu al weekly prayer m eeting was held at her hou se, when
she prayed with great energy, and , at its close , gave out a n d
sung
And i fo u r fe ll o wsh ip below
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In Jesus be s o sweet ,

W hat heights o f rap tur e sh all w e kn ow

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When ro un d i s throne we m eet
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On the following m orning her happy spirit went to reali se those

r a ptures .

H YM N 5 0 1 Jesus great Shepherd of th e sheep

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l i ev er s TUNE , W ednesbury 1 7 6 1 .
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Charles W esley s fro m Hy m n s and Sacred Po em s 1 7 4 9

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vol i N o 1 3 6 The seventh verse of the original i s left out

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M any chapel keepers have had to thank God for enabling

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the m to re a lise the truth of the P sal m ist s declaration that it i s ’

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better to be a door keeper in the Lord s house than to dwell in
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the tents of wickednes s Such an one was Sa m uel Si m pson ; of .

Cha p eltown Leeds H e had been a useful M ethodi st fro m the

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age of twenty O ne day while he was at work i n one of the stone

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quarries near Leeds , both his legs were accidentally broken and ,

fro m the first al l hope of recovery was gone H e exultingly .

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endured hi s acute sufferings saying Jesus is m ine and I a m , , ,
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. Am ong hi s last words to hi s friends who visited h i m i n ,

the I nfirm ary, were these

Tog ether l et u s sweetly l ive ,

Toge the r l e t u s die

And e a ch a s t arry crown re ce ive ,
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A n d reign above the sky .

Shortly afterwards , his releas ed spirit escaped to heaven .

Another instan ce of the value of W esley s Hym ns almost at

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the hour of death i s recorded in the W es l ey a n M ag az i n e in

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connection with the sudden death of M r Charles Copland , o f

E truria The writer of the noti ce alludes to the last servi ce for
social worship which he attended when he expressed his delight ,

that eleven new m e mbers were added to the S ociety and after he ,

had received hi s ticket of m e m bership part of H y m n 5 0 1 w a s ,

sung M r Copland set the tune , and sang heartily the lines
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To g eth e r l e t us s wee tly live ,

To g e th er l e t us d i e
A n d ea ch a st a rry cro w n re ce ive ,
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A n d re ign above t h e sky .

H e walked ho m e jo m i n g 1 n religiou s conversation on arriving

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at his residence he becam e suddenly unconscious and in an

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hour he passed fro m the singing of hym n s on earth to join i n 4

the everlasting song above .

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H YM N 5 0 2 Co m e Thou o m ni scient S on of M a n — F or a ny
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w ho t h i n h t hey ha v e a l r ea dy a t t a i n ed (fn ll r ed emp t i on ) .

TUNE Fetter lane , 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and S acred Poe m s ,

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v o l i i , N o 1 24
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H YM N 5 0 3 . Try u s ,
0 God and search the ground —A
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Pra y er Pers on s i ll h —
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jo n ed i n F e o w/ s i a TUN E, B rooks ,
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Charles W esley s from H ym n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 ,

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p age 8 3 The .original is a long hy m n in four parts of which ,

thi s is the first .

N o hym n i n the collection has bee n m ore freq uently u sed i n

so c ial worship Objectors are o ccasio n ally found to the
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couplet
W hen to t h e ri ght or l eft we stray ,

Leave u s n o t c o mfo rtles s

i mpl ying th a t even out of the narrow path that leads to heaven
wanderers m ight hop e for the H oly S pirit s co m forting presence ’
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The poe t rather prays t h at prodigals m ay n ot be abandoned

when in the broad way that leads to d estru ction Thi s hym n .

has a fforded con solation an d en courage m en t to followers of Jesu s

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i n variou s condition s of experien ce I n the L o ca l Pr ea cher s .

M ag a z i n e for 1 8 5 2 there i s an account of the last days of George

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M achin of Stockport who, i n early life , had been band m aster

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t o a volunteer c orp s W hen he beca m e a M ethodist he ga ve

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u p his m ilitary pu rsuits H i s last illness was severe , but in the

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m idst of m u ch su ffering h e would point towards heaven and

sing
There all t he ship s compa ny m eet ’

Who sa iled with the Saviour benea th &c ”

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O n the M onday he raised hi m self up in bed a n d gave out i n a ,

fi rm voice part of H y m n 5 0 3 affixing a favourite tune , and , ,

j o m e d by those friends who su rrounded hi m ,

sang with sur
prising influen c e and p ower the verse
Th en w he n t he m ighty w o rk is wrought , ,

Re ceive thy rea d y bri d e

Give us i n hea ve n a ha p py l o t
W ith a ll t h e s an c tifi ed "
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HYM N 5 04 .
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Jesus un ited by thy grace
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j o i n ed i n F el l o zos h zfi — TUNE , Aldri ch ,
1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s form ing the fourth part of’

, a long hy mn , o f
which N o 5 03 i s the first part
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H YM N 5 05 .U nchangeable , l m ighty Lord A . H e t ha t

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bel i ev eth s ha l l n ot m a iz e h a s t e TU NE , oar, . Z 1 76 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s an d Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 2 “

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page 1 7 3 , founded on I sai a h xx xvi i 1 6 The original i s in four . .

parts of whi ch thi s form s the third and Hym n 2 8 0 the fourth
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p a 1t .The soft and easy flow of the language accords ad m irably

with the gentle spirit which pervades the hym n .

H Y M N 5 06 . Father of our dying Lord —F or t he D .

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ay ofPen te
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cos t —TUNE A m sterdam 1 7 6 1

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page 1 66 founded on J ohn xiv 1 6 1 7

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H YM N 5 07 S aviour of all , to thee we bow
. U n t o t he a ng el .

of t h e Ch u r ch of L a od i cea
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& c — TUNE I nvitation , 1 7 6 1 , .
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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym n s and S a cre d Po e m s 1 7 4 2

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page 3 00 , founded on Rev i ii 1 4, & c The original i s a long . . .

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hym n i n three parts ; thi s form s the first p o rt i o n o f the thi rd

part with som e verses o m itted H ym n 4 5 4 i s part of the sa m e
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A writer in the S on th er nM et h od i s t Qu a r t er ly , vol ii (A m erican ) . .

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re m arking on this hym n , says A s faith i s a receiving and ,

appropriating not a bestowing n or i m parting grace , there have

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been obje ctions to the line , The heave n ly m anna faith i m parts .

H YM N 5 0 8 God of love that hear st the prayer —F or t h os e

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t ha t h a ve fo u n d R ed emp t i on TUNE Foundery 1 7 6 1 .

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Charles W esley s , fro m Hym n s fo r those that seek R e d em p

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tion , 1 7 4 7 page 1 9 Portions of four of the verse s are o m itted
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H Y M N 5 09 . J esus , Lord we look to thee —F or

, . a F a m i ly .

TUNE , H otham , 1 7 6 1 .

Charles W esle ys fro m ’

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H y mn s and S a c red Poe m s , 1 7 4 9,

vol i , N o 1 46
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H YM N 5 1 0 . Thou God of truth an d l ov e .

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F r i end s — TU NE , F o n m on , 1 7 6 1 .

Ch arles W esley s , fro m H ym n s and S acred Poe ms , 1 74 9 vol

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N o 20 3 The original has seven verses th e last of which is

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o m itted The sixth verse co mm en ces thus 0 m ight the Spirit

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m ight is changed for m a y The hym n contain s a
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graceful expression of sy m pathy and unity between married

s ouls .

The work of a M ethodist prea c her was n ever what a w orldly

m a n would en vy , and up to the close of the la st centu ry, and for
so m e twenty years i n the present centu ry, a Sabbath day s toil ’ -

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for an earnest preach er would have been a weariness of the
flesh indeed had not the heart been engaged W ith a burning
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love for souls , Jab ez B unti ng, D D , once s a id, M any attribute . .

their conversion to their h a vi n g a t t en d ed a love feast ; I owe -

m in e to having been shut out of one

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E xcluded from that .

m eans of gra c e by the fi rm d i s c i p l i ne of M r A lexander M ather ,

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he went ho m e t o pray ; and he i s now i n paradise prai sing ,

God for the t ra n s a ct i o n s o f that H e was born M a y _

1 7 7 9 and co mm en ced to travel in 1 7 99

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I n 1 8 0 3 he was located .

i n London , wh ere he was stationed when he was m arried , and

resided near Long Lane , S outhwark .

An entry in hi s jo u rn al a t th i s pe riod furni shes an 1llu s t ra t i 0 n

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of the use of thi s hym n , whic h will be read with interest H e .

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proceeds a s follows S unday evening Septe mber 1 1 ,

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At half past ten I read prayers at S n o w s fi el ds Chapel in the
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B orough and preached fro m 1 J ohn i 9

, I be gi n to feel a little . .

m ore at ho m e in the pulpits of t h e m etropolis and its vi c inity ,

than I did when I first cam e At three o clock I began

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to give tickets at Rotherhithe ; at s i x, I preache d there fro m

Luke x v 2 , and was en a b l e d a s M r W esley u sed to phrase it
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‘to speak so m e strong rough words
After finishing the renewal
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of tickets I walked ho m e M r Taylor ( superintendent of the

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c ircuit)cam e a little after m e and says t his has been the hardest ,

day s work he has ever perform ed sin ce he left Cornwall , m any

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y ea rs a g o i
W e tried to rouse each other by s in g i ng
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0 m a y Thy Spirit s e al
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Our s o uls un t o t h a t d ay ,
W i th al l T h y fulne ss fil l ,

1 A nd then tran s po rt away

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Away to o u r e ter na l res t ,

Away t o our R edeemer s brea st ’

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but we had n o t st rengt h enough to fin ish the ver se so we gave
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it up , and b egan to talk about M a c cl es fiel d , fro m which pl a ce
he h a d m arried M iss M a cl a rd i e only a short ti m e previously .

Forgive u s , fo r Thy m erc y s sa ke —F o r a Pr ea cher

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of t h e G os pel — M os es Wi sh — TUNE Canterbury 1 7 6 1 ’

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Founded on E xod us xxx iii 1 2 t o xxxiv 9 . . .

H YM N 5 1 2 . Centre of our hopes Thou a r t —F or .

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F r i en d s TUN E D edication , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , fro m H ym n s and Sa cred Poe m s ,

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vol ii , N o 2 3 6 the first verse being left out

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H YM N 5 1 3 . J esus , with kindest pity s ee —F or . Ch r i s t ia n

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F r i en d s —TUNE , M a r i en b ur n 1 7 6 1
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Charl e s W e sley s , fro m H ymn s an d Sa c red Poe ms 1 7 49

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v ol ii ; N o 1 99
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phraseology used by th e preet i n thi s hym n .

HY M N 5 1 4 Father at T h y fo o t s t o o l see —
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F orCh r is t i a n .
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F r i end s TUN E, Plym outh , 1 7 6 1

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Charles W esley s , fro m H ym n s and S a c red P oe m s , 1 7 4 9

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vol ii , N o 1 94 The two last verses of the original are left out
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The first verse is an addres s to God th e Creator the second to

Jesu s the Sa vi ou r ; the third to the H ea venly Co m forter ; the
fou rth t o the U n ited Trinity The p et iti on s a r e d istinct and
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appropri ate The hy m n i s a l s o re markable for the rhym e being

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between fir s t a n d second, hn d t h i rd and fou rth vers es instead

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of between alt ernat eline s .

H YM N 5 1 5 f Father, Son, an d Spir it , hear .

5 16 . Other ground can n o m an lay .

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5 17 Christ , our H ead , gon e up on high
C hrist fro mwho m all blessings flow
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T h e Comm u n i on of S a i n ts — TUNE S , Love feast , Salisbu ry, and -

A scension , 1 7 6 1 y .

Charles W esl ey s; bei ng four part s of a lon g h y m n fro m

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for d ivin e gu i d an c e in private , social and public servi c e s ,

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especially at the opening of all deliberative as se m blie s for pro

m o t i n g the spread of the work of God .

I n the early part of his life Richard H arwood of D arwen , , ,

Blackburn , entered the arm y, and whilst abroad was a ffli cted i n
his eyes , and ulti m ately los t his sight For thirty years aft er .

le a ving the arm y , he was a zealou s M ethodist and for eigh t een ,

years a class leader H e was re m arkable for p un ctuality and

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early attendance at the class and prayer m eeting s, and the

publi c m inistry of the W ord H i s death wa s sudden H e had . .

bee n at the six o clock S unday m orn ing prayer m eeting, and at
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n ine attended to open the Sunday s chool by singing and prayer -

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H avi ng g iven out and j oined in s inging , the verse

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Ex ept t he Lord c o ndu c t t he plan

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The b e s t concerted s che mes are va in

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And never ca n suc ceed

W e spe nd our wre tched strength for no ught
B ut if our works i n Th ee b e wr o ug ht ,

They shall b e blest indeed

i mm ediately without a groan , “
h e c eased at once to work and
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live.

H YM N 5 2 7 Co m e W i sdo m Power, and Gra ce D ivine ” -

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H YM N 5 28 O Saviour, c ast a gra cious s m ile

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of B el i e vers TUNE, Chapel , 1 7 6 1 .
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Charles W esle y s , fro m F a mi ly H y m ns 1 7 5 7 , page

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H YM N 5 29 . H oly La b
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1 TUNE H otha m
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T h e original is printed in four line stanzas -

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S o m e have taken objection to the closing couplet of the hy mn .

Till w e, the sa cred tre e

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B o w t h e h ea d a n d die l ike Thee ,
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I t i s m anifest that the poet did not rrfe an i n any way to ch unte
nance Ro m i sh prac tices .
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H YM N 5 3 0 Co m , e Thou all inspiring Spirit — F or a F a mi ly -

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of B e li e v er s TUNE ,
W est m inster 1 7 6 1 .
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Charles W esley s , fro m F a m ily H ym n s 1 7 5 7 , page 4 2

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H YM N 5 3 1 Chri st whose glory fills the skies A P l a n t of .

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Charles W esley s , b eing N o 1 26 7 of S cripture Hym ns

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vol i , based on E zekiel xxxiv 2 9 3 0 The editor of

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Toplady s W orks has, in error, given the authorship of thi s

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hy m n to that clergy m an J am es M ontgo m ery has selected the .

first verse of thi s an d two verses of Hy m n 1 5 6 to m ake a h y m n

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for his Chri stian Psal m ist .

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H YM N 5 3 2 . Co m e let u s use the grace divine
, y o i n o ur .

s el ves to t he L or d i n a cov en a n t — TUNE B ro ck m er 1 7 6 1 .

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This form s N o 1 24 2 of Charles W esley s S cripture Hym n s

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vol ii , a nd i s based on J ere m iah l 5 The original wa s

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written i n th ree do uble stanzas This hy m n i s frequ ently u sed .

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both in E ngla nd and A m erica , at the renewing of the Covenant

by the M ethodist societies The appropriateness of the language .

and senti m ent are rem arkable the m ore so as the hym n was not ,

designed for a n y su c h servi ce ; although the words of the prophet

i ndicate such a dedication Co m e let u s join ou rselves to the
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Lord in a perpetual covenant that sha ll n ot be forgotten , .

H YM N 5 3 3 . Lord , we Thy will obey .

” —A t Pa r t i ng —TUNE ,

Tru m pet , 1 7 8 1 .

Charles W esley s fro m Hym ns and Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 49

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wit h the title , For the S ociety at Parting The poet with .
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his usual skill has wrested fro m i n fi d el s a senti ment wh ich

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has at ti m es b een frequentl y quoted by the m : as Christians ,

M r W esley writes
W e o nly w e ca n s ay , , ,

W h a tever i s is best , .
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H YM N 5 3 4 B lest be the dear uniting lo ve —A t Pa rt i ng of .
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Ch r i s t i a n F r i en d s — TUNE , A ldrich , 1 7 6 1 . .

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and the others altered Thi s hy m n i s in serted in the . N ew Con
greg a t i o n a l H y m n book , and erroneou sly ascribed to C en n i ck
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H YM N 5 3 5 . And let our bodies part .

—A t
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Pa r t i ng —TU NE ,

La mpe s ’
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F ro m Charle s W esley s Hym n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 74 9 , ’ “

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vol ii N o 2 3 3 The original i s i n two pa rts , the second of

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which i s entirely o m itted W hen the Rev Robert N ewton was . .

last lea ving N e w Y ork t o return h o m e hi s Am erican friends , ,

standing o n a separate stea m er alongside jo ined very heartily ,

i n si nging this hy m n ( See Life of Re v R N e wton , page

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H YM N 5 3 6 . Je sus accept the praise —A t t he

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F ri en d s — TUNE Tru m pet, 1 7 8 1
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Charles W esley s , for m ing N o 4 8 of Rede mption H ym ns

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1 74 7 There are so me subli m e thoughts in this hy mn ; the

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sixth verse i s especially worthy of n oti ce .

H YM N 5 3 7 . G od of all con solation , take —A i Pa rt i ng of .

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F r i en ds —TUNE , Liverpool , 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s , fo rm ing part of a paraphras e of Revelatio n

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. H y mn s on Rede mption , 1 7 4 7 page 6 8 The original , .

i s printed i n double stanzas ; part s of the first and second are

o m itted .

I t was the privilege of John C C l e n d i n n en , fo rm e rly a prea c her

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i n the I rish Conference to be brought to a knowledge of the ,

truth through the m ini stration s of the early M ethodist preachers ,

and whilst a youth he heard a serm on by the venerable J ohn

W esley who , ac c ording to hi s c u sto m laid his hand s on hi s
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head and i nvoked a blessing on h i m I n 1 7 9 6 he c o m m en ced

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hi s itineran t labours , and su ffered m u ch fro m persecution du ring

the I ri sh rebellion I n those troubleso m e ti m es , whilst holding
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a love feast he was s e ized a n d sent to prison , and on his way

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thither reproved the o fficer i n co m m and for profane swearing, .

an a c t which converted an ene m y into a fr i e n d After a pilgri m .

age over the greater part o f I reland , extending to m ore than

fourscore years he delighted as m uch as ever i n the W ord of
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God and in Wesley s hym ns H is wife, shortly before he d ie d ,

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quoting
Our souls a re in His m ighty h and ,
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And H e sha ll k e ep th em still ,
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Pal m s in our ha nds we a ll s ha ll bea r ,

And crowns upo n our hea d . .

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The Lord i s m y portio n ”

W ithin a few m inutes of her death
she repeated
To pati ent faith the prize is sure , &c .

an d in that peaceful fra m e pas sed i nto the skies .

I t was under the m inistry of the Rev W alter G ri fli t h i n Lo n .

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d o n that M rs B ywater of Te m ple N ewsam , was convinced of

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sin and led to give her heart to the Lord H en ceforth the de
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sire o f her life w a s to bring others to Jesu s She watched for .

souls ; she wept for soul s ; she agoni sed i n prayer for souls ;
and i n her sphere she laboured for souls ; and God crowned her
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efforts by u sing her i n plu cking brands fro m the burning .

She had a seventy y ears pilgri m age on earth without m u ch sick

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nes s ; her last illness was short ; the feeblen ess of age crept
upon her, and when near the en d of life s j ourney she found c o m ’

fort by her friend s reading to her verses of Charle s W esley s ’

hym ns W hen a frien d had ceased on the last oc c asion , she

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herself gave out , with all the e m phasi s she c ould

The n us l a wfully co nt e nd
let ,

A n d fight o u r p as s a ge thro ugh ;

B ea r in o u r fa ithful m ind s t h e e nd ,
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A n d k e e p the p rize in vi ew .

I n thi s happy state she continued for a short ti m e , when she

entered into rest .

M ichael W ard of G r ee n h ey s M an chester was converted to

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God in his youth an d throughout life he faltered n ot in hi s

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fidelity to the truth and i n hi s attach m en t to the cause of G o d .

H e loved the san ctu ary , and took special deligh t in the services
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The last three ti m es he m e t his class he gave out the verse 4 -

Th en l et u s ha st ent ot h e d ay
W he n all sha ll b e brought h o me
C om e O R ed e em e r ! c o m e aw ay
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0 J es us qui ckly com e 1

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A few hours before hi s death he sole m nly co mm ended h i s wi fe

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a nd fa m ily to the guardian care of his heavenly F ather H e .

wa s hurried ly c aught up to his rest in hea ve n .

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HY N M 5 38 Jesu s, soft harm onious N a m e —A t p a r t i ng of .

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Ch r i s t i a n F me d TUNE H otham 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esle y s fro m '

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vo l i i , N o 2 43
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H Y M N 5 39 Lift up your hearts to things above —A t p a rt i ng .

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of Ch r i s t i a n F r i en d s —TUNE , W ednesbury, 1 7 6 1
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Charles W esley s fro m H y m n s and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 9

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v o l ii , page 33 1 N o 2 4 4
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stanzas the third and eighth being o m itted and the ninth and
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tenth transposed .

Thi s hy m n form s the last in th e collection as it was publi shed

by John W esley i n 1 7 80 and it i s there N o 5 2 5 All the h y m n s
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which follow have been added as supple m ents at variou s period s .

Other M ethodist bodies which have adopted these hym n s have

added to this portion the short hy mn co mm encing Lord ,
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dis m is s u s with thy blessing .

TH E A D D I T I O NA L H Y M N3 .

S O M E years after M r W esley s death the H ymn B ook under ’

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went very considerable revision and alteration and in thi s form ,

it appeared in 1 7 9 7 A co p y of the book with the alteration s

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m arked is now before u s

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H ow that book was received by the
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Conferen ce and by the people m a y be gathered by the answer

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to Question 2 7 in the M inutes of 1 7 9 8 I t reads thus D r .

Coke and Broth ers Storey M oore and Clarke are a p pointed
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to redu ce the large H ym n Book to its pri m itive si m plicity as-

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publish e d in the second edition [ in with liberty to add a

word now and then in the way of n o t e s , t o explain a di ffi cult
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passage for the sake of the unlearned and a discretionary

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po wer is given the m in respect to the additional hym ns The sale

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of the 1 7 9 7 edition was stopped, and the unsold copies destro y ed .

The annotated edition of the Hy m n B ook provided b y a u t h o - ~

rity of this resolution did n ot give m u ch m ore satisfaction than

its predecessor, so fa r as the notes were concerned T h e s e w e re
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afterwards left out , so that the edition with th e n otes i s scarce .

W e have a c opy before u s a n d venture to think that it wa s

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wisely determ ined to print the book as M r W esley prepared it,

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with the addition of so m e twenty two hymns co mm encing w i th -

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H y m n 5 40 and ending with H ym n 560 A s however a m ongst .

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these additional h y mn s there were none whi c h gave the Confer

en c e a copyright i n the collect ion other parties c ontinued to ,

publish the book and the people i n the provinces bo ught

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largely of these unofficial ed itions partly be c au se they were a ,

little cheaper and so m eti m es they had the at traction of a little

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brighter binding A s at th is ti m e there ap p ear s to have been

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only three editions of the Hy m n B ook issued by the Conferen ce

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we learn by the M inutes of 1 8 0 1 , Q uestion 1 3 that the prices ,

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of these were as follows T h e S m all Pocket H ym n Book, I S 3 d -
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with c lasp, I S 6 d ; The Large Pocket H ym n B ook ( 1 8 m o ) 3 s 6 d

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with clasp 4 s ,
The Large H ym n B ook ( 1 2 m o) 4 s 6d A
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N ot a B en e was added , very wisely u rgi ng the societies not to ,

purchase any but the B ook roo m edition s I n this form the
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book contin ued to be published till 1 8 3 0 when the S upple m ent ,

was added .

H Y M N 5 40 . B efore Jehovah s awful throne —Pa rap h r as e of

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Ps a l m C — TU NE , 1 00 t h Psal m
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D r W atts version of the H undredth Psalm se c on d m etre

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I t was al tered by M r W esley, and inserted by h i m i n

hi s C olle cti on of Psal m s and H ym ns third ed ition , en larged , ,

1 7 44. The first verse of the origina l i s left out ; the second
vers e as published by D r W atts co m m en ce s as follow s
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N a ti o n s a ttend befo re His throne

W ith solem n fea r with sa cred j oy , .

These lines Joh n W e sley has sub stituted by two others , wh i ch

give in c reased sole m nity and grandeur to the whole hym n .

Th e y are as follows
Before Jeho vah s a wful thr one ’
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Y e nation s bo w with sacred j oy ”

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N ever was a tran sformation m ore c o mplet e than the one made
by this al t eration Fro m being a hy m n c o m paratively un
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noti ced and unn oti ceable it has b een m ade one of so l e m nity
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p ower, and subli mity M any of the great celebration s o f t e

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l i g i o us or dinan c es both in E n gland and in A me ri ca h a ve for ,

m ore tha n a ce ntu ry b e en co m men c ed b y the si nging of thi s

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c o mman di ng poetical a ddress to the D eity .

The late D r D e mpster, wh ile s enior p rofe ss or i n the Garre t t

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An d shortly a fterwards he faintly b reathed out , I a m bound
for the Kingdo m go to glory with m e and so he entered into
rest .

H YM N 5 4 1 . Lord of the worlds above —L ong i ng for t he .

H o us e qf God .

D r W atts paraphrase of Psal m lxx xiv

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Thi s was inserted in
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M r W esley s
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Collection of Ps alm s and Hy m ns 1 7 3 8 ; and ,

a lso i n the sam e work enlarged , i n 1 7 44 with the second and ,

fifth verses of the original o m itted .

I n the year 1 7 8 8 Tho m as K i dd ear, of A shby de la Z ouch , was

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awaken ed to a sense of h is lost condition as a sinner, under the

m in istry of the Rev George Gibbon , and soon after obtained
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the re m iss ion of sins A s a cl ass leader fro m 1 8 09 a leader in

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singing and in prayer m eetings a trustee and So c iety steward , he

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served God and M ethodis m faithfully for fi ft y two years I n hi s -

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last illness, during one of hi s n ight s of pain , he was praising

God and a mongst other hym n s i n which the privileges of
Christian believers are des c ribed he repeated the whole of the
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one c o mm en c ing
Lord of the worlds above 1
How pleasa nt a n d how fa ir
The dwellings o f Thy love ,

Thy e a rthly te m pl es are ,

T o Thine abo d e m y hea rt aspire s ,

W ith wa rm desire s to s e e my G o d .

H e found Christ precious , till hi s released spiri t departed to be

where H e reign s alone .

The nam e of Agar st ands honourably c onne c ted with M ethod

i s m i h Y ork for n early a hundred years B enjam in A gar, the .

elder, heard both J ohn an d Charles W esley preach in London ,

an d when he returned to Y ork he had the hon our of entertaining
J W esley at hi s hou se on the o ccasion of hi s last visit to tha t
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city D uring that visit , both hi s children had M r W esley s ’

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hands laid on their heads , and re c eived the good m an s blessing ’

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J oseph beca m e a preacher a m o n g the M ethodists and hi s ,

b rother B enj a m in found pard on in early life , whilst at prayer i n

a poor b ut godly m an s cottage H e gave up m u c h of party
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politics and worldly influen c e to devote his ti m e to the interests

of religion H e served the o ffi c e of c lass leader well, and ga ve
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liberally of hi s substan c e t o pro m ote M ethodism W hen laid .

aside by illness he was graciou sly sustained , saying

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everlasting ar m s are around m e The Lord is very good H e .

supports me ”
H e frequently repeated thi s verse
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T he L ord H i s
p e o ple l o ve s
H i s ha nd n o go o d withhol d s
From tho s e H i s he a rt a p p ro ves ,

Fro m ho ly humble s o uls ,

Thri ce h a p p y he 0 Lo rd of ho s t s , ,

W h o se sp irit trus ts a l o ne i n The e ”

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As the end of life dre w n igh he said Lord , save me ! O n ,

Thee m y Lord on Thee I depend

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A nd j ust as life was ,
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ebbing ou t h e whispered to M r s Agar M y dear I a m going

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to clai m — to clai m when hi s voice faltered and she added , ,

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Y our m an sion in the skies H e replied , Oh yes Thus did . .

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h e sleep in Jes u s and go to b e for ever with the Lord
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H YM N 5 4 2 . Lord and God of heavenly powers . T her efore

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w i th a ng e l s , a n d a r ch a ng el , &c .

Charles W esley s paraphrase of that part of the co mmunion

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s ervice of the Church of E ngland co mm encing

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with angels and archangel & c I t appears in Hym ns an d , .

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Sacred Poe m s 1 7 3 9 The word archangel, both i n the title
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and text of th is hym n should be printed in the singular nu m ber

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as we read of but one a rchangel M ichael , i n heaven Thi s ,

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error i s also p erpetuated in the B ook of Co mm on Prayer .

H Y M N 5 43 . B eing of Beings God of Love ,

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Charles W esley s fro m Hy m n s and Sacred Po e m s 1 7 3 9

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page 3 5 I t breathes a spirit of grateful adoring love but so m e

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of its expression s are not suited for indiscri m inate u se .

HY M N 5 44 . The Lord of Sabbath let u s praise .

—0n t he
S a bba t h - D ay .

W a s written by S a m uel W esley jun and appears in his , ,

Poe m s on Several O ccasions 1 7 3 5 ; also in J oh n W esley s

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Collection of Sacred Poe m s vol iii p a ge 1 7 8 I t will be , . .
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found in the author s works 1 8 6 2 page 3 64 I t is a hy m n of , , .

g r e at e xc ellen c e the energy of the thoughts and expre ssions i s

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equ al to that found in the hym n s of h is two brothers The .

c oncluding couplet i s particularly co m prehensive and fine

Twa s g rea t t o s p e ak a w o rld fro m n o ught
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Twa s gre a te r to red e em l

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The m other of D r J obson received the first convi ctions of sin

in her own heart by exa m ining the ten co mm and m ents wit h ,

her father as a preparation for her first co m m union a t the

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Lord s Supper i n the cathedral Lincoln A ttending that ser

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v ice with a heart softened by self exa m ination

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whilst partaking of the m e m orials of the Lord s passion she ’

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experienced that b rui s e d n es s of spirit which can only be a pp re

hended by a sincere penitent Fro m the table of the Lord she
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went ho m e with a broken and contrite heart to her c loset and

there, whilst repeating the hy m n co m m encing
Behold the S avio ur of m a nkind ,

N a ile d to the sh a m e ful tree

H o w va s t the l o ve tha t H i m in clined
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To bl eed a n d d i e for m e ,

she was enabled to appropriate by faith to her o wn case the

m erits of the death of Christ and her soul rose into the l ight
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and liberty of the children of God W hen she beca m e .

a cquainted w ith the nature and design of M ethodist class

m eetings she at on ce beca m e a m e m ber of Society and soon

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after the leader of a class The j oyous nature of her religio n

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led m any to court her co m pany and coun sel and with rich and
poor alike she was faithful in discharging her duty towards their
souls and towards her S aviour W hen she visited London the .
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prevailing wickednes s al m ost overpowere d her sen sitive spirit

sh e yearned over perishing sinners and prayed earnestly for ,

their salvation She spent m uch ti m e in faithful pleading with

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God an d her life was on e of great peace , usefulness and activity

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i n all its duties Several m onth s illness preceded her death,

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but her acceptan ce with God a n d her hope of heaven , were ,

clear and fi rm O n Friday the day on which she exchanged

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m ortality for life which she thought was the Sabbath she
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exclai m ed W hat a beautiful S unday m orning i s thi s I and

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i mm ediately co m m enced singing

T h e L o rd o f S abba th l e t us prai s e ,

I n co n cert with t h e bl e s t ,

W h o j o yful in h a rmo n i ous l ays

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Emplo y an e nd less rest ”

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H YM N 5 5 1 . ivine Thy gra c e we clai m

V i cti m D T he h oly , .
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E u cha r i s t a s i t i mp l i es a S a cr ifi ce .

Charles W esley s for m ing N o 1 1 6 of Hy mn s on the Lord s

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D r B r e v i n t s re m arks on page 1 5 of hi s essay furnish
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the thought s on whi ch this hym n i s founded .

H YM N 5 5 2 J esu s drinks the bitter cup —

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t he D ea t h of Ch r i s t .

Charles W esley s form ing N o 2 1 of Hym n s on the Lord s

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Supper 1 7 4 5 The original has nine stanzas the first three of
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which are left out The o m itted verses form H y m n 6 2 1 , c o m

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m e n c i ng God of unexa m pled grace
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I n this hym n the poet .
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n otices i n bold and striking language the signs and wonders

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acco m panying the death of Christ the phraseology i s co mpre

h e n s i v e sole m n and subli m e
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I n the second verse of this hym n.

the poet alludes t o a ru m our recorded by Plutarch that in the ,

reign of Tiberius who was E m peror of Ro m e at the ti m e of the

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crucifixion of J esus an extraordi nary voi c e was heard near so me

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islands in the I on ian S ea which exclai m ed The great Pan i s

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The augurs were consulted by the E mperor bu t they ,

could n ot explain th e m eaning of the supernatural v oice The .

fa c t of the ru m our being on record i s re m arkable The heathen s .

regarded the god Pan as the source of fecundity, and as the prin
c i p l e or origin of all things ,
W hat they in ignorance attributed.

to Pan belonged really and truly to the Lord Jesus Christ .

H en ce ou r Christian poet sings in verse two ,

D i e s the g l o ri o u s c a us e o f a ll
T h e true et e rn a l Pa n
Fa ll s t o ra i s e us fro m our fa ll
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To ran s o m s inful m an .

W hat i s here applied by the poet fro m heathendo m to the death

o f the S aviour i s by M ilton applied to hi s birth i n his Hy mn
for the M orning of Christ s N ativity, where the poet says
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sheph erds o n t h e l a wn
T he
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Or e e r t h e p o i n t o f d a wn
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S at si m ply cha tti ng in a rus ti c r o w

Full little tho ught they then
That t h e m ighty Pa n
W as kindly come t o live with them b el ow ”
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The Rev S am uel W esley rector of E p worth , in hi s exqu isite

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devotional p i e ce entitled E up ol i s Hy m n to the Creator p ub

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l i s h ed i n several of the W esley vo l u m es , alludes in like m anner

to the na m e and power of thi s gre a t heathen deity, thu s
Thy h erbage 0 grea t Pan sustains
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The fl o cks tha t graze o ur Atti c pl a ins .

H YM N 5 5 3 . H e dies the Friend of s inners dies —Ch ri s t s ’

dy i ng , r i s i ng ,
a n d r eig n i ng .

D W atts fro m H o rse Ly r i cae , 1 7 0 5

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This hym n i s a s m u ch i mproved by J ohn W esley s j udiciou s ’

alteration s as i s the sam e author s version of the H undredth ’

Psal m D r W atts wrote thus

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He di es The he avenly L o ver di e s

The ti d ings s tri ke a d o l eful s o un d
On my p o or h eart s tri ngs deep he lies-

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I n t h e c o l d c ave rns o f the gro un d .

W e need not stay to point out the weakness of this let J ohn
W esley s a m ended lines m ake their own appeal
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H e di es
the Fri en d of s inn ers d i es
L o 1 S a lem s d a ught ers w e ep aro un d I
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A sol e mn d arkne ss v eils the ski es ,

A s ud d en tremb li ng sh ak es t h e ground .

I n M r W esley s S elect H ym ns for the U se of Christian s of all

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D eno m ination s he has printed this hym n in its unaltered form ;

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thu s showing that he took special pains i n preparing the H ym n

book designed For the U se of the People cal led M ethodi sts ”
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H YM N 5 5 4 O ur Lord i s risen fro m the dead —0n t he A seen

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f Ch r i s t .

Charles W esley s version of Psal m xxiv 7 —1 0, found i n the

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enlarged edition of Psal m s and Hy m ns , 1 7 43

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H YM N 5 5 5 . Co m e ,
D esire of nations co m e ! — W r i tt en
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t he E a r t h q u a he i n L on d on , 1 75 0 .

Charles W esley s fro m Hym n s o ccasioned by the E arth

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W hen all Lon don was i n a state of violent c onsternation the ,

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T he M et hod i s t H y mn Booh -

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inhabitants fleeing into the O pen c ountr y foolishly thinking the ,

earthquake m ight not there reach the m an d supposing that the ,

apparent threaten ings of the A l m ighty were again st the bu ild

ings and not against the c itizen s of London , m ultitudes givi n g
up everything fro m fear, and crowding rou nd the W esleys and
W hitefield in their ho m es at the Foundery, and in Hyde Park
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M o o r fi el d s , and Kenn ington then , and u nder such exciting

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cir cum stan c es the faith of Charles W esley was m anifested by

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h is writing and printin g i mm ediately su c h hym n s as this

C o m e, Dsire of n a tion s com e
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H ast en Lord the genera l doom

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Thu s the faith of the Christian poet enabled h i m to pray for that
which the affrighted unbelieving worldlings so m u ch dreaded
This hy m n i s als o printed in M r W esley s Select H ym n s with ’

Tunes a n n ext , 1 7 6 1 an d in the S a c red M elody i t has th e

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tune Plym outh affixed .

H YM N 5 5 6 . To the hills I lift m ine eyes .

—Ps a l m cxxi .

Charles W esley s para phrase of P sal m cxxi , & c , found in the

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enlarged edition of Psal m s and H ym ns 1 7 4 3 Th is is placed ,
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under the title, O n M iscellaneou s S ubjects .

M ethodis m has flourished i n Y orkshire with s carcely any

exception or interruption A gainst m uch opposition H ugh
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Gill , of W eeton O tley , j oined the M ethodist S ociety through

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th e preaching of Ri chard Burdsall and his conte mporaries , and

soon afterwards he bec a m e a lo cal preacher and often travelled
long j ourneys to p roclai m the salvation which he hi m self
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had found H e and his son , who also was a local preacher so
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t horoughly canvassed the v illage on behalf of the m i ssion cau se ,

that they collected nearly two shillings a n nually for every resi
dent therein ; and the greatest delight of M r Gill s fam ily was ’

to have the house full of guests at the m i ssionary anniversary,

and to give each a thoroughly Y orkshire welco m e W hen .

seventy four s um m ers had passed over his head , during fifty of
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which he had acted as a local preacher he was as m u ch attached ,

to the m ean s of grace as ever O n Good Friday, 1 8 2 7 , he

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attended a prayer m e eting and poured out hi s soul before God

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with m uch earnestness and power O n E aster S unday h e m et.

hi s c lass in the m orning , and gave out the hym n

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I n instances innu m erable thi s hym n has been a sou rce o f

en courage m ent and con solation to the tried , a ffli cted and dis ,

tressed followers of the Redee m er The title i s Light Shining .

ou t of D arkness ”
W hat that darkness was a brief gl a nce at
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the hi story of the author and the hy m n will suffi ciently explain .

Partly fro m pecuniary diffi culty, and partly fro m deep re m orse
o n account of sin Cowper had to b e placed u nder the care of
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D r Cotton a s a lunati c U lti m ately he so far recovered as to

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be re m oved fro m the asylu m and allowed the liberty of free ,

action E ven then he was o ccasio nally so m u ch depres sed as

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to be a source of anxiety to tho se around h i m I n one of these .

attacks of m ent a l derange m ent he u nhappily believed that the

divine will was that he sho uld drown hi m self in a particular
part of the River Tha m es at London H e one even ing i n his .
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thirty second year, called for a post chai se an d ordered the

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driver to take hi m to the Tower W harf i ntending as he , ,

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records to thro w m yself into the river fro m the Cu sto m
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house Q uay I left the coach upon the Tower W harf inte n ding
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never to return to it B ut I found the water low and a porter

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seated on so m e good s as if on purpose to preven t m e This .

passage to the botto m less p it being m ercifully shut against m e ,

I returned to the coach , and ordered the m a n to drive m e back

t o the Te m ple Thus the snare was broken Cowper escaped
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the te m ptation , and i m m ediately he sat down and wrote the

hy m n whi ch indeed speaks of light S hin ing out of dark
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ness which has m inistered co m fort to thou sands, and will yet
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afford con solation to thou sands of others for m any generation s

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to co m e J a m es M o n tgo m ery says of thi s hym n that i t i s a
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lyri c of high tone and character an d rendered awfully interest ,

i ng by the circu m stan ces under which it was written—i n the

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twili ght of returning reason .

The late Rev H ugh Stowell , of M an chester, at a p ubli c m eet

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ing related an inc iden t which ve ry tou chingly illustrates this

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hym n of Cowper s O ne of the Lan cash ire m ill owners who

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had struggled long to keep his hands e m ployed during the cotton
fa m ine ari sing fro m the A m erican w a r 1 8 65 at last found it , ,

i mpossible to proceed and calling hi s workpeople together told

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the m that he should be co m pelled after the u sual n otice , to close ,

his m i lls The n ews was received with sadness and sy m pathy
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to the m it m eant privation and suffering to h i m it m ight be ,

ruin N one c ared to s peak i n reply when suddenly arose the

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voice of song fro m one of the girls who was a S unday s chool ,
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teacher a nd who feeling it to be an o ccasion re q uiring d ivine

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help and guidance gave out the verse of Cowper s hy m n

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Y e fea rful s a i n ts fresh c o urage t ak e , ,

The cl o uds y e s o m u ch drea d

A re big with m ercy a n d sh all brea k ,

In bl es s ing s o n yo ur h ea d .

All the mill hands j oined in S i ng i ng the verse a m idst deep

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e m otion .

Few person s have had a better parentage a better training , ,

better co m panions or a better end of life than the Rev J oseph

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E ntwisle the second W hen a scholar at Kingswood S chool

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at the a g e of ten , he beca m e the subj ect of saving grace , and

maintained hi s piety throughout a long life A t the age of .

twenty fi ve he was received i nto the W esleyan m inistry having

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been preceded by a father of the sam e na m e one of the m ost

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handso m e holy useful and venerable of m en The son like

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his sire carried his religion i nto everything, and lived as on e

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who had habitual co mm union with God I n 1 8 64 h e was .

travelling in the Y eadon circu it and one Thursday evening he ,

wa s preaching at M oorside H e had just given out the se c ond

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who lines of the first hy m n for the servi ce

G o d m o ves in a mys teri o us w a y &c ,

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an d whilst the congregation was singing the fou rth line of the
verse
A n d ride s u p o n t h e s to rm ,

the preacher quietly sank down i n the pulpit and i n a few ,

m o m ents hi s m eek and q uiet spirit passed away to be for ,

ever with H i m who rides upon the stor m who i s H i s own

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i nterpreter and who will in H is own good ti m e m ake all such
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dispensations plain .

HY M N 5 60 . Lord dis m iss u s with Thy blessing —A

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d i ct i on .

Thi s is believed to have been written ( 1 7 9 3 ) by the Rev .

E dwin S mythe form erly of D ublin afterwards of Bath and

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B ristol and who was associated with the W esleys i n their

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labours at the close of the last century M r S mythe w a s .

nephew to the Archbi shop of D ublin i n 1 7 7 7 The wido w of .

M r S m ythe was kn o wn to several M ethodists during the presen t

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century A sister of the A rchbishop had twenty seven c hil

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dren and one of her grandchildren was the w ife of the Rev
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D r M orison , of China Thi s hy m n m ust not be confu sed with

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another which co m m en c es with the sam e first lin e whi ch was ,

written by the Rev W alter Shirley in 1 7 74, bu t which i s i n three

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stanzas .

T H E S U P P LE M EN T .

T H O S E to who m the affairs of M ethodis m were intru sted

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na m ely, the Legal H undred during the quarter of a centu ry
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following the death of its founder, found su ffi cient occupation

i n ca r rying on , c on solidating , and extending the work of preach
ing the gospel , and the duties resulting therefro m ; hence
several m inor m atters as they were th en thought to be whi ch
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h ave sin ce occupied a large S hare of the attention of the Con

n e xi o n were left in abeyan ce for
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a m ore conven ient season .

O ne of these m atters was th e exten sion of the Collection of

Hy m n s u sed by the body W hen the Hy m n book proper, wi t h
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the twenty on e additional hym ns was finally agreed upon

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selfish , an d so m eti m es m erciless printers in the country invaded

the rights of t h e B ook Co m m ittee by bringing and pu shing ,

into the m arket cheap u nauthori sed and often very inaccurate
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edition s of that work, to the inj ury of the fund s of M ethodis m ,

and not m u ch to the credit of any one else Thi s question .

O ften ca m e before the B ook Co mm ittee in Lon don ; and ulti

m ately i n 1 8 2 9 or thereabouts the des n e for an in creased

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variety of hy m n s was urged with s o m u ch reason and force by

m any of the preachers and S ocieties that it was resolved to add ,

a Supple m ent to the Collection , an d the preparation of that

work was intru sted to th e editor (at that ti m e the Rev Tho m as .

J ackson ) the Rev Ri chard W atson , and the Rev W M

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B unting Thi s additio n of 20 9 hy m ns was published at the end

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of the year 1 8 3 0 at first i n a separate form so as to place it

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within easy reach of the m e m bers of the S ociety and congrega

tion s and after a year or t w o it was regularly bound up as p art
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of the authori se d Collection i n which form alone it has sin ce

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been sold Th e frequen cy with which the hy m n s i n thi s part

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of the b ook have been given out fro m that ti m e t o the pre
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hym n i n h i s volu m e of Poe m s on Several O ccasions , 1 7 3 6,
secon d edition 1 7 43 , and reprinted i n 1 8 6 2 , page 3 65 .

There are three of these hy m ns , the second being addressed

t o G Od the S on whi ch co mm en ce s the second section of the
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S upplem ent , N o 60 1 and the th ird addressed to God the H oly

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Spirit , whi ch co mm en ces the th ird section H ym n 649 These ,

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were n ot printed i n the origi nal quarto edition of M r Sa m uel

W esley s poe m s , p ubli shed i n 1 7 3 6, but in the second a n d
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enlarged edit ion 1 2 m o , 1 7 4 3 with a portrait the fines t which

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has ever a ppeared of the author Sa m uel W esley the elder .

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brother of J ohn and Charles was born i n London , February 1 0 , ,

1 69 0 A s a child h e showed a taste for poetry H e was edu

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c a t e d at W est m inster S chool an d Christ Church Ox ford when ce , ,

h e returned , after he had taken hi s M A degree to beco m e on e .

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of the u shers of W est m in ster S chool , where he had h is brothers

for so m e ti m e under his care W hilst residing there h e beca m e .

one of the founders and prin cipal pro m oters of th e W est m inster ’

H ospital a work of charity a n d benevolen ce in whi ch h e

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took special pleasure A fter residing i n W est m inster Cloi sters .

for twenty years he was appointed head m aster of th e Gra m

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m a r S chool Tiverton , i n 1 7 3 2 , H e there issued the fi rs t .

edition of hi s poe m s in 1 7 3 6 and died i n 1 7 3 9 at the early age , ,

of forty nine H e w a s n ot friendly to the religiou s views of

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h is broth ers bu t died before the M ethodist Societies were

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really found ed There are si x of his hym n s i n the Collection

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hym n
Pl to beh o ld Thine i mag e bright
ea se d

W ith rays c o e qu a l shine -

B ego tten un crea te d Light, ,

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A s i nfi n ite a s Thin e .

H YM N 5 6 2 H ail c o essential Three

. T h e T r i n i ty i n U n i ty
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Charles W esley s fro m Hym ns on the Trinity, 1 7 6 7 p age

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H Y M N 5 63 . Great i s o ur redee m ing Lord . T he H o ly
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Ch u r ch t h r o ug h o u t a ll t he w or ld d ot h a ch n o w l eag e .

Charles W esley s version of P s alm xlvi i i published by H en ry

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F ish , A M , 1 8 5 4
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H Y M N S 5 64 . I nfinite God , to Thee we raise .

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5 65 . M essiah j oy of every heart
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5 66 . S avio ur , we now rej oice i n hope .

Te D eu m l a u d a m us .

Charle s W esley s , form ing the first p ortion of his elegant

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poetical paraphrase of that subli m e devotional hy m n known as

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the T E D EU M I t i s found in that poet s Hy m n s for those
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that seek Rede m ption , 1 7 4 7 I t there appears in fourteen stan .

zas but i n the H y m n book it i s d ivided so as to m ake three

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hym n s There i s a subli m ity i n the langu age and character of

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the T e D eu m, which the poet has ad m irably caught and em

bodied i n hi s m asterly rendering of the sam e W h o for i n .
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stan ce , can repeat th e sole m n truth “

W e believe that Thou ,
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shalt co m e to be our J udge without deep e m otion , or sing the ,

sam e i n the strain of the M ethodi st poet

And Thou with j udg ment clad shalt co m e
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To seal o u r everl a sting do o m .

This paraphrase has been very generally ascribed to the poet

D ryden , but erroneously H e has publishe d a version of this
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fine hym n but i t is m uch inferior to thi s one by Charles W es

ley H i s i s i n the decasyllabi c verse , and co mm ences thus
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Thee sovere ign G o d o ur grate ful accents pra ise

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W e own Thee Lo rd and bless Thy w ondrous w ays , .

H YM N 5 6 7 The S pacious fi rma m ent on high

. T h e hea ven s .

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d ecl a r e t h e g l o ry of God & c , .

J oseph Addison s being one of hi s five h y m ns and though t

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t o be the best of the m I t i s a version of the first four verses

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o f Psal m x ix , and was published i n 1 7 1 2

. I t is found i n the .

S pect a t or , N o 4 65 , S aturday , A ugu st 2 3 1 7 1 2

. I t i s a subli m e ,
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com position ; but it is re markable that, whilst it exhibits

the works of God i n exalted strain s the nam e of God or of ,

J esu s Christ does n ot once occu r i n the hy mn There has .

be en m uch controversy c oncerning its authorship Parti sans .

have been found to cl a i m it for W atts T i ckell and M arvel ; , ,

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but though the evidence of actual authorship is not so clear as

it m ight be , the clai m of Ad d i s ci n i s supre m e .

Joseph Addi s o n was bo rn M a y 1 , 1 67 2, and was the son of ‘

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the re c tor of M ilston i n W iltshi re H e was edu c ated at Am es

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bury Salisbury and the Charterhouse wh ere he beca m e a o

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q u a i nt ed with Ri chard Steele H e afterward s graduated at .

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so m e elegan t verse s to the veteran p oet D ryden W hen only ,

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twen ty fi ve he obtained a crown pension of 3 00 per annu m to

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enabl e h i m to travel for a co m pli m entary p oe m on the king

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H e afterwards contributed liberally to the T a t ler S p ect a t or , ,

a n d G u a r d i a n , and hi s Saturday papers in th e S p ect a t or con

rained hi s hy m ns I n 1 7 1 6 he m arried the Countess D owager

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of W arwi ck, and i n 1 7 1 7 he becam e Se c retary of State Thi s ,

o ffi ce he soon relinquished on a pension of £ 1 5 00 a year and -

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d ied at H olland H ou se Kensington , J une 1 7 1 7 1 9 H i s works

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are nu m erou s , and posses s high m oral ex c ellence as well a s dis

t i n g u i s h e d l iterary m erit H en ce there i s a proverbial saying
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W hoever would attain to an elegan t E nglish style m ust give ,

hi s days and nights to the study of Addison ”

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H YM N 5 68 . God i s a n a m e m y soul adores —T he .

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Cr ea t o r
a nd Cr ea t u r es .

D W atts , fro m H o rse Ly ri cae 1 7 0 5 This was i nserted i n

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J ohn W esley s Collection of Psal m s and H y m ns 1 7 3 8 The

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second verse of the origi nal i s left out an d several alteration s ,

are m ade in those whi ch are adopted M r B unting h as sug .

gested as a tu ne for thi s hym n W ebb s—very slo w ”

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H Y M N 5 69 . The Lord Jehovah reign s — T he . . D i v i ne

D W atts version o f Psal m cxlvi i i I t i s found in J ohn W e s

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ley s P sal m s and H y m ns 1 7 3 8 , and con siderably i mproved

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H YM N 5 7 0 H igh in the heavens , eternal Go d

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P erfect i on s a n d Pr ov i d en ce of G od .

D r W atts versi o n of P sal m xxxii 5 6 The fift h v ers e is

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H YM N 5 7 1 W ith glory clad with strength arra y d

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Tate afi d B rady s ve rsion of Psalm c xiii , li c ensed i n 1 696

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clearest assuran ce of h is a c ceptan c e w ith God A short ti m e .

before his death he requ ested a frien d to read to hi m H y mn

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5 7 6, co mmen cing
M y s oul ins p ired with s a cred love
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The Lo rd thy G o d deli ght t o praise

His gifts I wil l fo r H i m improve ,

T O H i m dev o te m y happy days

To H im my tha nk s a nd praises give ,
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And only for His glory live .

Clasping h is ha n ds , he exclai med , Thank God , thi s hy mn

contain s m y experience m y prin ciples and m y determ ination
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W hen the sweat of death was on his brow, waving hi s hand i n

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token of vi ctory, he said, with his expiring breath Co m e, Lord ,

J esus c om e qui c kly and he fell asleep 1 n J esu s

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HY M N 5 7 7 . Great G od , attend while S ion sings — God

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H i s C/t nr olt or , G r a ce a nd Gl ory .

D r W atts ’
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H YM N 5 7 8 . Sweet i s the work, m y God, m y King —A Psa l m .

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D r W atts version of the n inety fi rs t Psal m Part I , 1 7 1 9 the

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sixth verse left out .

I n early life, M r George N ott , brother of General S ir W N ott .

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had a stro n g bias towards the Christian m ini stry, but

circu m stances did not favour his obje c t yet his highly cultivated
m ind and powerful intellect were occasionally exercised as a local
preacher i n M ethodis m, to which S ociety he belonged for
nearly fifty years A s a class leader, he greatly excelled , owing
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to hi s deep spiritual experience , hi s accurate acquaintan ce with

S cripture , an d hi s rem arkably retentive m e m ory H e lo ved .

prayer, an d was regular at the weekly prayer m eeting I n re -

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tirem ent , during his last illnes s , when laid aside by paralysis he ,

delighted to converse on the heavenly state ; and the m ention

of its nearness an d bl essednes s would at once awaken strong
feelings of attach m ent to the better land which he would give ,

expression to in so m e favourite stanza Often did he brea k out .

i n this strain
Then shall I se e an d hear and know , , ,

A ll I de s ired and wi shed below ;

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And every p o wer fi n d s we et e mpl o y

In that eternal wo rld of j oy ”

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F ull of such expectations , he passed away fro m his earthly ho m e

at Carm arthen to his everlasting one in heaven .

HY M N 5 7 9 . Great i s the Lord our God —T /ze Cla i r e/t .

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H ono ur a n d S afety of a N a t i on .

D rW atts version of P s al m xlviii verses 1 8, Part I , with

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three verses of the origi nal left out .

I n one of the o m itted stanzas the poet has shown m ost c on

vi n c i n g l y how the power of the Al mighty i s the defen ce of any
n ation that tru sts in H i m
W hen navies tall and proud , ,

Attempt to spoil our p ea ce ,

He s end s His te mpests ro am ing roun d , ,

And si nks th em in the seas .

Si m ilar in senti m ent i s that lin e of Charles W esley s in wh ich ’

he prays for the defeat of the French n avy when that nation
was seeking to invade E ngland Charles W esley s prayer for the
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intruding invaders was very pointed

Sink them in the Ch annel L o rd , .

H Y M N 5 80 . Great God thi s hallow d day of Thine

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for t i i e L or d s D ay M orn i ng .

W ritten by M iss A nn Steele , under the signature of Theo

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Pieces i n V erse and Prose 1 7 60 page 1 3 8 The third and
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fourth verses are left out .

She was the daughter of the Rev W illiam Steele B aptist .

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m inister B roughton H ants and was born in 1 7 1 6

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me mber of her father s chur c h and wrote a nu m ber of hym n s

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and poe m s full of s criptural teaching breathing a piou s spirit

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They have a wide an d deservedly h igh reputation A few hours .

before the ti m e fixed for her m arriage the young m a n was ,

drowned and thi s sad a cc ident and her own delicate fram e
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m ade her a great su fferer through life She died at Broughton .

in 1 7 7 8 aged sixty one and was buried in the churchyard there

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The original hym n has fou r verses the first and second on l y ,

being gi ven I n the first line, sa c red is c hanged for h al

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lowed day of Thine ; and the fou rth line read s , These sol e mn “
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these devoted hours ”

N either of these alterati ons are i mprove
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ments The Rev W M B unting has added the following verse

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to hi s c opy of thi s hy m n , un der date of M ay 7 , 65 , 8 A M ” ’

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And l e t Thy mercy lighten L ord , ,

On all who thus look up to Thee

D i s til the c o m fort of Thy W ord
L ike d ew from heaven m y G o d on M E , , .

So be both san ctified a n d blest

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H YM N 5 8 1 W el c o m e sweet day of rest

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I n conversion and on death beds thi s hym n h as been m ade a -

ble ssing to m any John W atson of B aildon , Y orkshire was

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a pprenticed to a cloth worker at the age of n ine years to re main

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t ill he was twenty D uring that ti m e he was allowed one shil

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ling per yea r for pocket m oney This s um he preserved for five
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years and , after m u c h reasoning he purchased a B ible a n d D r

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W atts Hy m n Book with hi s five shillings H e was m u c h elated

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with h i s bargain although he could n o t read the m H e had

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regu larly attended the Baptist Chapel at Rawdon , but had

realised n oth ing b eyond seriou s i m pressions I t was the pra e
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tice of the fam ily with who m he resided often to read the S c rip
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tures an d to sing hym n s ; and on on e of these o cc asion s whilst

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repeating the vers e

One day ami d st the pla ce
W here m y dear Lord has been ,

Is b etter than t en thousand days

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Of pl easurable sin ,

he felt unu tterable j oy H e w ithdrew, and took a walk into the

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fields , where hi s peace i n co m m uni n g with G od was overflowing .

H e was i m pressed to go an d hear the M ethodists which he did ,

o n th e following S unday he j oined th e S ociety and re m ain ed ,

a faithful and co n sisten t m em ber for si xty years a class leader ,

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for fifty y e a rs and at the age of eighty, died in great pea c e, say
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i ng Christ i s preciou s H e i s pre c ious indeed

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S o fe w were the privileges of the Gospel i n so m e parts of

E ngland seventy years a g o that i n order to atten d th e preach ,

ing of th e M eth odists in w h i c h h i s soul felt co mfort an d s a t i S

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faction , John D ixon , of B assingha m, had to go to N ew a rk, n ine

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entered the mini st ry H ere he wrote his nu m erou s works, was

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the m in ister at the Cast l e H ill M eeting house and be c a m e one -

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of the fou n ders of the B ook S ociety for providing good and cheap
books for t h e poor Lady Frances Gardiner, wife of Colonel
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Gardiner urged D oddridge to publish his hy mn s but he had

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been dead fou r y ears before they appeared They are three .

hun dred an d sixty fou r i n nu m ber to wh ich so m e others were

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added in another volu m e of hym ns published i n 1 83 8 by J ohn , ,

D oddridge H u m p h ry es M ontgo m ery s ays of D o d d r i d g e s

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H ym n s They shine in the beauty of holiness and like the ,

saints they are lovely a n d a cceptable for fervid , u na ffected love

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to God H i s servi ce , and H i s people
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The words of H agar Thou , God seest m e so rested upon
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the m ind of A nne H a m er in early life that she was constrained ,

to forsake worldly pleasures and at the age of sixteen during ,

th e progress of a revival in Shropshire she foun d the Lord , to ,

the j oy of her heart H er life ever afterwards was devoted to

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the service of God i n the S abbath school and as a m i ssionary -

collector sh e was re m arkably u seful H er last illness was brief

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but her peace and j oy were u nshaken W hen the m idnight pre .

ceding her departu re was passed she was re m inded that the ,

S abbath had co mm en ced She i mm ediately replied .

Thine earthly S abb ath s Lord we love , ,

But the re s a noble r rest ab ove ’

To tha t our l ab ri ng soul s a sp ire’

W ith a rdent p angs of strong desire .

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A dding I shall soon be before the throne of God and the La m b
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I shall hunger no m ore , neither thirst any m ore the Lamb shall
lead m e to fountains of living waters an d God shall wipe away ,
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all tears fro m m y eyes I n thi s ecstasy of j oy and praise she
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contin ued for so m e ti m e then , turning t o her husband , repeated ,

Farewell ! and let m e languish into life and so she passed

away .

D r D o d d r i d g e s description of heaven i n thi s hym n would

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s carcely be appreciated by Christian s dw elling i n an E astern

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cli m e , where the sun cloud and m idni g ht shade are the
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very paradise of life s enj oy m ent A noble m i ssionary who

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spent thirty y ears i n Ja m ai ca and Old C a l a b a r, r em a rk s O ne

who knows what it is to b e e xp o s ed to the sun of the torrid zon e
shudders to read the d readful lines in a h y m n by D r D oddridge ,
d e s c r i b i ng h e a v e n
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N o m idnight sh
e n o cl o uded sun ad , ,
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B ut sa cred high eterna l n o o n , ,
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The idea i s i ntolerable I t t erri fi e s one to think of it The m a n

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who wrote that line m ust have lived far n orth where a gli m pse ,

of the sun was a rare favour and hi s highest enj oym ent to bask ,

in its rays a live long su mm er s day -

I m e t on ce i n Ja m ai ca ’
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with a black boy under the shade of so m e cocoa nut trees , where
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we both had taken shelter fro m the glare of the m eridian sun
and the dazzle of the sea s ide sandy road I said , W ell, m y ‘ -
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boy did you ever hear of heave n ? M e hear m assa ‘An d ’

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M assa it m u st be
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what sort of place do you think it will be ? ,

very cool place That b oy knows m ore of the B ible on that

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subject than so m e hym n writers -
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H YM N 5 8 3 Again our weekly labours end — O n til e S a ooa tn

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This i s part of a hym n of fourteen sta n zas , originally written

by J oseph Stennett, and published in 1 7 3 2 I t has been so .

altered by so m e one that, as i t appears in the M ethodist c o ll e c

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tion only the last five lines are copied i n their integrity Sten
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n ett s hym n has m any ad m irers, and i s found i n other collections

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u naltered The first verse reads thu s

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Ano ther six d ays wo rk is done ’

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Another S abba th is begun

Return my s o ul unto thy rest , ,

Revere the day thy G o d h as blest .

The Rev W M B unting has added this n ote

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S abbath m orn ing hym ns, see 64 7 6 5 2 , 65 4 664, and
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The author of this hym n the Rev J oseph Stennett , D D was ,

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born at Abingdon , Berks , in 1 663 , and under h is fathe r s m inis ’

try was converted i n early life H i s edu cation e mbraced every .

branch of knowledge then taught A fter he beca m e the pastor .

at D evonshire S quare Chapel h e m inistered to a congregation ,

of Seventh day Baptists but he also preached to other congre

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g a t i o n s on the first day H e also trained young m en for the

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m inistry H e was the author of H ym n s for the Lord s Supper ”

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1 69 7
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A ersion of S olo m on s‘ S ong 1 7 00 and twelve
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Hymn s on Believers B aptis m 1 7 1 2 H e also published a

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co mm endatory poe m on the Rev Sam uel W esley s I ngeniou s .

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Poe entitled The Life of Ch rist & c , 1 69 3 H e died in 1 7 1 3 , . .
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H is collected works , hym ns, poe m s ser mons , letters n d ife

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appeared in four volu m es , i n

, 1 732 . This hym n i s foun d in a
dozen colle c tion s .

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H Y M N 5 84 O render thanks to God abo ve
. H i s mercy .
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en d u r et li for e v er .

Tate or B rady s v ersion of Psal m cvi 1 —

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forty eight stanzas , fi ve only of which are selected The last

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line is altered fro m

Sing loud am ens praise ye the Lord ,
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H YM N 5 85 Far T ne Good n es s
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as creation s bound s extend
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of G od A ckn o w l edg ed .

Ja mes M errick s paraph rase of part of Psal m cxlv , and first

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published in 1 7 6 5 Only a s m all portion of the original is give n

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J am es M errick A M , was bo rn in 1 7 20, and was edu cated for

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the m inistry at Trin ity College Oxford ; but his health failing ,

h i m he was n ot ordained
, H e translated or paraphrased the .

P sal m s in E nglish verse , and published the work i n 1 7 65 but ,

i t failed t o secure royal favou r, so rests s i m ply on its intrinsi c

m erits D r W B C ollyer thought so highly of M errick s ver
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s ion that b e included over fifty of hi s psal m s and hy m n s in his

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colle c tion H e died at Reading, in J anuary 1 7 69, aged fi fty years

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H YM N 5 86 E ternal depth of love divine

. God w i t }: u s .
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J ohn W esley s tran slation fro m the Germ an of Count Z i n z en

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dorf I t i s found in H ym n s and Sacred Poem s , 1 7 3 9 page
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The original i s i n four double stanzas , the last of which i s

o m itted .

HY M N 5 8 7 Let e ve ry tongue Thy goodnes s speak —M ercy

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t o S ufi er er s .

D r W atts version of Psal m cxl v 1 4—1 7

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left o ut , an d the third altered .

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H YM N 5 8 8 This , this i s the Go d we adore
. G od o u r T r u s t .
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J oseph H art s fro m Hym n s Co m posed on V arious O cca
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s ions , 1 7 5 9 The original con sists of seven stanzas , the last
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only of which i s here given I t form s N o 7 3 i n the author s . .

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own book, the first line being

N o prophet or dreamer o f dre ams .

J oseph H art was born i n London in 1 7 1 2 I n early life he .

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5 9 .

The m other of the Rev D r J obson was m ade i nstru m ental in

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bringing her brother M r Jam es Caborn , of B everley, to a know

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ledge o f the truth through faith in J esus Christ H e was forty .

n in e when thi s happy change took place and for thirty six years ,
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afterwards he adorned the do c trine which he so ardently believed ,

devoting hi s m ind his energ ies, and h is substan ce to the fur

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t h era n ce of the gospel and i n helpi n g the neglected and poor

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H is testi m ony to the inward witness of the Spirit was clear, and
h is j oy in the H oly Ghost often abou nded I n hi s last illness .

he was staying with D r J obson at B radford H e expressed his .

confiden ce in God i n n u m erous verses fro m the S criptures and

the H y m n book , at in tervals of hi s severe su fferings , and up to
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the end of hi s earthly p ilgri m age of eighty fi ve years, he spoke -

to h i m self i n psal m s an d hy m n s and sp iritual songs H is last .

quotation was fro m H ym n 5 8 8

This this is the G o d we adore
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Our fa ithful un changeable friend

W h o se love is as great as His p o we r ,

And n either knows me asure n o r end .

Tis J esus the first an d the l ast

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W hose Spirit shall guide u s safe h o me

W e 11 pra is e H i m for all that is p a st
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And trust H i m for all tha t s to c ome ’

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I n thi s tranquil , resign ed and pea c eful fram e of m ind he entered

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the H eavenly J erusale m .

H YM N 5 8 9 . Sweet i s the m e mory of Thy grace T he .

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G ood n ess of G od .

D r W atts version of Psal m cxlv 7 & c

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tion of H y m n 5 8 7 , and shou l d n ot be separated fro m it H art s .

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one verse would co m e in best after H ym n 5 90 .

E arly conversion to God and devotion to H is servi ce was the

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privilege of W illiam N aylor Co m m encing his career of religious

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u sefulness soon after the death of M r W esley he was acceptable ,

as a local preacher and at the age of t w enty he co mm en ced

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to travel as a M ethodist preacher For sixty years he laboured

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with zeal and diligence i n the arduou s and responsible duties of

the m inistry filling posts of honour, and occupying the m ore
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i m portant circuits of the connexion H e was a painstaking an d.

earnest prea c her of the do c tri ne of universal rede mption, and a

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diligent pastor H e was a m a n of prayer, and h i s m inistry was

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on e of power H e took part in foundi n g the W esleyan M ission

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ary S ociety an d was privileged to prea c h one of the j ubilee

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celebration serm on s For s ix years h e was diligently helping

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forward the work of God as a supern u m erary an d in hi s eighty

fi ft h year, being then the oldest m ini ster i n the connexion he ,

cal mly entered into rest D uring a short illnes s which preceded
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his death it was his custo m to sing through , before retiring to

rest Hym n 2 2 7 co mm en cing
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H o w d o Thy m er c i e s c l o se m e round .

Those privileged to hear hi m will never forget the fulness of

feeling with whi ch h e sang it W ords fail to convey the depth .

of hu m ility the clinging trustfulness and utter reliance of faith ,

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that were expres sed i n the tones of hi s voi ce as he sang, with

a power as of early days

Thou neve r never wilt forsake ,

A helpless worm th a t trusts in Thee .

W hen at last c onfi n ed to bed he would de l ight in singing Rock ,

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of Ages and J e su lover of m y soul both of which have so
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often thrown the radiancy of heaven into the open ing to m b The .

last interviews he had with M r an d M rs M ills and M rs H B anks .

were closed by hi s singing through the last na m ed hy m n Thu s -

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the very footsteps of death beat ti m e to the songs of triu m phant

joy There was i n his last days a depth of hu m ility an d a m a r
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vellon s sweetness of spirit shini n g forth which i ndicated i n hi m ,

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heaven begun below H e also delighted , at the last , i n singing
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H ym n 5 8 9
Swe e t is the m em ory of T h y gra ce ,

M y G od m y h eaven ly King &c

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and parti cularly the c losing lines

But w e wh o t a ste Thy ri cher grace
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D e light to ble ss Thy n am e .

H is happy spirit scarcely touched the roll ing flood , for the
h eavenly chariot flash ed suddenly through that sacred roo m ,

and conveyed hi m to the m ansion s on high .

H YM N 590 . I n all m y vast concerns with Thee .

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God i s
e v ery w her e
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D W atts version of Psal m cxxxix Part I

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ten verses the last five being o m itt ed
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H YM N 5 9 1 that I c ould , i n every place

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h a ve s et t he
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L or d a l w a y s befor e m e .

Charles W esley s version of Psal m xvi 8

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H YM N 5 92 W hen all Thy m ercies O m y God

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g i v i ng for a Pa r t i cu l a r P rov i d en ce .

J oseph A ddison s fro m N o 4 5 3 of the S loect a tor Thi s was

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i nserted by M r W esley i n hi s co l lection of Psal m s and Hym n s ”

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enlarged edition 1 7 43 The original has thi rteen stanzas five

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of which are o m itted M r W esley chose the t itle

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I n connexion with thi s hym n the author ob serves i n the , ,

S p ect a t or “
I f gratitude i s due fro m m a n t o m a n how m uch ,

m ore fro m m a n to hi s M aker ? The Supre m e B ein g does n ot

only confer upon u s those bounties which proceed m ore i mm e
d i a t el y fro m hi s hand bu t even those benefits wh ich are con
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v e y e d to u s by others Any bless ing we enj oy by what m ean s

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soever derived i s the gift of H i m who i s the g reat A uthor of

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good and the Father of m er c ie s

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First , as the teacher of the preachers sons i n Old Kingwood
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S chool and finally as the classical tutor of the S on s of the
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Prophets at D idsbury as well as during a u seful interm ediate

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m inistry i n M ethodis m i n both E ngland and I n dia the R ev , ,

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J onathan Crowther se rved his generation with energy and

fidelity I n h i s life he was a bright exa m ple of Chri stian piety
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and si m pli c ity of sanctified learning and of u ntiring diligence

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in the discharge of hi s duties D uri ng a vi sit to h i s friend the .

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R e v W W i ll a n at Leeds he was seized with the illness which

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soon after wards closed hi s earthly career Ju st before c on sciou s .

n ess departed a frien d repeated W h o shall separate u s fro m ,

the love of Christ H e took up the pas sage and continued i t

to the end of the verse ; and then with peculiar e m phasis , said ,

W hen all Thy m ercies O my G o d , ,

M y ri s ing s o ul surveys ,

Tra n sp o rt ed with the view I m l o st ,

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In wo nd er love and praise , ,
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H e then repeated , H e m aketh m e to lie down i n green pastures .

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H e leadeth m e beside the still waters H i s last utteran ce was , .

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I a m thankful .

F or m ore than fifty years W illiam Stephen s of D un c annon , ,

 et hod i s t E y i n n Booh [ H
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O for this l ove let ro cks a n d hill s

The ir las ting silen ce bre ak ,

And all h a rm onious hu man tongues

The Saviour s praise s spea k
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H e was e xc eedi n gly happy ; and just as his freed spirit fled , a s
if he heard the m usi c of heaven he shouted H ark an d he , ,

went to j oin in the anthe m he doubtless heard .

H Y M N 5 96 . W h o can des c ri be the joys that ri se . in

H ea ven for a Refien t i ng S i n n er .

D r W atts Hym n 1 0 1 , B ook I , fou nded o n Luke xv

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H YM N 5 9 7 . Great God indulge my hu mble

, clai m .
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D W atts v ersion of Psal m lxiii , with four verses o m itted,

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one altered and one supplied

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M y heart is fi x d , O God, my heart —Pr a i s e

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Charles W esley s version of Psal m 1xv1 1 , verses 7 1 1 , and

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appears in th e Collection of Psal m s and H ym n s second
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ed ition , 1 7 4 3 , page 8 1 The fir st si x verses are left out

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H YM N 5 99 . B egin , m y soul , s o m e heavenly the m e .

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F a i t hfu l n es s of G od i n t he Pr om i s es .

D W atts , H ym n 6 9 B ook I I S everal lines are altered

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Ann the wife of W illiam W alkington E s q , of Grantha m ,

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feared th e Lord fro m her youth , and in early life united herself
with the M ethodist S ociety H er life was one of cheerful con
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sistent p iety , and her benevolence greatly benefited the poor

and the cau se of God Through m u ch sev ere suffering her
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c onfidence in God was un shaken O ne of the m in isters vi siting .

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her repeated that the Lord would never leave nor forsake
her to whi c h she m eekly replied, N o H e never will an d
added
I trust the all creating vo i ce -
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And fa ith d es ires n o m ore .

She soon afterwards pea c efully breathed her spirit into the
h ands of God .
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H YM N 600 . J esu s Thou everlasting King —T he Cor on a t i on

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of Ch r i s t a n d E sp o us a ls of t h e Ch u r ch .

W atts , Hym n 7 2, B ook I , fou nded on S olo mon s Song ,

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HYM N 60 1 . H ail , God the Son , in glory c rown ’

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t o God t he S on .

Sam uel W esley, jun , fro m Poe m s on S everal O ccasion s ,

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second edition , 1 7 4 3 ; also in the enlarged edition 1 8 62 page , ,

3 66 The fourth verse i s o m itted S ee H ym n s 5 6 1 and 64 9

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This i s the first hy m n in th e second section of the Supple m en t ,

with the title , O n the I n c arn ation , S u fferings , Glory , and

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W ork of Chris t ”
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H Y M N 60 2 —Hark ! the herald angels sing —F or

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Ch r i s t mas

Thi s is one of the m ost popular hymn s i n the E nglish lan

guage I t was wri tten by Charles W esley, and publi shed i n
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Hy mns and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 3 9 page 206 The ori g 1 nal , , .

has ten verses The first and second lines read thus
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H ark h o w all the w elki n rings ,

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Glory to the King of kings .

One re m arkable c ircu m stan ce i n the history of thi s hym n , and

one which has contributed m uch to its being so widely known ,

i s the fa c t that it i s printed at the end of the m etrical psal m s i n

the B ook of Co m m on Prayer for the u se of the Chur c h of E ng
land H ow it cam e there an d to b e printed by authority, by
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the printer to the U niversity i s a puzzle to m any but the fact ,

i s indisputable The only reasonable way of accounting for the

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rem arkable circu m stance i s that on one occasion the U niversity,

printer, having a blank page in the Prayer book, put in the hym n -

without either knowi n g its author, or asking any one s a ut h o ’

rity for so doing ; and once having a place there it i s al m ost ,

i mpossible to displace it , an act which has been conte m plated

by so m e Chu rch men since its author has becom e generally
known The hym n i s now included i n many c hurch hym nals,
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a n d i s un i versally sun
g at Christ m as ti me .
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H Y M N 603 . Celebrate I mm anuel s nam e ’

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T he I n ca r n a t i on

Charles W esley s , m ade u p of pa rts of several of the poet s

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hym n s V erse 1 form s N o 6 i n vol ii , founded on M atthew

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i 23 ; the secon d and third verses are fro m the A r m i n i a n

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M ag a z i n e 1 7 8 9 , page 3 90
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H YM N 604 S ing, all in heaven , at Jesu s bi rt ’

— T he I n ca r

Charles W esley s The first an d se c on d line s are fro m N o

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. .Short S criptu re H ym n s Luke i i T he , .

oth er portion i s fro m t h e a m ended form of the hym n as left by ,

the author in m anu s cript .

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H Y M N 60 5 T o u s a Child of royal birth
. T he I n ca rna t i on .

of Ch r i s t .

Charl es W esl ey s , founded on Luke 1 1 1 1 , and left i n manu

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script for publi cation after hi s death .

H Y M N 606 Light of those whose dre a ry dwelling — Chri s t

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t he L i gh t of t he Gen t i l es .

Charles W esley s , form ing N o 1 1 of hi s ’

H ym ns for t he .

N ativity of ou r Lord ”
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H YM N 60 7 . Glory be to God on H igh . I mma n uel , God

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w i th us .

Charle s W e sley s, being ’

No .
4 of hi s “
N ativity H ymns .
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H Y M N 60 8 . Stupendo u s height of heavenly love — Chr i s t .

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f t h e L ig ht o t he w or l d .

Charles W esley s bei n g on e of hi s S cripture Hym ns , left

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i n m an uscript to be published after his death

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H Y M N 609 Let e a rth a n d heaven co mbin e
. God w i t h us . .

Ch arles W esley s being N o 5 of hi s N a t i y i t y H ym n s , t h e

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third an d fifth verses being left out .

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H YM N 6 1 0 . O God of gods i n whom co mbine ,
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Joh n W esley s transla tio nfro m the Ger man of Count

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Z i nz en
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verse i s in a cc ordan ce with that of H oly S crip ture ( See M att . .

vii 2 8 ; ix 1 3 ; and Lev x vi 1 5 , & c ) The Jew, when he had

. . . . .

o ffered hi s sacrifice and fulfilled the c ere monial law c ertainly

, ,

m ust h ave fel t h i s gu ilty cons c ien c e at pea c e and his si n s ,

washed away although the sacrifices i n the m selves had n o i n

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herent value ; yet they were of divine appo intment to ae c o m

p l i s h that end The Jewish sa c rifi ces n o doubt, re c eived their
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v al ue in association with the death of Christ .

There are several instan ce s on record of th e value of this par

t i cular hy m n. O n e of the B ible S ociety s c olporteurs was one ’

day o ffering B ibles for sal e i n the J ews quarter, at the east end ’

of London , when a J ewess inform ed h i m if any of their people ,

bought a B ible, read it , and b eca m e c onverts to Chri stianity, ,

they would certainly retu rn to their form er belief, and die in the
faith of Abraha m The B ible m a n replied that when he was a
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city m i ssion ary he had been indu c ed to call upon a dying J ewess .

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She had been brought fro m affluen c e to abje c t poverty for the
faith of Chri st : at one ti m e she had kept her own c arriage .

O ne day her eye rested on the leaf of a hym n book , whi ch had -

co m e i nto the house c overing som e butter, and she read upon
it these words
N o t al l the blood of beast s ,

On J ewish a ltars slain ,

C oul d give the guilty consc ien ce peace ,

O r wash away the stain

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The verse haunted her ; sh e c o ul d not dis m i ss it n or forget it

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After a ti me she w en t to a box where she re m e mbered she had

a c opy of the B ible,and , indu ced by that verse , she began to read
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it , and she read o n till she found Chri st J esus, the Lam b slain
fro m before the foundation of the world ’
She becam e openly a .

convert to Chri stianity This cau sed her Jewi sh hu sban d to

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divor c eher H e w ent to I ndia, where he m arri ed again an d

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died She lived in m u c h poverty with two of her nation , Jewish

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sisters , who had also beco me Christian s All thi s, said the”
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B ible m a n, I kn ew and as I s t ood by her bed side she did not ,

renoun ce her faith in her c rucified Lord, but died tri um phing in
”
H i m as her rock, her s hield and her exceeding great reward
,
.

The religiou s c ourse of M rs H arriet H irst , of Bedford Pla c e,

Leeds , c o mm en ced in early life and her m e m bership as a M etho
,

dist continued near ly si xty years She ever took delight i n the
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m ean s of gra c e, espe c ially 1 n the c l ass meeting and love feast s
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u ring the trials of a long widowhood as well a s in old a ge, her,

reliance on Christ was un shaken Again and again she ex .

pressed her c onfidence i n God in the words of D r W atts

But Christ the h eavenly Lam b , ,

Tak es all our sins away

A s a crific e of nobler n a m e ;

And ri cher blood than they , .

I n great pea c e she fell asleep i n J esu s aged se venty eight ,

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A chequered course was the lot of J ohn H enry Cassell A t .

the early age of nine years the godly i n s t ru ct i o n s o f hi s go od

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M oravian m other led hi m t o the S aviou r and h e rej oi ced in the ,

knowledge of sin s forgiven B ut the severe trials arising fro m

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t he evils of the war s with France deprived h i m of hi s religion ,

a n d his p arents of all their earthly sub stance Co m ing to Lon .

don , they had to co mm en ce life again without m oney or friends .

A seafaring life for both father and son , for som e years , revealed
to the m su ch a condition of wickedness and profan ity, that they
relinquished i t for fear of i mpending j udgm ents The son , of .
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who m we write settled down at Poplar, sought again the favou r
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of God realised afresh his adoption into H i s fa m ily, joined

,

the Co mm unity, i n which he was for nearly a quarter of a

c entury a preacher and as a class leader greatly aided a rising
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M ethodist Society at Poplar H e opened his house for preach

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ing , an d rej oiced to see m any sinners th ere brought to kn ow

thei r sin s forgiven H i s love of prayer and of th e m eans of
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grace were m arked characteristics of his life The Rev J ohn . .

Farrar gave h i m and hi s fam ily the sacra ment of the Lord s ’

Supper, and a m ore solem n c elebration has seldo m been held .

Shortly after, on another vi sit of M r Farrar s , the dying m an ’

said I feel my a c count is m ade up : I know who m I have

,
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tru sted : I know the power of Jesus I feel H is love I a m the .

Lord s and H e is m ine Y esterday ( during the sacram ent ) I

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seem ed to be in heaven : surely I could not be happier if there .

H ow mu c h the hy mn we sang at the sa c ram ent has been on m y

m ind Read it
. I t w a s read ; and taking up the last verse
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with e nergy of voi c e , he ex cl ai m ed

Believing I rej oi ce
,

To fe e l the curse remove ;

I bless the Lamb with cheerful voice ,

A nd trust His b leeding love

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my ex perien c e , he added ; the c urse i s go ne

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[ H Y . 616

blood c leanses m fro m sin Ch ri st i s all in all

e Thu s .
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t ri um

p h a n t l y died this tried bu t faithful follower of Jesus .

H YM N 6 1 6 All ye that pass b y —I n v i ta t i on t o S i nn ers

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Charle s W esley s form ing N o 4 2 of H y mn s and Sa c red

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P oe m s 1 7 49 vol i
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A copy of W esley s H ymn s was lent to th e father of th e

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late Lord D erby, an d when it was returned the word

“ anger ” in the secon d verse was altered to “ m er c y ” thu s
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The Lord , in the day of H is m er c y did lay & c The altera
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tion i s an i m prove m ent M r B unting has m ade other i mprove

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m ents in thi s hym n I n l i ne 3 verse 4 for you r work he hath
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done , read you r bu rden s undon e ( I sa lviii

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and in line . .

5, vers e 7 ,
for A cquitted I was ,
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re ad “
For ran so m ed I was ”
.

The father of M rs H atton of B irm ingha m , was descended ,

from the old Puritans and preserved the principles of their stern
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and prim itive piety H e was a strong Church m an , not free fro m
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bigotry an d was indu ced t o ride over fro m I lk e s t o n e to N ot

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t i ng h a m to hear M r W hitefield preach at the m arket cross As -

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he drew n ear the outer c ircle of the crowd, the prea c her was
giving o ut with m u c h earnestness M r W esley s lines ’

All y e that pass by ,

To Jesus dra w nigh

To you i s it nothi n g that J es us shoul d di e

The words deeply i mpressed his m i n d t h e l a s t line in parti

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c ul ar, whi c h he received as a direct appeal to hi m sel f Fro m

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that hour h i s heart and m anner of life were both changed he

b ec am e a n ew c reature in Christ Jesu s , and all his fa m ily c om
men c e d soon afterwards to follow in his footsteps .

The guardian care of an elder sister produ ced those deep

religious i m pression s on the m ind of B etsy Surr, whi ch led to her
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ulti m ately fi n d i ng p a r d o n through faith in Christ whilst reading ,

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the Life of C a rvo s s o H er after life was a cle ar testim ony to
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the c hange D ivine grace had wrought She c h e erq y gave up .

ho m e an d friends to leave E ngland for J am aica as the wife o f

the Rev W ilson Lo ft h o us e u H ere , during her brief soj ou rn her
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pie t y wa s m atured by earnest a n d al most incessant prayer bu t ,

her feeblenes s of body gr eatly hi ndered her j oy S o m eti mes she .

would beco m e plaintive in her suppli cation s for m ore of the

mi nd of Chri st a nd she would aro us e h er s e lf fro m a s orrowful
t o ne b y singi ng the v erse
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ethod i s t Hy n-
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oob [ H Y . 62

S upper The original has four doubl e

. v erses the last eight
lines are o m itted .

HYM N 6 20 . the sure foundati on stone — Chri s t the

B ehold -
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s u re F o u n d a t i o n of H i s Ch u r ch .

r W atts v ers 1 on of Psal m c xviii 2 2 , 2 3

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H YM N 6 2 1 . God of unexa m pled grace .

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T he 1 . 0s S u pp er
f t he D ea t h of Chr i s t
a M e m or i a l o

Charles W esley s being N o 2 1 in H ym n s on the Lord s

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Supper The original has 11 1ne ve rses ; those o m itted here form
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H ym n 5 5 2 .

H Y M N 6 22 . W h o m Jesu s blood doth san c t ify

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Co hd ence
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i n Ch r i s t .

Charles W esley s , being one of hi s S c ripture Hymn s left

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u npublished at the ti m e of his death , and founded on D ent .

xxxiii 3 . .

H YM N 6 23 W hen I survey the wondrou s cross —Cuci x i on

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t o t he W or l d by t he Cr os s of Ch r i s t .

D r W atts fro m B ook 7 ; a v ery popular hym n

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founded on Gal vi 1 4 The fourth v erse is left out

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M r J Cra m p a local preacher at L ongford Staffordshire , had

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prea c hed three ti m es on the Sabbath and at the close of the ,

evening he observed “
I t is all over with m e ; my work i s
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done . Thi s was his last Sabbath ; he lingered on for a few
days and on July 9 he tran quilly resigned his spirit into the
,

hands of hi s Saviour, n early h is last words being

W hen I survey the wondrous cro s s
On whi ch the P rin ce o fglory di ed ,

M y ri chest ga in I count b ut loss ,

And pour contempt on all m y pride .

F ro m v ery tender years the m ind of M is s Jordan , of N orwi ch ,

was i m pressed wi th divine things and whilst yet a child during , ,

a thunderstorm s h e e arn es t l y entreated the Lord to pardon her

,

sins. These i m pressions wore away for a ti m e under the ,

teachings of a C a l vi n i s t i c m i n i s t er I n 1 7 90 the Rev John .

, .

H i c kling was appointed to the N orwi ch c ircuit and as M is s

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J ordan had co m
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m enced to attend the m i n istry of the M etho

d i s t s , s h e soon dis c o ver ed the errors she had been taught ;
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under the prea c hing of M r H ickling she learned the way of salva j -

tion and at a prayer m eeting i n the chapel she found peace in

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believing on J esu s Two years afterwards she was m arried to

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M r H ickling and for twenty years they were helps m eet for
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each other She was a tru e M ethodist and a sin cere Christian ,
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taking especial interest i n those young preachers who were fro m

ti m e to ti m e located with th e m H er last illnes s was short , but.

severe ; sh e had gone to v isit so m e friends at B everley was ,

suddenly seized with fatal sy mpto m s and i n a fe w days ex ,

c hanged m o rtality for life The last ti m e she attended her

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c lass her leader asked her to give out a verse and pray She
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gave out
W ere the whole realm of nature mine ,

That were a present far too small

Love s o amazing so divine
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D emands m y soul my life my a l l , , .

This verse gave her co m fort in her latest hours she repeated it
with her dying breath a nd i n great pea c e her happy spirit fled
,

to the real m s of glory .

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H YM N 6 24 . Ro c k of Ages c left for m , e .

—A Li v i ng a n d D y i ng
Pray er for t he H Worl d
o l i es t B el i ev er i n t he .

A ugu stu s M ontague Toplady s and first published in the Gospel

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M ag a z i n e for M arch 1 7 7 6 of whi ch he was then the editor

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I t is printed at the end of an arti cle i n prose signed J F ,

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The allu sion in the title to the H oliest B eliever in the W orld ”
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i s believed to refer to the Re v J ohn W esley who had a short .

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ti m e previously published a tract entitled Predestination Cal m ly

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Considered which is thought to h ave b een a rep l y t o the opin ion s
,

p ublished by M r Toplady on that m u ch disputed doctrine -

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The term holiest believ er c an only have been designed

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by M r Toplady as a sneer at the do c trine of entire holiness ,

which both the W esleys so strongly enforced in their preaching

and hymns The original i s in four stan zas and it was uni
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form ly so printed till M r M ontgo m ery and the Rev T Cotterill . .

prepared the Sheffield Hym n book in 1 8 1 0 I n that collection -

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Toplady s hym n was printed with con siderable alteration , a n d

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abridged so as to m ake only three stan z a s instead of four I n .

th e altered form there published the hym n has been copied into ,

the M ethodi st and so m e other collections A s altered it is .

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m an i festly an inju sti c e to the author ; hen c e , in m ost m odern

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hym nals , it i s given in its o riginal int egrit y From the i m p ort .

an ce whi ch now attaches to this hym n through out the world , it

m a y be desirable to give the exact reprint of it This hym n .

gave consolation to the lat e Prin ce Con so rt in his dying hours

and D r Po m eroy relat es , th at when he was vi siting a n Arm eni an .

church in Constantin ople , he saw m any in tears whilst they were

o ffering praise , a n d on in quiry, found that they were singing a
tran slation of this hy m n of Toplady s ’

Ro ck of Ages cl eft for me , ,

Le t m e hidem ys el f in Thee
Le t the w a ter an d t h e bl o o d
Fro m Thy ri ven s i d e whi ch fl ow d , ,
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Be of sin the double cure ,

C leanse mefrom its g uilt and power .

Not the lours o f my ha nds

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Can fulfil Thy l a w s d e m ands

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Could my z eal no re spi te know ,

C ould m y tears fo r ever fl ow ,

All for sin could not atone

Thou must s ave a n d Tho u alone , .

Nothi g i ii my h and I bring

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Simply to Thy cross I c ling ;

Naked come to Thee fo r dres s
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Helpless loo k to Thee for grace

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Foul I t o the Fountain fl y ;

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W as h m e Savi our or I d i e I , ,

While I draw t his fl eeti ng breath .

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W hen my eyestri ngs break in dea th ,

W hen I soar through tra cts unknown ,

See Thee on T hy jud gm en t throne .

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Ro ck of Ages cleft for me , ,

L e t m e hide myse lf i n T hee

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I ts fi rs t ap p ea ran ce in the W esleyan colle c tio n wa s i n the

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supple ment issued i n 1 8 3 0 ; and i n 1 8 3 2 the Rev Richard .

W atson , i n a letter to the Wes l ey a n M ag a z i ne, erroneously

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attributes its authorshi p to t h e Rev Charles W esley I f the

. . .

“
reader will turn to t h e preface on the Christian Sacram ent and
s acrifice by D r B rev i n t whi c h u sually precedes the editions of
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Ch arles W esley s H ym n s on the Lord s Supper, on page 8

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of that preface he w i ll fi n d all t h e thoughts whi ch are with so

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m u ch for c e and elegance e m bodied in the h y m n b y the poet

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hi s hand as an a c t of devotion H e died suddenly at last fro m

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the ru pture of a blood vessel , and was buried i n the graveyard

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behind City Road Chapel .

U n der the m in istry of t he R ev R obert Gover, J ane the .

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beloved wife of the Rev Samuel H W ardley, was c onvinced of

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sin in early life and at a prayer m eeting soon afterwards she

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obtained pea c e in believing on Jesu s Chri st She retained the .

eviden c e of her a c ceptan c e with God through life , and m anifested

its possession by her love to the people of God , and to the
m ean s of gra c e Con su mpti on c u t short her earthly c ourse , but
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shortly before she died sh e found muc h c o m fort in the hym n

“
Rock of A ges whi ch was so expres si ve of her in m ost feelings
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H er last words were , Jesu s 1 5 glori ously pre c ious ”

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A t th e early age of sixteen , the Rev D avid E dgar found pea c e .

through believing 1 n J es us , and soon afterwards began t o call

s inn ers to repentan ce For fourteen yea rs he labo ured with
.

fidelity and su cc es s in the W esleyan minist ry H e su ffered .

m uch a ffl iction for sev eral years previous to hi s death , but his
s oul was kept 1 n pea c e A few days before he d i ed , b e repeated
.

the hymn c o mmen c ing

Rock of Ages cleft for me , ,

Let me hide myself in Thee

and on ending it h e said , I t i s there I a m resti ng : N one but
“

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Chri st ! n one but Christ 1 H e died in g reat peace .

The parents of the R e v John N e s b e t t were I rish Presbyte

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r i ans , and h e was by the m designed for the m ini stry of that
body ; but his c onversion to God through the M ethodists in
that country determ ined hi s fu tu re course ; and for fift y seven -

years he laboured with untiring zeal and energy i n th e M ethodist

m inistry and had the satisfa c tion of seeing hundreds of hi s
,

c oun trymen converted to God as the fru it of his hallowed and

su c cessful toil D uring the four years illnes s whi ch pre

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c eded hi s death he read the B ible four ti m es through , with

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M r W esley s M r Sut c li ffe s and D r Ad am Clarke s co m m ents

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thereon A few days before he died, he forwarded £25 0 to the

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m ission fun d and the Prea c her s A nnu itan t S ociety as a token
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of his love and gratitude to M ethodis m On his last Sabbath

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on earth , after the u sual reading of the S c ript ures, and of so m e

hy mns, c o m ing to the lines in H ym n 6 24
In my hand no pri ce I bring ,
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S i mply to Thy cro s s I cl ing ,
H Y . 6 26 ] a nd i t s A s s oci a t i ons .
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he c ried out That i s my experien c e ! m y feet are u pon the

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Ro c k : that Rock i s Christ Chri st i s all in all I n this fra m e

of m ind he breathed out his soul into the hands of God .

H YM N 6 25 S inners rejoice :
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your peace i s made .
” —Chr i s t
s een of A ng el s — TU NE, Sheffield , 1 7 6 1 . .

Charles W esley s b e i ng one of his Hymn s for A s c ension

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D ay ,

1 746 .

I t i s a m asterly c o mposition There i s a bold and striking

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passage in the fifth verse

The wo unds the blood they heard the vo 1 ce , ,

And hei g h t en d a ll their highest j oys ” ’

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For as c ribing a voice to the blood of Christ the poet has t he ,

authority of the apostle Paul i n H eb xii 24 The fine hyper . .

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bole i n the next line m a y re m ind the reader of so m e n oble lines

i n M ilton , who represents Satan a s saying
And i n the lowest deep a lower deep , ,

Still thr eatening to devour m e opens wide ,

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At the c lose of thi s ad m irable lay, the poet , after speaki ng of

“ ”
the unutterable happiness of heaven and the angels ,
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adds
B ut a ll your heaven ye gl orious powers , ,
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A n d al l yo ur G o d is d o ubly o urs , .

Part of thi s lay form s one of the Sele c t H ym ns with Tunes “

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A nn ext and in the Sacred M elody 1 7 6 1 , the tune is Sheffi eld ,
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The sixth verse of the original is o m itted .

H YM N Jesu s, to Thee we fl y —T he L i v i ng Way .

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O p ened .

Charles W esley s, being ’

No .
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A s c en sion D -
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1 7 46 .

The title of t hi s h y mn was literally reali sed by on e of the

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m ost zealou s loving and laboriou s m inisters i n the W esleyan

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body To thousands , espe cially a m ongst the young in M etho

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d i s m the n a m e of N ehe m iah Curn ock is cherished as a house

,

hold treasure , as the c hildren’ ”

s preacher ; and with apt
an d abundan t illu stration s and extraordi n ary vigour, con ,

du c ted services for their benefit B orn at B ristol i n 1 8 1 0

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he m ade religion hi s choice i n early life and at the a g e of

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th irteen he gave his heart to the Lord, and j oined the M etho ~
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di st S oci ety I mm ediately he started on that c ar eer of li n ti ri ng

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u sefulness in the service of God whi ch term inated bnl y with h i s

life A s a S und a y school teacher, prayer leader, exhorter and
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local preacher he was di stinguished for hi s activity whilst yet

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a m ere yout h H e entered the W e sleyan mi ni stry in 1 8 34

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and his whole pastoral career was e m inently practical faithful

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and earnest , an d attended with m any b l es s ed ev i d en c e s of the '

D ivine favour i n leading sinners to Jesu s I n February 1 8 69, .

throu g h vi siting a bereaved fa mi ly at Bayswater, he took the

illness whi ch ended in his death H e su ffered m u ch , but .

endu red a ll with patien ce U p to within a week of hi s depar .

ture , he anticipated beco m ing a supernu m erary ; but on M o n

“ ”
day, J uly 2 6, he found the living way opened to paradise ,

and entered th e rest we toil to find , with a l m o s t hi s last breath , ,

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altering the first word fro m our to m y , and repeat i ng
M y an ch o r sure a n d fas t
W ithin the veil is cas t ”
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H Y M N 6 27 E ’
d the h oly pla c e abo v e ”
Pmes t hood f
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Cha rle s W esley s , bein g N o 7 0 1 of ’

. Short s cripture Hymn s , ”

vol i i , founded on H eb i x 24
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H YM N 6 2 8 . Ye hu mble souls , that s eek the Lord — T he .

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R es u rrect i on o
f Ch r i s t .

D r D o d d ri d g e s ,
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M att xxvii i 5 ,
. . 6 . The third verse i s left out .

H YM N 6 29 . Christ the Lord, is risen to day

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D ay TU NE , Georgia .
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F r omCh arles W esley s Hym n s and S acred Poe m s 1 7 39 , ’

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page 209 The original has eleven verses , five of whi ch are
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o m itted Thi s hym n i s un iversally adopted i n the psal m ody o f

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the Church of E ngland a tune called Georgia being u sed to it, ,

being an adaptation of the one by Handel, S ee the Conquer

ing H ero
W hen about twenty fi ve years of age Tho m as Lacy was -
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brought to the enj oy m ent of a con scious sen se of God s pardon ’

i ng love, under the m inist y of the Re v Charles A t m ore H e

r . .

had previ ou sly been fa vou red by attending the m inistry of the
Rev J ohn Crosse, vi c ar of B radford
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H YM N 6 33 . H ail, Thou on c e despise d J esu s .

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R es u rr ect i on .

Thi s hymn was written by John B akewell , o ne of the earliest

of M r W esley s lay preachers There i s rnti ch that i s
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i nteresting belonging to th is hy mn and its ven erable author,

whi c h M r S t el fox of Belfast has e mbodied in a short arti cle i n
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th e Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e The author was born i n 1 7 2 1 and .

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d ied M ar c h 1 8 , 1 8 1 9 H e was a lay prea c her a m ong the M etho

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dists fro m 1 7 49 to the end of hi s life H e co mposed m any .

hy m ns The one co mm en cing

. H a il, T h o u once despised , ,

J esu s appeared in part in A Collection of H ym n s addressed

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to the H oly, H oly, H oly T r i un e God , i n the person of J esu s

Christ our M ediator an d A dvocate , 1 75 7
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I t is al so found i n .

M a d a n s Collection , 1 760 , an d in Toplady s “

Psal m s and
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H ym n s , 1 7 7 6 , with an additional v erse I n its alte red form i t .

was added to the M ethodist Collection as revised i n 1 7 9 7 , as

Hym n 1 03 but was o m itted again i n 1 80 8 W hen the Sup .

ple m en t was added i n 1 8 3 0 it was again inserted , Toplady s ’

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version being adopted in the first , se c ond , an d fourth verses ,

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o ni i t t e d Th e author was on inti m a te te rms with John an d

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Charles W esley Toplady, M ad an , and other good m e n H e

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was present at the ordinati on of t h e R ev J ohn F letcher in .

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1 75 7 . H e resided successively i n D erbyshire, London , Bed
ford Kent , an d Sta ffordshire closing hi s caree r at Lewi sham
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in 1 8 1 9 H e introduced M ethodis m int o Greenwi ch: The first

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regular class m et i n hi s hou se , an d the re the Rev Tho m as '

Ruthe rford died A t an earlier date M r B akewell resided at

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W estm in ster where Tho m as O livers sp ent so m e ti m e on

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a visit an d in whose hou se h e wrote his gr and hym n
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the God of Abraha m ”

Th e Rev W illia m M ou lton and th e. .

Rev J a mes Rosser m arried two of his gran d daughters H i s

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re m ain s are interred near to thos e of J ohn W esley behind City ,

Road Chapel , where a stone marks his resting place on wh ich -

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i s the followi ng i n scription Sacred to the me mory of John

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B akewell , of Greenwich , who departed thi s life M arch 1 8 ,

1 8 1 9 , aged n inety eight : H e a dorned the doctrine of God our
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Saviour ei g hty years , and preach ed H is gloriou s Gospel about

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The Rev J a m es Creighton buri ed h i s o l d

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seventy years . .

friend , and a few day s afte rwards M r Creighton fini s hed hi s

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own earthly c ourse H e wa e an e m inent , benevolent

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gent pious , hu m ble man of God
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HY M N 63 4 . W hat equal honours s hall we bring — Ch r i s t s

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H u mi li a t i on a n d E x a l t a t i on .

D r W atts Hym n ’
, 63 , B ook I .
, with the fourth verse left out .

HY M N 63 5 God i s gone up on high — Ch r i s t Gl or ifi ed

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Charles W esley s being the second of hi s H ymns for A s een

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s ion D a y 1 7 4 6
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HY M N 63 6 Great God, wh ose universa l sway

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d om of Ch r i s t .

D r W atts ver 5 1 on of Psal m lxxii , Part I

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H YM N 63 7
heart and voice I r a l s e . My .

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63 8 J erusale m divine
T he K i ng d omof Ch r i s t
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W ritten by B enjn Rhodes , on e of the second generation or .

M ethodist preachers , who began to travel i n 1 7 66 These two .

hym n s form the first and second of four parts of a poe m on th e

M essiah M r R hodes w as b o rn i n 1 7 43 , and died at M argate
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i n 1 8 1 5 , aged seventy two year s H i s p ortrait appe a rs i n t h e -

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A r m i n i a n M ag a z i n e for 1 7 7 9 and 1 7 9 7
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O thers of M r Rhodes .

hymn s will be found in a volu m e of Hym n s for Children a nd

Y oung Persons , i ssued by the Rev J oseph B enson, i n 1 806
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H Y M N 63 9 . M y he
art i s fu l l of Christ, and longs .
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Charles W esley s version of P sal m xlv The ori ginal has ’

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twenty o n e ver s es
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sacred fire of the H ebrew poet in hi s verses .

HY M N 640 Co m e , let u s j oin ou r cheerful songs —Chr i s t

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7 cs u s , the L a mb of G od , W ors h ipp ed by a l l t he Cr ea t i on

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D r W atts , fro m B ook I I , N o 6 2

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The c hild of m any prayers and religiou s advantages , M i ss

H annah Sophia C o rd ero y , of Lambeth at the early age of thir ,

teen , was c onvin c ed o f sin , an d soon afterwards obtained p ar

don under a s erm on prea ched by the Rev Ri c hard F elv us
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The pea c e whi c h she then re c ei ved re mained with her during
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her brief e arthly pilgrim age I n t he Sunday s chool, and in

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visiting the si c k poor she be c a m e very u seful I ll ness short

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and severe , resulted i n her early death ; but she was quite
happy and her m ind was sweetly stayed on Jesus O n ce after
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a severe attack of pain she exhorted her si ster and others to

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give their hearts fully to God and she began to si ng ,

C o me let us j oin our cheerful so ngs

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W ith angels round the throne

T en thousan d thousa nd a re their tongues ,
But all their j oys a re on e .

U rged to t ry and get so m e sleep she said H ow can I slee p ?

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I m ust prais e God with m y latest breath ”

Again she tried to .

sing, but was n ot able A s the en d drew nigh she had inter
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course with the heavenly world S he said , I see Jesu s ! .

B lessed Jesus H e has co m e for m e O h , what m u si c i s that ? .

i t i s heavenly m usi c W hat light i s that I see ? H ow bright

M y Saviou r m y S aviour what a m er c y that su c h a s inner as I
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have been should enter heaven I a m n ot fit for heaven but

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J esus m y blessed Saviour died for m e
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I n thi s truly happy
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fra m e i n the quietnes s of sleep , she entered the gates of t he

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N ew J eru salem .

A sailor at the approa c h of death was arou sed at the prospec t

before h i m H e was i ll , had no B ible , nor e ven the power
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to read one H e thought of the S unday school but its lesson s

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s ee m ed lost u pon h i m I n this mental darkness he re me mbered

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two verses of W atts hym n co mm en cing ’

C o m e l et us j o in our cheerful songs

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and
W orthy th e Lamb th a t died they cry , .

O n c o mpleting the s econd verse, the words slain for u s rung ,

i n hi s ears and he repeated the m over and over till light broke
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i n on his m ind H e caught a gli mpse of the plan of salvation

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the verse brought to his m ind a teache r s instruction and b el i ev ’

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ing in Chri st s finished work, he found pardon and peace , and
died happy;
S usannah H arri son a v ery poor orphan girl of I p swich was
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called to lead a desolate and su fferin g life She solaced hers elf .

by wr iting S ongs in the N ight in whi c h are m anifest a reverent

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cheerfulness and a placid res i g n at i o n f I n her la s t hours she

sung softly w ith her fri efi d s one of D r W atts hymns then a fter ’
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a pause she added Let us s ing again

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he was re c e i ved as a lo c al preac her: D u rin g a: life of m ore than

seventy years , he devoted hi s best energ i es to the furtherance of
religion i n h is fa m l ly, and neighbourhood When illne ss set in .

he had no fear of death H e found m uc h c onsolat io n l n read i ng .

hym ns, and es pecially t he verse

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J es u s m y g rea t Hi gh P ri es t , ,

O ffer d His bl o o d a n d di ed ;
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M y guilty c ons ci ence se eks

No sacri fic e be si des ;
His powerful bloo d d i d on ce a tone ,
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And now it plea ds before the thr on e .

The last word s h e was h eard to utte r were , Preciou s pro mises
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H YM N 642 . Chr i st, the t ru e :

an oint ed S e er .
—T he Ofi
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Thi s is on e of C h arles W esley s S c ripture H ymn s ,”left in ’ “

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M S a t his death
. I t i s based o n M a t t i 1 6 S oo ri after the
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po et s death , J ohn W esley obtained h i s b rot h er s M S S c ri pture

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H ym n s an d he a nnounced their publ ication in the A r mz n z a n

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M aga z i n e, for M a y 1 7 8 9 ; the fi rst of which n ow form s Hym n 64 2 .

M r B unting has suggested two corrections i n this hym n In .

line 2 for the M ost H igh , read God M ost H igh

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line 6, for that u n c tion read t he u n c ti on
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Prophe t of the Lord — Chr is t

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C o me, O T h o u ”
HY M N 643 . , . . (2

Charles W esley s form ing N o 6 of H ym ns for our Lord s

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Resurrec tion , 1 7 46, with four ve rs es o m itted

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H YM N 644 C o mi ng t hr o ugh ou r great H igh Prie s ” Ch r i lst s

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Cha r les W
esley s be ing N o 69 7,0f S hor t S cri pt ur e Hym n s ,
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v ol 1 i ” founded o n H eb v 11 2 5
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second ,verse , H e ey er l ives forus t o wi ll be found also .

l n Hy mns 1 2 7 a n d 20 2 -
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MN 64 5 . B lo y e
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Thi s h el d an d c ha ra c teri st i c c ompos i ti on

W esle y s Hym n s fo r the N ew; Ye ar, i 7 5 0
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in Topl ady
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This fine hym n i s founded on the l year of jubil ee , as appoint ed
by the Leviti c al law I t presents an attra c ti ve c ontrast between
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the law and the redem ption wro ught out for m ankind by the
shedd i ng of the S aviour s bloo d T h e fifth ve rse i s al mo s t a
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paraphrase of the law wh ich enj oin s the return of all alienated
property to i ts orig inal owner The fact of thi s hym n appearing .

at s o early a date in Toplad y s Colle c tion although altered , has

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l ed m any to attribute its authors hip to b u n but the further fa c t

that it i s found i n Charles W esley s tra c t of Hy n s for the
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N ew Y e ar, twenty si x years be fore T oplady s Collection was
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publishe d and when Toplady hi m self was only ten years old ,
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determ ine s the authorship b eyond di spute This hym n was sung .

a t Leed s i n 1 8 63 , at the j ubil ee c elebration of th e Wesleyan

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M i ss ionary So c iety. .

H Y M N 646 . W ith joy we m editat e the g ra ce .

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Chr i s t s Com ’

D r Watts ’
, form ing No 1 2 5 , B o ok
Th e third verse i s left
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out h i s fo und e d on three variou s passage s of S c ripture , and

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was first sele c ted by J ohn W esley for the enlarg ed edition of h i s
Psal m s and H y mn s, 1 7 4 3 I n the se c ond lin e verse 3 , M r
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B unting suggests c h anging H i s c ries to strong c ries

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The parents of t he R ev J ohn A ik e nh e ad were m e m bers of

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the S cot c h Chu r ch , and he often attributed to hi s m oth er s

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fervent prayers his conversion in early l ife Th e Rev W illiam . .

Atherton records the fa ct t hat the m inist ry of the Rev Robe rt .

J ohnson and the Rev J ohn D o n ca s t er was m ade u seful to h i m

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at the ti me O fl h lS c onve rs i on H is p i e ty w a s of the mo s t decided

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chara c ter, and his dilig ence l n hi s hol y vo cat ion gr eat H e was .

made a leader and l o c al preacher i n e arly hfe, and wh en lt wen ty

eight h ewas adm itted— into t h e M ethod ist ministry , i n which h e
lab ou red with fid elity z eal and su cc es s , for ne a rly fo rty yea rs
, , ,

O n t h e Sa bbath before he die d , he had read to hi m St John x i ’ '

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after whi ch he sle pt ; a nd on awaking said , Sleep in J esus

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I have bee n thinking on t hat ex p ressio n ; as i f H e were : t h e -

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repository of ev e n the b o dies of the saints D uri ng t h e ni ght ;

he s aid
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I t will soon be over and rep eated the hymn
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W ith jo y w e m edita te
the gra ce
Of our High P riest above
H is hear t i s made of tend e rn ess;
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H i s b ow els y ea rn l wi t h love .
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On t h e two last l 1u es h e laid part i c ul ar e mph as i s—
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‘i 3 I shall o bta in d eliveri ng gra ce ,

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In t h e di s tres sing hour .

H e found God fai thful to H i s pr om ises H 1 s last utteran c e w a s,

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Lo rd still s m ile upon m e and take m e t o heaven
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posed hi ms elf for sleep; and quietl y breathed h i s last

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H YM N 647 arise A Pr ay er for

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This hymn has bee n attributed to both J ohn a n d Ch arle s

W esley its de fe c tive rhyth m m ay show that it i s J ohn s c o m ’

position for although he h ad m arvellou s ski ll i n l t ran s fo rm i ng

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a n d i m prov i ng the hym n s of others , yet he had to dep end on hi s

brother Charles to polish his own original poeti c al efforts This .

wi ll be fou nd in hi s Colle ction of P salms and H ymns , enlarged

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edition 1 7 43 , p age 43
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M r B u nting suggest s changing the
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word pri de in the fifth lin e , to either gu ilt , or doubt
, .

H e also sugg ests that it would m ake a very suitable S abbath

m orning hym n .

H Y M N 64 8 . Let e verlastin g cro wn ”

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xcel l eri of

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H ymn B ook I I two verses left
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H YM N H ol y Ghost Je hovah , T hird —A H y mn

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a God 2
tj 728 H o ly Gfi os t .

B y S a m uel W esley , j un , being one of his three h ymn s to the .

Trinity, and published in hi s Poe m s on S e ve ral O c casions ” ’

1 74 3 . I t also ap pears i n the e nl a rg ed

Collectio n of Psa l ms and H ym ns , I
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Sa c red Poe m s 3 v o l s 1 7 44 an d m
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tion of Samuel W esle y s Po em s 1 86 2 , p age 367 Thi s hy n 1 s

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the fi rs t m t h e third section of the S uppl em en t , with t h é title

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O n the D i vin ity and O e ration s of the H oly Spirit T he
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ot her two hym n s o f the seri es are ’N o s 5 6 1 and 60 1 . .

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H Y M N 65 0 . B ra n arise -
Pray er for t i re
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Charles W esl ey s for ming ’

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N os 9 83 , 9 84, { an d 9 85
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S cripture H ymns ,”
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H y in fl B ooé 3
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H e founded M ethodis m in the Channel I slands , at W eymouth ,

and Portland To divert hi s m ind , on the death of M r We sl ey ,
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h e wrote, c olle c ted , and publi shed a s m all volu me of Sacred

M r B rackenbury died i n August
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Poe m s and H y mn s 1 7 9 2 , .

1 8 18
. A m ost interesting reco 1 d of his life was lately p ublished
by M rs s m ith , daugh t er of D r A da m Clarke , under t h e title of
Raithby H all ”
Thi s esti mable m a n felt a strong obj e c tion t o
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anything being said to his prai se after his death The writer of .

these notes has se c u red a copy of a p ri vate portrai t of hi m , wh ic h

exhibits the dignity of the gentle a n, and the m eeknes s and m
gentlen ess of the C h ri stia n .

M r B unting d es c ribes the first three w o rd s d n fl he third and

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fourth lines as helping to m ake two cl ums y rl i n es ; wh i ls t t h e - 1 c

thi rd v erse i s so bad he has supplied the verse i n a n a mended

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form, w ith the date of 1 8 5 9 wr itten to it

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By thi s t he bl es t dis ciples kn ew

The ir rise n Lo rd h ad rea ch d H is th rone ’

O b t a i n d t he grace by promi s e d ue
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An d s ow er d its fulnes s o h His o wn

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The w ord pro m i se i n the thi rd ve rs e, b y M r Bra ck enbu ry

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and the s a me word i n the fourth ve rs e, by M r W esley, i s use d

i n two di fferent senses I n the latter instan c e, M r B unting sug
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gests , i n s t e ad o f The ap ostoli c pro m i se given , to read , The

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evangeli sti c pro m ise given — as t h epro m ise alluded t o i n that

line was given to the apostles , not by the m .

Creator, Sp i rit, by whose a i d — Vem Crea t or

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s m r z t us

The renown of thi s hym n e xt ends o ver so me fift een h un d re d

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years I t h a s b een gen er ally a tt ri b ut e d t o Charle m agne bu t

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so m e scholars obje c t , and give t h ei r re a so n s ; ot h ers a ffix the
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n a m e of A m brose B i shop of M ilan i n the fourth c entu ry, as

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the writer of the original Lat i n h ym n I t i s o fv ery ear ly date

and the Church has rec ognis ed its clai mto superiori ty over a l l
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others, by ret aining i t i n the o fli c es for the ordering of priests ,

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t he consecra t ion of b i S h O p S , the c oronation of ki ngs , th e cel e

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b ra t i on o f sy nods, t he creation of popes, and on other li ke great
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o c cas i on s The tran s l at i o n a t present in u se was m ade from

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t h e xLa t i n by J ohn D ryden a celebrated E ngli sh p o et , toward s

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the end of hi s life and after he had j oined the Chu rch of Ro me,
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to t ry , by s u c h reli gi ous d ut i es as t ha t Church a p p o i nt ed , to

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a m end so m e of the e rrors of hi s fo rm er li fe D ryden was born .

in 1 63 1 and edu c at ed at W e st m i nst er, and Trinity College

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Ca mbridge H e was a m an of letters fro m his youth , and 15

o n e of the m ost d i stin guished of E ngland s poets
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H e died in .

1 7 00 , and i s buried i n W est m inster A bb ey The tran slation

fro m whi ch t hi s i h ym
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n i s s l
e e c ted ,
consi st s o f thirty nine i lines -
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n ine of which are o m itted M r Wesley fi rs t in sert ed t his hym n

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in his c oll e ct i on o f Psal m s and H ym ns 1 7 3 8 and it was als o , ,

includ ed in subsequent editions .

H YM N 6 5 5 . Jesus we,
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the w ords depend .
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F or W h i t

Charles W esley s , fo rm ing N o 1 2 of Hy mns of Pe t i t i dn a nd “

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Thanksgiving for the Pro m ise of the Father, 1 7 4 6 founded on ,

J ohn x iv 2 5 7
2 M .r B unting suggests . th es e altera tio ns —In
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our Lord s to Thine own and the last line , .

And change a n d make us all like Thee , ,

altered to
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And make us a ll 0 C hrist , like Thee ”
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H YM N 6 5 6 . W h y S hould t h e chi l d rer1

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of a ki ng '

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D r W att s being ’
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B ook I No . 1 44 , .

I t will be found m J ohn W esl ey s Coll ectio n of Psal m s 1and '

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Hym ns second edition 1 7 4 1 ,
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One hund red years ago , on one of M r W esl ey 5 vis i ts t o Ch es ’

t erfi é l d , he had c o mm enced an o ut door s ervice i n the m arket :

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m an d ed his presen ce before a m agist rate ‘

The prayer ende d , .

the m a n w ith a u t ho r i ty m a r ched off wi th the p rea cher ; bu t before

doing so the m a n of pray er showed h is faith by saying to hi s
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hearers Friends sing a hym n whilst I a m gone , —I sh all soon

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be back ; an d h e gave out the couplet

Wh y sho ul d the childre n of a ki ng
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G o m ourni ng all th e ir d ays ? ”

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H YM N 6 5 8 F at her, glorify Thy Son —F or s zrS und ay

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The last lin e reads thus

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O Thou that hea rs t when si nners cry
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fourth se c tio n of the Supple ment, with the titl e Penitential

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H Y M N 660 sad our state by nature i s ! — F rz z t }z m

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Clz r zs t for Pa r d on a nd S a n ot gfi ca t z on

D r W atts , Hym n 90 , B ook I I

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M ethodis m in Y ork had true and si ncere friends in Rober t

Spen c e and hi s wife M r s Spen ce was c onvin ced of s in under
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t h e prea c hing of two godl y clergy en ; but by t heir teaching

s h e pro c eeded no further l n the spiritual li fe U nder d eep c on .

vi c t i on s for sin , she wen to hear h e M ethodists i n Y orkshire ,

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when i t was thought to be a reproach to be even asso c iated with
the m She was led to c ast i n her lot am ongst the m and her
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de c ision s oon led t o h erfinding pardon H er u sefulnes s l n the .

Church c o mmen c ed at once N ot c onten t with the blessings

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she had re c eived she read w

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hat books she c ould obtain on

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entire s a n c t ifi ca t i on, a nd gave herself no rest till that great

blessing was her own happy experien c e ; and in its enj oym ent
she lived to the end of her life W hen on th e threshold of .

eternity she a c kn owledged her indebtedness to g ra c e alo n e for

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s alvation
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This she said, will n e v er fail
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To th e bl est fo unt a in of T hy bloo d ,

Inca rn a te God I fly ”
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She continue d to praise God till her happy spirit e s c aped to

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b rief, but his c onfiden c e in God w as u n s h aken a n d h i s dying

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testi mony was ex pressed with pe c uliar em p hasi s l n t he words

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A g uilty w eak and hel pl ess worm , , ,

Into Thy hands I fa ll

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:B e Thou m strength a n d ri hte ousness

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early i n life as her eleventh year, E liza N ei lé on third
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daughter of the Rev W illia m B urt , was tru l y converted to God

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and she left the m arks of her godliken ess on the so c iety in which
she m oved ever afterwards and enjoyed for so m e years before ,

her death the inesti mable blessi n g of perfec t 1ove H er last ill .

ness was brief and unexpe cted , but every word of her conv ersa
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tion had respect to h er love to Chri st her happy state an d her , ,

hope of heaven ”
W hen dy i ng, M r N eil son asked , A re you
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goi n g to leav e u s She ex clai med , in reply .

A gu ilty we ak a nd helple ss worm ,

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Into Thy hand s I fall

Be Thou my streng th and righteousness ,

M y Savi o ur and my all , .

A nd after adding All 15 well ! she e ntered t he heavenly Jeru

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Charles W e sley s, being N o 2 4 i n H y m n s and Sa c red

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of thi ngs b elow —L ooki ng zm t o

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W i llia m Cowper s form ing N ’

i n the Olney Co lle ction
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written in 1 7 7 9 an d found ed on Geri v

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Cons i dering the d e pr essing c irc um sta nces under which

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m ore spiritu al h op efuln es s fro m u nd er a é l o ud t ha n this ea r

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Those of h i s hymns are the most pa theti c whi ch g i ve e xpressio n '

to his own i nward fears and confli c ts .

M rs M athison and the Rev Jo h n A n d ers on were c hil d ren.

together i n the sam e school, and they re m ained friend s of each .

other, and friends hf M ethodis m , during life I n 1 8 1 2 the first .

M ethodist s erm on h ea rd by M rs M athison was preached by the

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Rev J oseph B enson in Great Q u een Stree t Chapel The word

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c am e with power to her heart ; sh e j oin ed the S ociety, an d

re c eived her note of ad m ission at the h ands of th e Rev J ohn .

B arber, and her first t i cket fro m the Rev D r A dam Clarke . . .

She beca m e a u seful c lass lead er both i n London a n d Liver

pool She was cal led t o pass through both prosperous and
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a d v erse c ircu m stances , bu t her faith and piety changed not

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W hen the end dre w nigh she sai d, I ha e g i ven all i nto the
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hands of J esu s , and repeated the lines
0 for a clo s er walk with Go d ;
A ca l m and h eavenly fram e
A l ight to gui d e me on the ro ad
Th at le ads me to t he Lamb

and i n a few m inute s life gently ebbed out and th e red ee m ed ,

an d san c tified S piri t entered th e paradise of God .

M any men have c o m men c ed a long c a reer of pros perity i n

Lon don with but s mall begi nni ngs M r Robert M iddleton c a m e .

fro m D urham to the m etropolis in the last c entury an entire

s tranger D ivine providen ce guided his steps ; a t the age of
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thirty he heard a ser m on by a M ethodi st prea c her, believed

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to ha ve be en the Re v Jo hn Pa w s on under w h i ch h e b eca me

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thoroughly convinced of sin , and in the so l itude of hi s closet

that n ight h e fou nd that peace whi ch passeth understa nd ing
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and whi ch for sixty years aft erward s enabled h i m to r ender

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i mportant an d cheerful servi ce to the c au se of M ethodis m i n

London For half a c ent ury t h e p rin c ip a l prea c hers of the
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body foun d a welco m e ho m e under h i s ro o f, and the funds of ~

the c onnexion were greatly aided by h i s m un i fi c en ce N or

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were the poor of the Lord s people less n oticed or les s bene
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fi t ed by his benevolen c e U p to the age of ninety he had wit

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n e s s ed a good confession : h is last days found hi m enfeeb led

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and speec hless yet hi s desire for a c loser c o mm un ion with God
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wa s e xpres se d, j ust b efore he lost the power of spee c h , in t he .

li n es of Cowper s hymn ’
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O fo r lose r walk w i t h Go d
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He w a s S oon afterwards gratified by being per mitted to wal k

with H i m i n white in the better land above .

H Y M N 664 — I nfin ite Power etern al Lord —

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ful n ess , I g n ora n ce, a n d U ns a n ot gfi od Afi ct i on s

D r W atts , N o 1 65 , B ook I I The se c ond verse i s o m itted,
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and the fifth line i s altered fro m M y dear Al igh ty and my

G od , and i mpro ved by the c h ange
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H Y M N 666 . F ather, I stretch my hand s t o Thee —Pray er .

Charles W esley s, fro m Psal m s an d H ym ns, se c ond edi tion ,

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Charles W esl ey s , a S c ri pture H ym n , founded

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1 7 , 1 8 , an d left l n m anuscript when th e author died .

H Y M N 66 8 I wa i t ed , 1 [l a w w a i ted fof
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Charles W esley s , a S c riptu re H ymn , founded on Gen

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1 8 , and left l n m anus c ript at the author s d eath

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H YM N 669 . The God of Ab rahamp ra i s ti .

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T his hymn wa s
w ritten by Tho mas Olivers, and p ub lish ed by
him m W hilst th e auth or was on a frie ndly vi sit to J o h n
B ak ewell of Wes tm in ster ( o ne of the v ery early M ethodist lay
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p rea c hers ), h e v isited the J ews ’

Synag ogu e ,
w her e he heard a;
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ilig en t labou rer i n t h e Sunday s ch o ol J the B ene -

Tra c t So c iety, and in other spheres of

u sefulness H é had a short but glorious c a reer a s a M eth odis t
prea c her W hen illness p ros trat ed h i s body, h is faith c on
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t i n ue d strong The day but one b efore he died he ex c lai med ,

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with holy j oy and triu mphant fai th , Christ i s m ine ! hea ven i s
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m ine D uri ng the following n ight h e repeated

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by Him se lf hath sworn H e ,

I on H i s oath depend ,

I shall on e agles wings upborne ,

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To he aven ascend .
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A frie n d , standing by, repeated the re mai nder of the verse

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I shall b eh o ld H i s face ,
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to wh i c h h e i mmed i at el y referred , observ i ng to his wife what

a h a ppy e ffect had been produ c ed on hi s m ind near ly two years
befo re by the appropriate quotation of that v erse by a lady m a
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love fe ast at Barn sley After urging hi s d aught er to begin to

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lo ve God , he pe a c efully entered into rest .

T h e m inistration s of the Rev L H argreaves an d the R ev R . . . .

N eedh am were, through the blessin g of God, i n stru men t al i n

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bringing se vera l m e mbers of the Fishwick fa m ily to a knowled ge

o f si ns forgiven M r W i l l ia m Fi s h w i ck, of Lo n g h ol m e , seeing
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the go od work i n the fa m ily w ent hi m self to hear the M ethodists , ,

a n d hi s prejudi c es again st t hem , at on c e gave way The Rev .

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Jabez B untin g s serm on on J ustification by F aith , wh i ch h e

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r ead pointed out to h i m t h e w a y of salvation , and at the age of

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twenty two he re c eived hi s fir st ti cket of membership fro m the

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j oy of hi s heart H e retained to the end bf hi s life a c lear

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assuran ce of his a cceptan ce with God : A s the e mployer o f

se veral hundred s of person s he exe m plified t h é ch ara c t er of a “
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m as ter, as set forth by Charles W esley i n t h e 4 7 o t h H ym n 1 11

the collection H e was a frien d t o thos e he em p loye d; to t he
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poor a ro und h i m, a nd to the c au s e of G o n e né ra ll y H e laid .

t he rfo un d a t i o n S tone of t h e l a rge W es l é y an Ch apel at B urnl ey

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n es s wa s ; s h o rt an d s e v ere ; but he e nj
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H i s la s t st reng t h W 3 5 spe nt i n a p ra ye r for h i s

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ch ild ren ; an d lb e i ng a n d t h en
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I s a ll His power a d ore ’

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A s he see med unableto pro c eed i ss K aye, hi s sister repeated

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And sin g the wonders of His grace .

H e i nst a n t l y jt o o k it up and adde d Fo r e vermo re for ever

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m ore , for everm ore ! repeating these words as long as hi s
strengt h l asted ; and wi t h a parting praye r for God s blessing, ’

he peacefully fell asleep i n J esus .

The m i ni s t ry an d holy co nvers at i o n o fthe Rev B r Ad a m Clarke .

were th e m ean s of t h e con vers i o n, i n early life, of E lizabeth . .

G eak e of F rog w el l, Cornwall

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quently rode on her pony to variou s M ethodist prea c hing pla c es -

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for she was a good s inger, a n d she had special pleasure in aiding
the p sal mody W hen upwards of eighty years of ag e she said,
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M y voi c e i s weak , but I c an still s in g ; I sing here , pointing

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to her heart A frien d asked her to give her a m orning song

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I think I c an , she replied, and with a thin , tre m ulous voi c e

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she chanted so m e sweet lines, whi c h , she said, D r A dam Clarke

taught her when a girl when he used to prea c h in her father s ,
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parlour The li n e s w ere Olivers hym n The God of Abraham,

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su n g to Leo ri i S he could repeat the whole hym n v erbati m

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Shortly before her death she observed to a friend, I c an look “

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at t h e m attock, the shovel , and the grave without dread She .

closed h er lengthened e a rt hly pi lgri mage by repeating th is fine

hym n .

The Rev W illia m W orth , W esley an m ini ster, when closing

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his earthly c ou rse said Y e s p r ec i ou s Savi our ! Thou art m1ne '
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I shall beho l d His fa ce ,

I shall His powe r a do re ;

And s ing t h e wond ers of H i s grace
For everm ore .
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The eminently piou s Richard W atso n, wh en mea r the end of ‘

hi s last illness one n i gh t , mo ve d by a sudden i m p ulse, as he lay

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i n b e d , e xc l a i m ed , with tears flo wing down hi s langu id cou nter

n an c e, I am a wo rm , a , poo r, vil eworm, n ot w o rth y , t o lift its
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h ead b ut ‘t h en the worm ‘ i s pe rmi t ted to crawl out of the earth

i nto the gar d en o f the Lord, a ndi th ere, a mong t h e fl o wer s a nd
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fru its , if it c an to specu lat e o n th e pal a c e and i v ory thro n e of

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I s ha ll b eh ol d H i s fa é e ' ’

I sh al l His po w e r ad ore
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And sing the wonders of H i s g race

For everm ore .

I t was re m a rked N o doub t y o u wi ll s ee H i s fa c e

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h e rej oined , there i s doubt of everything, but the great , deep ,

infinite mer c y of G od ; that i s sure ”

And again , just before.
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final un c ons ci ou snes s set i n h e said I long t o qui t t h i s little

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abode gain th e wide expanse of the s kies , ri se to nobler j oys

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and see God ” H e c losed thi s la st con versation by r epeating

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t h i s favo ur i t e Stanza of Olivers

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I shall b ehol d His face &c ”

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Goo d Ri ch ard Pattison after a m ini stry of n early fifty ye ars

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i n M ethodis m, wh en nearing the harbour of refuge above ,

speaking of the confidence we ought t o pl ac ei n the faithfulness

of God said M any t i m es, i n storms on the o cea n , or crossing
fro m one i slan d to a n other i n s m
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all vessels — du 1 in g his seven ’

years of m i ssionary life 1 11 the W est I ndies I have hel d by a

rope , and sang
The w a tery d ee p I p a ss ,

W ith Jesus i n my view

And through the h owling wilderness
M y w a y pursue

an dI have felt m y faith 1 n G od wonde rfully strengthen e d He .

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was greatly attached to th e H ym n book, a n d found great c om

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fort i n t he freqii e n t repetition of so m e of the hym n s i n all the

circu m stan c es of life and even with hi s latest breath
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I n hi s twentieth year, J oseph S i m pson at a M ethodi st ,

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watch night servi c e i n 1 844, gave hi s heart to the Lord , and

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entere d into the liberty of the childr en of God in the Februa ry

followi ng H e m ad e c on siderable progress in classical an d
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other studies i n youth an d afterwards becam e one of the tutors

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i n Kingswood S chool I n 1 8 49 he was sent as a supply to the

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Gwennap c ircu it and fro m then ce he w as appointed to the

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E ly circ uit, in both which he labo ure d with untiring zeal fo r the
salvation o f sinner s Con su m ption cut short h is work i n
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r ighteousness but h i s pea c e with { God was un shak en ; and

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when all hope ofrecovery was gone , he expres sed h is c onfidence

i n G od i n s o me of the hy m n sh e loved s o m u c h f Once hi s sister
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C o mm it thou a ll thy griefs

And ways into H i s ha n ds .

A s they c am e to the last verse ,

i n Germ an , of Part I .

Wh en Th o u wo uld s t all o u r n eed s upply

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W h o who sh a ll stay Thy han d

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there was a knock at th e window c lose by where he knelt, and

open ing i t D obry found a raven , one whi c h his grandfather
had ta m ed and set at liberty I n its bill was a ring, set with
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preciou s stones This he took to hi s m inister wh o said at on c e

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that it belonged to the King Stan islau s to who m he took it , an d ,

related the story The king sent for D obry, and rewarded hi m ,
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so that he had n o need and the next y ear bu ilt h i m a new

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hou se and gave h i m c attle fro m hi s own stall O ver the hou se
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d oor on an iron tablet there i s ca rved a raven with a ring in it s

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beak , and u nderneath thi s address to D ivine Providen c e

Thou everywhere has t s way ,

And all things s erve Thy might

Thy every a ct pure bl e s sing i s
T h y path unsulli ed light .

The origin of thi s hymn i s itself such a re m arkable proof of t he

blessing o f tru sting in Providence that it c annot be o m itted in
thi s place Paul Gerhard was a preacher i n B randenbu rg 1 6 5 9
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and he loved to preach fro m his heart what he believed The .

Great E le c tor ad m onished hi m and threatened hi s bani sh ment

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i f he did n ot preach as the E le c tor desired Gerhard return ed .

a m essage to h is sovereign th at it would be hard to leave hi s

ho m e , hi s people , his c ountry, and h is livelih ood but he would
only preach what he found i n the W ord of God S o into ban ish .

m ent he went with his wife and c hildren A t th e end of th e .

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first day s journ ey they rested at a little inn for the night The .

little ones were c rying a n d clinging to their m other and she

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a lso , overco m e w ith fatigue c ould not restrain her tears

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s a d sight gave Gerhard a very heavy heart s o he went alone ,

into the dark wood to c o mm end the whole to God W hilst .

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there his m ind was co m forted with the text Co m m it thy way
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unto the Lord tru st also i n H i m , and H e shall bring it to pas s
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Y es he said though banished from hou se and ho m e, and
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n ot knowing where to take m y wife and children on the m orrow ,

yet God sees me in the da rk wood ; n o w i s the ti me to t rus t H i m ”

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thankful to God , that he m ade the text, in c onne c tion with h is
saddening lot , into a hym n , as he paced to and fro a m ongst
the trees E very verse begins with a word o r two fro m the
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text, so that i f you read the first words of each verse in the
Germ an , y o u just read the text W hen he retu rned into the .

house h e told his wife abou t the text an d repeated to her hi s

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hymn She soon dried up her tears ( the children having gone
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t o sleep ) an d beca me as hopeful and trustful in God as her

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hu sband They h a d scar c ely retired to rest when a lou d

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k nocking was heard at the door The landlord on O pening the

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door, found a m essenger on horseback who said aloud I co m e , ,

fro m D uke Christian of M e res b urg and a m i n sear c h of Paul ,

Gerhard has he passed this way “

Y es said the landlord
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he is in m y house Let m e see h i m instantly said the
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D uke s m essenger
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A large sealed letter was at once handed to
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the banished pastor fro m the good D uke Christian wh o said in ,

it Co m e into m y country Paul Gerhard a nd you shall have

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church , people , hou se , ho m e , and livelihood , and liberty to

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preach the Gospel as your heart m a y pro m pt you .

W illiam D awson of B arnb o w near Leeds the farm er M ethodist

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preacher after a u seful c areer of sixty eight years was suddenly

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seized with fatal illness H is last words were the closing lines
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of Paul Gerhard s hym n on Providence

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Le t u s in li fe i n d e a th , ,

Thy stea d fa s t truth d eclare .

I n attem pting to repeat the concluding lines

A nd publis h with o ur l a te s t brea th
Thy l o ve a n d gu ard i an ca re ”
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u tteran ce failed h i m he crossed his hand s upon his breast and

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expired , i n J uly 1 8 4 1 O n another occasion thi s hy m n had

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af forded hope and en courage m ent to the sa m e m a n of God .

W orldly troubles and anxieties about hi s farm had disturbed

h is peace for so m e ti m e and one d a y whilst working in the
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fields on the bro w of so m e ri sing ground leading to the far m~

house he paused and to divert hi s m ind took fro m h is pocket

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sundry n otices which had ac cu m ulated there which had fro m ,

t i m e to ti m e been sent up to h i m in the pulpit to read After .

reading the m to awaken m ore cheeri n g thoughts in his m i n d ,

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he tore the m up into s m all pieces and threw the handful of frag ,

ments u p into the air, the wind c arrying the m a bou t like so
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man y butte rfl ies I n stantly the verse c am e to hi s m ind , and

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repeated i t with e m phasi s
Give to the winds thy fears
H o pe a n d be u n d i s may d
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G o d hea rs thy sighs and co unts thy tea rs ,

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G od sh a ll lift up thy hea d .

M Chadwi ck of H alifax was m other of M rs A t m ore , wife

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of the Rev Charles A t m ore For m ore than forty years sh e

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was a m e m ber of the M ethodist Society during which ti m e she ,

had to endure m any hardships , privations and m u ch su ffering , ,

but her faith in God failed n ot ; when m ore than four score -

years old, she was attacked by cholera , fro m whi ch she did not
re c over I n the m idst of m uch pain , she said to M rs At m ore
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M y dear I feel m y m ind very low and m u ch depressed , but
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that verse is j u st co m e with much sweet n ess to my soul

Give to the winds thy fears
H o pe an d be un d i s ma y d
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G o d he a rs thy sighs and c o unts thy tea rs ,

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G o d sha ll lift up thy h ead .

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Then she added , H e will lift up my head for e ver ! This
see m ed to be her last confli ct, and shortly afte rwards s h e pea c e
fully passed away , like a shock of c orn ready for t h e garn er .

I n accordance with M r W esley s advi ce and custo m H en ry ’

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Ridley although a me m ber of the M ethodis t Society regularly

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attended the S unday m orning servi ce in the Church of E ngland

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For n early sixty years , W esleyan m inisters were welco m ed under

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his roof for their M aster s sake and for thirty years he faithfully ,

serv ed the office of class leader H e was greatly atta c hed to

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the m ean s of grace an d in hi s later years was a m ost diligent

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reader of the W ord of God H e was s ei zed with illness on .

leaving the house of God on the S abbath and though c alled to ,

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pass through a short but severe illness , he m urm ured not H e .

knew that he was dying, an d shortly before the end c am e, after

one of his painful attacks he exclai m ed Jesu s i s m y R o c k,
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and H e i s a sure foundation Several ti m es he repeated
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L e t us i n li fe in d ea th , ,

Thy stea d fast truth de clare ,

And publi sh with our l atest breath

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Thy l ove an d guardia n ca re .

H i s ran so med spirit escape d t o p ara d i s e, shortly a ft er he had

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u sual ti me for closing that devout m a n of God said he had

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dwelt at considerable length on faith and hope he must
leave it t o etern ity to reveal the extent of the m ean ing of
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charity ; ”
and then in a sole m n m anner annou n c ed this
hym n
H appy the heart whe re gra ces re ign &c , .

The e ffect was very happy and very successful, and it was felt to
be a plain , pointed, and powerful application of the whole di s
c ourse The singing was sole m n and hearty thoroughly charac
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t e ri s t i c of Y orkshire , and the h a llowed effect of it and even the ,

tune, i s fresh on the m ind after a lapse of thirty four years The -
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tune was O atlands .

H YM N 68 1 . V ain , delu sive world adieu ,

. I a m d et er mi ned
t o hn a w y es u s Ch r i s t a n d H i m cr ucifi e
n ot h i ng s a ve

Charles W esley s fro m H ym n s and S a c red Poem s 1 74 2

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page 2 5 7 ; five verses o m itted Thi s hym n has been a sour c e.

of en courage m ent to hundreds of n e w b o m souls who h aving -

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experien c ed the blessedness of those who have passed fro m death

unto life a n d have dis c overed the vanity of all earthly things
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have j oyfully sung

V a in d e lus ive world a d i e u
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W i th al l of cre a ture goo d -

Only Je sus I p urs ue ,

W ho bought m e with His bl o od

All thy pleasures I fo rego ,

I tra m ple o n thy wealth a n d pride

Only J esus will I kno w ,
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And J esus cru c ifie d .

This volu m e bears am ple testi m ony to the wi sdo m of the choi c e
thus m ade by su ch person s .

H YM N 6 8 2 .
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O J esus , full of truth and grace .
—Wa i t i ng f r o

t h e Pr om i s e .

Charles W esley s fro m Hy mn s and Sacred Poem s , 1 7 4 2,

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page 2 3 8 Five verses are o m itted, and several lines altered

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The third line in verse 5 i s altered from s inless sinner to
helpless c reature ”
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H Y M N 6 83 . Author
of faith appear L o oh un t o me, a n d
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he y e s a t/ ed , a l l t he en d s of t he ea r t h .

Charles W esley s , fro m H ymn s and Sa c red Poe m s, 1 740

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page 1 66 , founded o n I sa . xl v 2 2 . . The first five v erses of the

original are left out .

H Y M N 68 4 D aniel hear
. m y prayer —
D a n i
God of el i n t he , .

D en of L i on s .

Charle s W esley s , fro m H ym ns and Sacred Poe m s , 1 7 4 2

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page 2 1 1 Two verses are left out This i s an ad mirable gospel

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rendering of a popular Old Testa m ent incident .

H YM N To God the only wise .

—Per se7/ er i ng Gr a ce .

W a tts , Hym n 5 1 , B ook

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H YM N 6 86 . I n every ti m e and place Get t hee out o f t hy

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cou n t ry , &c .

Charles W esle y s one of hi s manuscript hym ns , founded on

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A cts vii 3 and sets forth the cheerful, obedient faith of Abraha m
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as a pattern for the Christian .

H YM N 687 . 0 that now the church were blest .

ha d t he ch u r ches r es t , a n d w ere &c .

Charles W esley s , bein g one of his m anus c ript ’ “

S cripture
H ym ns , founded on A cts i x 3 1
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H YM N 6 8 8 are the pure in heart

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B l es s ed a r e t he .

p ur e i n hea r t .

Charle sW e sley s one of his m anus cript S cripture H ym ns

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founded on M att v 8 This hym n urges all to pray for spot

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less purity and perfect love a leading do c trine of the founders ,

of M ethodi s m .

H Y M N 6 89 . J esu my G od a n d King
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—H y ni n t o Chr i s t t he

Charles W esley s fro m Hymn s and Sacred Poe m s 1 73 9 ’

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page 1 7 1 The original has eleven verse s the last four of whic h
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are o m itted I n the ninth verse the poet describes the expulsion
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of Lucifer fro m heaven i n these e m phat i c words

Lu c ife r a s lig htning fel l ,

F ar fro m he aven fro m glo ry fa r , ,

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H ea d l o ng hurl d to deep es t hell !
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Thi s hym n c o m m en c es the sixth s e ction of the Supple m ent

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with the title, O n the E stablish m ent and E xtension of Christ s ’

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Kingdo m .

H Y M N 690 . E arth rejoice

, , our Lord i s King — To be s ung:
in a T n m n lt .

Charles W esley s , fro m Hym ns and Sacred Poe m s 1 7 4 0

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page 1 1 5 The original has fourteen verses eight of which are

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o m itted .

Th is hym n i s a joyou s triu m ph of Ch rist s kingdo m over that ’

of the ki n gdo m of darkness Twi ce th e poet boldly a p o s t ro .

p h i s e s S atan and the i n fe rn al h osts, defying the m in the na m e

of the Lord , and bidding the m fear and tre m ble in the presence
of Ch rist .

E ve ry kn ee t o H i m sha ll b o w
S a tan hea r a n d trem ble now
A nd again
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G o d with u s w e can n o t fe ar ,

F ea r ye fiend s for Christ is here , ,

W hat a subli m e and dign ified attitu d e i s t h u s c lai med for the
Chri stian believer The security of the child of God i s stated
in forcible language in another couplet
H ll is nigh but G o d i s nighe r
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C ircling us with ho sts of fi re .

H YM N 69 1 . C o m e, ‘T h o u Conquero rof the n ations .

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hi f l or d s
a nd L ord o
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Charles W esl ey s being the eighth of hi s Hy mns for the

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E xpected I nvasion [ of E ngland by the Fr enchl 1 7 59 , founded

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on Rev x ix 1 1 The fifth verse is o m itted

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H YM N 69 2 . Father of boundless grace . T hy hi ng d o m

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co me .

Ch arles W esl ey s being N o 1 1 5 6 of his Short S cri pture

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H ym n s , vo l i founded on I s a lxvi 1 8
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o mitte d. Th is hym n i s well adapted for m issionary s ervi ce s

one c ouple t i s worthy of note
And n ewd i s co v er d w o rlds arise
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T o s ing the ir S avi o ur s prai s e

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the m all sat King George hi mself Around h i m were seated .

old chiefs and warriors who had shared with hi m the dangers
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and fortunes of m any a battle,—m e n whose eyes were d i m and ,

whose powerful fra m e s were bowed down with the weight of

vea rs B ut old an d young alike rej oi ced together i n the j oys
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of that day their faces m ost of the m r a diant with Christian joy
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love and hope I t would be i m possible to describe the deep

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feeling m anifested when the sole m n service began , by the entire

audience singing D r W atts hy m n ’

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J esus sha ll re ig n wh ere e r the s un ’

D o th h i s su ccessive j o urneys r un ;
H i s king d o m s tre t ch fro m sh o re to sh o re ,
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Till suns shall rise and s e t no m ore .

W h o so m uch a s they could realise the full m eaning of the

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poet s word s for they had been rescued fro the darkness of
heathen is m and cannibalis m and they were that day met for
the first ti m e under a Christian constitution , under a Chri stian
king and with Christ hi m self reigning in the heart s of m ost of
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those presen t That was i n deed Christ s kingdo m set up in the ’

earth Still m ore recently M adaga scar has thro w n off the yoke
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of heathen is m and idolat ry, and established a Chri stian govern

m ent and con stitution H ow would those godly propheti cal
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poets W atts and W esley, have rej oiced to see the realisation of
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such earnestly expressed prayers as are c ontained in this and

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other of their m issionary hym n s

H Y M N 69 8 The hea vens declare Thy glory Lord

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—T he
rfit u r e compa r ed
B oohs of N a t u r e a n d S cr zj .

D r W atts paraphrase of th e n ineteenth Psal m

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verse of the original i s left out .

H YM N 69 9 Fro m all that dwell below the s kies —Pr a i s e t o

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God from a l l Peop l e .

D r W atts paraphrase of Psal m cxvii , the shortest in the

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B ible the third verse i s taken fro m so m e author unkno wn and ,

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the fourth i s B ishop Ken s doxology .

There i s a charm i n p oetry and m u si c which has never been fully

realised A n instance of th is was witnessed recently in a large
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s chool of poor children in London The day s work was done, the .

u su al s inging and prayer were over, and three hundred boys were
exp ecting in a m o m ent to be free fro m authority and at pl ay .
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Thi s p sal m by D r W atts had j ust been sung to the tune of the
Portuguese H y mn The m aster m ade a few re m arks about the
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pleasure m usic produced and asked the c hildren to try and sing ,

the hym n again They did so it was done with care and much
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feeling Again the request was preferred — would they like to

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sing it again ? The reply fro m hundreds of voi c es was a si m ul

t a n eo us Y es I t was repeated if possible with increased de
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light to the boys Then followed a few re marks about the m usic
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of heaven and how sweet it m ust be there and the boys were
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aske d if they had not felt m ore happy by that singing than if
they had been at play A nother u nani m ou s Y es was the “
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response and again they were asked to sing Oh yes was the .
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i nstant reply ; and thus half an hour of their playti m e was o cc u

pied by singing praise to God by three hundred poor children ,

i mm ediately under the shadow of the palace of the A rchbishop of

Canterbury, at Lambeth and the children thanked the teacher ,

for the pleasure their own voices had a fforded to the m selves .

The hym n and tune were fixed in their m e m ories for life .

For thirty si x years ; J ohn S evers , of Ripon , lived with the

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form of godliness in the Church of E ngland but d id not know ,

its saving power, till through the m in istry of the Rev J ohn
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Phillips , i n 1 7 9 8, who so plainly set forth the condition of un re

generate m an as stung by the s corpi on sin , that the H oly
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Spirit carried the truth ho m e to hi s conscien ce and he w a s ,

enabled to believe at once on the Lord J esus Christ for for

g i ve n es s After two years he was made a class leader and he
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lived to see his fa mily of five ch ildren useful and active me m bers
and offi c ers in the M ethodist Society A t the ripe age of seventy .

seven his usual good health gave way and he su ffered m u ch in ,

his last illnes s , but he was constantly giving thanks and singing
praises to God A few hours before he died, he repeated with
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feebleness the couplet

From a l l that dwell be low the ski es ,

Let t he Creato r s pra ise ari se ’

an d after a few m inutes , he faintly breathed his last testi m ony

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M y ever blessed Father

H YM N 7 00 . Lord of the harvest hear —A , . P r ay er for

L a bo u r er s .

Charles W esley s fro m “

H ymn s and Sacred Poe ms
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page 282 .
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H YM N 70 12 H ow be auteou s are their feet T he B l ess ed n ess .

of G osp el T i m es .

D r W att s , H y m n 1 0, Book I , founded o n I s a 111 7 , and M att

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x iii
. 17 .I n the second verse, char m ing i s c hanged for
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cheering .

H YM N 70 2 . S al vation ! 0 the j oyful s ound l —S

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a l va t i on .

D r W atts H ym n 8 8 B ook I I The third verse of thi s popular

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hym n is found in Lady H unt i ng d o n s Collection , but its author ’

i s u nknown ; so also i s the author of the choru s of thi s hym n .

T he R ev W alter Shirley o ne of the chaplains to the Countess ,

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i s the probable author of both .

The m inist ry of the Rev J ohn de Q uetteville , of Guern sey,

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was the m eans of b ringi ng M rs E lizabeth A rrivé to a knowledge

of the truth when M ethodis m was i n its infan cy i n the Channel
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I sland s ; and shortly afterwards the m ini stry of D r Adam

C larke, then a ve ry young m a n , was m ade the m ean s of the con
vers ion of her hu sband M rs Arr i ve derived m u ch good fro m
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the conversation of M r W esley and D r Coke during their visit

to the i sland i n 1 7 8 7 Fro m that ti m e on ward she was the
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leader of three classes , and devoted her best energies to pro m ot e

the kingdo m of God in the world For m any y ears she proved .

the m ainstay and suppo rt of M ethodi s m in Guernsey, and a

great c o m fort to the m inisters during their repeated and severe
trials and perse c utions I n her last illness she was v ery happy
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and often broke out i n exalted strain s of praise and adoration .

O n one o cc asion she exclai med

S a lva tion O the j oyful soun d 1
W h a t pl e a sure to our e a rs
A so vere ign bal m fo r eve ry wo un d ,
A c ordi a l fo r our fe a rs .
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i s my experien ce now ; an d added
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fear i s gone fro m m e : I a m so w ea k I cannot say m uch ; bu t

all fear is gone ”
I n thi s peaceful fra m e of m ind she continued
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till the weary wheels of life stood still and she entered into rest ,
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E arly in life Charlotte W hittingh am wife of the Rev J B

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W hittingham entered into the liberty of the ch ildren of God ,

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and , during life, adorn ed her profession of godliness A short .

t i m e before h en d e at h , s h e e xc lai med with m u c h energy an d .

pathos
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H YM N 7 09 The Lord of earth and sky F or N ew Yea z ’
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Charles W esley s, being N o 1 4 8 in H ym ns and S acred

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phrase o f our Lord s parable of the barren fig tree ( Luke xiii -
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I t for m s the first hym n in t h e s ev en t h section (i f the Supple ment

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with the title Ti m e D eath , J udg ment, and the Future S tate
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HY M N 7 Let m e10
a l o n e
. a n o t h e r year — A H y mn of Pr e
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pa ra l i o n fo r D ea t h .

Charles W esle y s , one of hi s m anu s c ript hymn s , and on the

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sam e subject as Hymn 7 09 .

H YM N 7 1 1 . E ternal Source of eve r y joy .

l T h e Yea r cr o w n ed
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w i t h t h e D i v i n e Goo d n es s .

D r D hym n for N ew Y ea r s
o d d ri d g e s
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l xv . 11 . The second verse i s o m itted .

H YM N 7 12 . S ing to the Great Jehovah s praise ’

—F or N ew
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Charles W esley s , being ’

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H ym n s for N ew Y ear s ’

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H YM N 7 13 . W isdo m a s c ribe and m ight and praise

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Charles W esley s for m ing N o 1 of H ym ns for N ew Y ear s

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beautifully subli m e passages i n Charles W esley s hym ns than ’

the fou rth stanza of thi s one which i s o mi tted The idea of the , .

poet is that of a sinn er weighed i n the balance of the gospel ,

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and found wanting : the bea m begin s to preponderate a soul ,

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begin s to topple into hell but hark ! the re m nant ( R o m “
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ix 2 7 ) are praying the H oly Ghost i s g roaning

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the Son inter ,

ceding, the Father beco m es propitiou s and the swift winged ,

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angel of m ercy executes hi s co mm i ssion by touching the quiver

ing s c ale , and lo that soul i s saved
Still in th e do ub tful b al an ce w ei gh d ’

W e trembl ed whil e t h e remna n t p ray d ,

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T h e F a th e r h e a rd H i s S PI R I T groa n ,

An d a ns wer d mild —
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He let t h e prayer o f fa ith preva il ,

And m ercy turu d the l ab ri ng s cale ’ ’

Tho se who re me mber the serm on s of the lat e W illia m D awson ,

of B a rnb o w Leeds will recogn ise in the above verse , and t he
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previou s description the outlin e of one of that e m inent m an s

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m ost powerful an d i m pressive dis c ourses , The W indlass

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H YM N 7 1 4 God of m y life, through all m y days —Pr a i s i ng

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God t h r o ug h t he w ho l e of o u r E x i s t en ce .

D r D o d d rid g e s bei n g N o 7 1 of his hym ns , founded on Psal m

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cxlvi 2 Like so m e few other special favourites this hym n has

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had so m any ad m irers that nearly every line of it has been u sed
i n c onnexion with the experience of som e of the Lord s people ’
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A dozen of these are referred to in the index Only two or three .

c an be n oticed here .

I t was the privilege of John Jefl s and his esti mable father, to
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introdu ce M ethodis m into Stoke N ewington , i n the year 1 8 1 4 I n .

early life the son was converted to God ; and fro m the co mm ence
m ent to the close of his religi ou s course was exten sively u seful
and deservedly estee m ed F o r m any years he was a u seful .

leader, and c ondu cted the singing in the chapel to the s at i s fa c

tion of the whole c hurch The last ti m e he conducted hi s
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class he gave out the whole of the 7 1 4t h Hym n , and he read and
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sung the hymn , deeply i mpressing all present The sam e feel .

ing was again m an ifested at the leaders m eeting the sam e ’

evening H e closed the m eeting with a very earnest prayer the

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last am ongst his brethren .

E arly in life M rs Laws of Sunderland , was favoured with ,

m any godly advantages H er father, the Rev W illia m Sander

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son placed her a t school under the paternal care of the Rev
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J oseph Benson , who placed her as a m e mber of S ociety in M iss

Ritchie s class She afterwards resided so m e years with the
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Rev J oseph Sanderson , her uncle m ost of whose gifts a nd

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excellen ces she inherited For fi ft y seven years she was an

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attached and useful m ember of the M ethodist Society She .

kept u p close and constant intercou rse with God and for so m e ,

ti me prior to her decease she triu mphed gloriously over the fear
of death So m e of her last words were
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But 0 when thi s las t co n fli t

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An d I am chai n
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d to ea tr h no mo re, .
 T he M e thod i s t Hy m n Booh
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W ith wh t glad
nts sha ll I ris e
a a cce

To j o in t h e m u s i c of the ski es
W h en the Rev J ohn Ke m p entered the W esleyan m inist ry
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the salary of a preacher would not en able h i m to ride t o h is

appoint m ents and he also found it needful to walk fro m W ales
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to Aberdeen to save costs to his circuit H is love fo r the work .

and for perishing souls enabled h i m to endure hardship and

privation s u ch as i s unknown at the present ti m e H e su ffered
, .

mu ch in hi s eyes for so m e years but he m urm ured not W hen , .

m ore than fourscore winters had passed o v er hi m he was ,

favoured with a b e at i fi c view of the heavenly Jerusale m ; and

though his pains were i ntense hi s j oy was tran sporting a n d a , ,

he avenly s m ile lighted up hi s face : thi s rapture lasted two

days : he declared hi s j oy to be so great he could n ot des c ribe
i t O ne evening j ust before he died he cried out
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But O when that la s t confl i ct s o e r

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A n d I a m ch a i n d to e a rt h no m o re
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W ith wh a t g l ad a cce nts sh all I ri s e

To j o in t h em u s i c o f t h e ski es
H e gradually sank till hi s released spirit fl ed to t h e paradise of
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God .

M iss J ane Gill of M odbury King sbridge was converted to

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God at the age of seventeen, an d five years afterwards she

exchanged m ortality for life Th re eyears of su ffering through .

which she passed proved only to b e the process of her ripening

fo r g l o ry .A s her bodily strength d e cay ed , h er s p iritual j oy
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in c reased , and often she repeated the lines

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S o on shall I l e a rn t h e exa lt ed strains

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W hi ch e cho throug h the he avenly plains

A n d e mul a te with j o y unkn o wn
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The gl o w ing sera phs round t h e thro ne .

I n th is state of blessed resignation she fell asleep 1n J esu s .

M rs Poles of M a s b o ro ugh R o t l1 e rh a m on the Sabbath pre

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c e d i n g h e r death requested her husband to read her a hy m n

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H e selected N o 7 1 4 by D r W atts, and having read the first

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an d second verses was proceedi ng to read the third , when she

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began it herself
W hen d ea th 0 er n a ture sha ll preva il’
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A n d a ll t h e p o we rs o f l a n g ua g e fa il ,

Jo y thro u h m y swi m m ing eyes shall b reak

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And m ean t h e t ha nk s I ca nno t s pe ak

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To nsec ra te m y final hour

co ,

To bles s m e with Thy p eaceful end

A n d bre athe d into Thy h ands d ivin e
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M y S pirit b e re ceived with Thine

W hen th e Rev W M B un ting called upon D r H oole after her

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death the books were shown to hi m with the m arks in them

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H e was m u ch delighted and said I cann ot think of anything , ,

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m ore glori ou s than su ch a death H is own happy departure .

fro m earth was al so glorious and triu mphant .

H YM N 7 16. H ear what the voi ce fro m heaven proclai m s .

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B l es s ed a r e t h e d ea d w h i ch d i e i n t he L or d .

D W atts N o 1 8 , B ook I , first and second verses only ,

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founded on Rev x i v 1 3 the thir d and fourth v erses have no

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H YM N 7 1 7 Tre mendous God , with hu mble fear

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of Pr ep a r a t i o n o r D ea t h
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Charles W esley s , printed first i n the A r mi n i a n M ag a z i n e,

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vol iii , page 6 7 9 I s it tru e as the p oet says in the second

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verse , line 2 that m a n i s born , only to lam ent and die ?
Surely thi s m u st have been one of the poet s very early, or one ’

of hi s unrevised hym n s .

Blessed with a truly godly m other, the Rev J ohn J a m es had .

hi s m ind fixed on heavenly things as early as hi s tenth year and ,

when h e was fifteen he could rej oi ce in God as hi s recon ciled

Father a blessing realised under the preaching of the Rev W il
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lia m J enkins A s mall co m pany of God fearing you ng m en was

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form ed in Liverpool where he resided to cultivate their m i nds,

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and the graces of the Spirit Of thi s band M r Ja m es writes .

so m e ti m e afterwards , in a letter to one of hi s band m ates the -

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Rev E Grindrod
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O n e i s gone to glory, another appointed a
class leader, and three of u s have been thrus t out into the
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m inistry ”
At the age of twenty one he entered the W esleyan
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m inistry, and laboured with a zeal and success wh ich d istin ctly
m arked the attendant power of the H oly Spirit to bless the
W ord H is m ind was sole mnly i m pressed by that terrible coach
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a ccident on his way to th e She ffield Conference , when two of hi s

brethren , M essrs S argent an d Lloyd, were fatally inj ured, whilst

he was spared I n 1 8 2 2 he cam e to Londo n ; and , in the fol
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lowing year, was m ade on e of th e General M issionary S ecre

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taries hi s fitness for which offi c e was m an ifested by the happy

results I n 1 83 1 sym pto m s of apoplexy appeared ; and , in the
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fo llowing year the repetition of these sym pto m s cut short his
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work On the last Sabbath he spent on earth , he co m m en ced

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the devotion s of the fa m ily by singing H ym n 7 1 7 , little think ~

ing that it was t o be hi s closing act of do m esti c worship on earth .

The third and fourth verses are as follows

Subm issive to Thy j ust d ecree ,

W e all s h a ll so on fro m ea rth rem o ve

B ut when Thou s endest L ord for m e , , ,

Oh l e t the messenger be love

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W hisp er Thy love into m y hea rt ,

W a rn m e of m y ap proa chi ng end

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An d th en I j o yfully dep art ,

And then I to T h y arm s as cend .

H e prea c hed that evening at City Road Chapel but was unable ,

to walk ho m e after service and by the ti m e the coach had c on

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vey ed h i m ho m e , he found the hour of death was approaching ,

and his happy spirit escap ed to hea ven on the following
Tues d ay .

H YM N 7 1 8 . I call the world s Redee m er m ine ’

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I hn aw
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t h a t my Red eemer l i vet h , &c
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Charles W esley s being N o 7 5 0 of Short Scriptu re H y m ns ,

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and also in A r mi n i a n M ag a z i n e vol i ii 1 7 80 , founded , . .

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on J ob x ix 2 .

By adopting the erroneou s tran slation of th e passage put

forth in what i s called the authorised version of the S criptures ,

M r W esley has fallen i n to t h e g enerally rece i ved e rror, -

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Though after m y skin worm s destroy thi s body, & c The .

poet says
And tho ugh th e worm s thi s sk in devour ;
A nd again ,
in the fourth verse
T hen let the w o rm s dem a nd their prey .

D W atts has the sa m e idea i n Hym n 7 2 1 pos t ; and Hart , in

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one of hi s hy m n s e m bodie s the sa m e O pin ion I n Hy m n 7 26
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th e sa m e: idea i s fou nd ; b u t the O pin ion i s not fo und in the

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original S criptures n or i s i t a recogn ised physical fact tha t

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wo rm s destroy the bo d ies of the de ad .

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d y in n Booh 3
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H YM N 7 1 9 . M ay n ot a creating God .
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Why ,
s ho u l d i t he
t ho ug h t a t h i ng i n cred i hl e w i t h y o u t ha t Go d s h o u ld ra i s e

t he d ea d

Charles W esley s left in m anus c ript at h is death founded on

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A cts xxvi 8 M r B unting suggests altering the seventh l ine of

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verse 2 to ,

Call th e m out of n a ture s to mb ’

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H Y M N 7 20 do we m ourn departing friend s

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D ea th a n d B u r i a l of a S a i n t .

D r W atts , H ym n 3 , B ook I I
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The se c ond and third verses .

left out .

H YM N 72 1 . A nd m ust this body die T r i ump h o v er D ea t h

p e of a Res urr ect i o n in H o .

D r W atts H ym n 1 00 , B ook I I
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A hymn of m u c h sweetnes s .

and en c ourage m ent to Chri stians .

H YM N 7 2 2 . fram e — T he S hor t ness

Alm ighty M aker of my .
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of T i me a n d F r a i l ty of M a n ,
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M iss A nn S teele fro m Poe m s by Theodosia vol ,

p age ,
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1 68 .A fin e hym n founded on Psal m xxxi x 4 7 The original

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has thirteen verses n ine of which , includ ing the first are left
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out F o r d i ction c o m prehensiveness fidelity, and power this

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hy m n will co m pare favourably with m any of far greater pre ~

tensions .

H YM N 7 2 3 H appy who in J esus l i ve —A F unera l H y mn

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Charles W esley s , being N o 1 6 of his Fu neral H ymn s

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1 7 44
I n early l i fe , W i ll i a m Allwood of M an sfield , W o odbu rn
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served his country i n the m iliti a On retu rn ing ho m e the

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godly conversation of a local preacher, and the conversion of

h i s eldest daughter led to his own convers ion Fro m that ,
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ti m e the whole course of hi s li fe was c hanged H e was m ade

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a cl a ss leader and laboured with exe m plary patien c e i n the

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S abbath school After the death of his wife with who m h e

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had lived happily for fifty years hi s m ellowing experien c e ,

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showed the rip en ing of his own spiri t for glo ry thi s . -
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H YM N 7 25 . H appy soul , thy days are ende d .

—F or on e

Charles W esley s being N o 5 5 in H ym ns and S acred

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Poe m s , 1 7 49 , vol i i . .

I t has been sung in the death cha mber of m any a departing -

saint a m ongst the M ethodists and not a few have entered ,

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J erusale m the Golden with the m usi c of
G 0 b y ange l gu a rds attended ,
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T o the sig ht of Jesus g o

sounding in their ears co mm ingled with that other song , ,
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W orthy is the La mb sung by the redee m ed
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M rs S m ith daughter of the Rev W illia m S anderson , and

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m other of M r s H indson and M rs S i m on of I nverness , was fifty ,

years a m e m ber of So c iety The testi m ony of her friends i s .

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that few have done so m u ch or so well in the Church and in the

world for the glory of God When near death she sweetly sang .
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the hy mn c o mm en cing
H a ppy soul thy days are ende d , ,

All thy m o urning da ys b e lo w

G o by an ge l g uard s atte nd ed ,
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To the sig ht of J esus go

W aiting to rece ive thy spirit ,

Lo the S avi o ur sta nds above

Sho ws the purcha se of H i s m e rit
Rea che s o u t the crown o f l o ve .

When her sp irit was departing she said The frail ba i k i s

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nearing the shore and the haven of glory is full in view

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H YM N 7 26 —“
I know that m y Rede e m er l ives .
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Charles W esley s , fro m ’ “

H y m ns and S acred Poe m s , 1 742 ,
page 1 26 .

H YM N 7 27 . 0 when shal l we sweetly rem ove .

” —F u ne ra l

H y mn .

Charles W esley s being ’

, No .
7 of “
F un eral H ym ns , ”
1 7 44 ,

w ith two verses o m itted .

H YM N 7 28 .
—i Th ere i s a lan d of pu re delight
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oect o f

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D r W atts , Hymn 66, B ook I I . . W atts wr ote t hi s delightful
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hym n in early li fe at hi s native ho m e in Southa m pto n while
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sitting at the wind ow of a parlou r whi ch overlooked the river

I tchen , and i n full view of the I sle of W ight The landscape .

there i s very beautiful and for m s an en c hanting m odel for a

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poet when des c ribing the paradise above Tradition points out .

the place where ju st acro ss th e channel , that charm ing island

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presents itself to the enraptured vision The waters before h i m .

suggested to the m ind of the poet the final passage of the Chris
tian over the dark river so gloriou sly i maged by B unyan , as
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described in hi s P ilgri m s Progress ’

D eat h like a na rro w s e a divides

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Tha t hea ve nly l a nd fro m o urs .

The se c on d and third verses e specially are d es c riptive of the

prospe c t presented to the eye of the p oet D r Sa m uel Stennett .

probably had the verse co mm en cing Bu t ti m orous m ortals in ,

h is m ind when he wrote the following stanza

F ll l d with d e light my ra p tured soul
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W o u ld h ere n o l o nge r st ay ;
Th o ugh J o rdan s wave s a round me roll ’

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Fe arles s I d launch a wa y ’
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The attraction of this hy m n for the su ffering and dying h as

centred chiefly in the openi n g stanza, conne c ted wi th which are
m any sacred m e m ories of departed friends .

The Rev J oseph W ilson was taken , at the age of thirteen , to

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a M ethodis t prayer m eeting at the al mshouses in h is native

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village and there that love of religion was awakened which

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resulted in a career of godlines s extending over s i xty years .

The Rev W illiam B ram w ell ad m itted h i m to m e mbership and

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for fi ft y six years he labou red with acceptance a n d su c cess as a

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M ethodi st preacher H is illness w a s short an d his last ac t of

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worship was to join as best he could in singing the hym n c o m

m en c i n g
There is a l nd a of pure delight ,
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&c .

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At its close he whispered , I cannot sing ; I cannot pray with
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you but the Lord knows m y m ind H is end was peaceful a s .

a child s slu m bers

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A m ost singular coinciden c e i s re c orded i n the Wes ley a n ,

M et h od i s t M ag a z i n e for 1 8 4 1 H 1 the O c t bb er a rid D ece m ber

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nu m bers are recorded the deaths of M iss Harriet Keith and

M iss H arriet Reid , both of who m were converte d to God i n
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early life , both lost si sters at the age of seventeen both died in ,

the to wn of Lei c ester on the sa m e day, J une 20 , 1 84 1 , both were

a ged twenty years , and both d ied rep eating

There is a l a n d of pure d elight ,

W here sa ints i mm ort a l re ig n

Infinite d a y e x cl ud es the night ,
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A n d pl easure s b a nish p a in .

I n her eighteenth year M rs Stanley wife of the Rev Tho mas

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S tanley, was convin ced of sin , u nder a serm on she heard

preached by her uncle the Rev J oseph E ntwisle ; and she
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obtained p ea ce t h ro ug h believing shortly afterwards whilst at

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the sacra m ental table I t was her privilege to have delightful

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Christian fellowship with su ch piou s wo m en a s M rs F awson

and M r s M ather After the death of M r S tanley she re m oved
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to D eptford where she condu cted a class for so m e years She

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died at D erby in g reat pea c e O n the last S abbath she spent

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on earth , she sang the hym n through co m m encing ,

T here is a l and of pure d elight ,

W here sa ints i mm o rta l reig n &c ,

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H er fa m ily, kn owing her extre m e weakness wished her to ,

repeat and n ot s ing the hy m n but s h e con tinued i t to the end

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a n d then said I ll prai se H i m while H e lends m e breath
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H er last testi m ony was , Precious J esus , H i s blood was shed
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D uring thirty years E llen N elson was the exe m pla ry wife of
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the Rev John N elson , W esley a n m in ister herself filling the

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o ffi ce of class leader i n m any of the circuits in which they tra

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vell ed , and m anifesting a hallowed and fervent j oy when

sinn ers were converted and j oined to the Chu rch of Christ .

D uring her last illness , she see m ed to hold special c o m

m union with happy spirits , and o n one occasion m entioned
M r H Longden of She ffield , M r Bra m well and M r Levi ck ,
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a s a m ongst those m ini stering spirits surrounding her bed .

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After she had m ade the re mark, I shall soon be with you ,
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a fr i e n d asked to who m she spoke She replied , I t is
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m y dear hu sband F i lled with triu m phant jo y she ex

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c l ai m ed
C oul d I but cli mb wh ere M ose s s too d ,

And vi ew t h e l a nd s ca pe o e r ’
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N ot J o rd an s s trea m n o r d ea th s c o ld flo o d
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S hould frigh t in c fro m the sh o re

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still re m e m bered for their beauty, si m pli city, ea rnestness , an d

power A few days b efore h is death he pointed to the B ible as
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the only bo ok i n wh ich he could tru st , and Jesus as his only

refuge To the frien d who was then with h i m , alluding to those
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m e mbers of his fa m ily who had gone to heaven before h i m,

pointing to their portraits , he added
Iask them when ce the ir vi ctory ca me
T hey with united breath
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As cribe the ir con qu est t o t h e La mb

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The ir trium ph to H i s de a th .

All around was h oly quiet , an d he p ea c efully resigned his sp irit

to God who gave it .

H YM N 7 3 r . W here shall true believers go —Of H ea v en .

Charles W esley s being N o 8 of H ym n s for Children

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The third and fou rth verses are very si m ilar in senti ment to
a verse by D r W atts .

Th ere we shall see His face ,

And never never sin

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There fro m the rivers of His gra ce

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D rink endl e ss ple a sures in .

I n the vill a ge of M iddleton , Cro m ford Fran cis B u ckley wa s ,

led to choose a religious life through the death of his brother .

H e beca m e earnest i n the service of God as a teacher i n the

S unday s chool as a class leader, and local preacher
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duties he was bles sed hi m self, and m ade a blessing to others .

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H is cu sto m was to rise early i n the m orni ng and spend n early ,

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an hour in devot ion with God I n his l a s t i lln e s s he said he
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had a bright p ro spe c t of heaven , and , shortly before his death,

she desired hi s friends to sing the hym n co mmen c ing
Whe
re sh a ll true be lievers go ,

W hen fro m t he fl es h th ey fly ?
Glo ri o us j oys o rd a i n d to kno w
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They m ount above t he sk y &c
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D ur i ng the singing he was enraptured with thought s of heave n,

and shouted H allelujah H is last te sti mony was , G od i s
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H YM N 7 3 2 The saints who die of Chri st p o s s es t
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r es t fr o nz t he i r la oo n r s , & c .

Charles W esle y s being N o 8 5 7 of Short S c ripture H ymns ,

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vol ii , fou nded on Reve l ation xiv I 3

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H YM N 7 3 3 .
, H ow happy every child of gra c e ! -
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Charles W esley’s, being the second of hi s F uneral H ymn s ,

1 75 9 and was con sidered by J ohn W esley to be on e of his
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brother s finest co mposition s

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I n the a c count of Su sanna S pen c er, in J ohn W esley s J our ’

nal vol iv , page 3 2 , an instance i s re c orded of the value of thi s

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hym n O ne of the m ost re m arkable inc idents on re c ord of the

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effective power there i s i n a hy m n i s th e recital of this one i n

open c ourt in E xeter Castle during the trial of a prisoner A .

good young wo m an had been set upon by a r uffia n , on her way

fro m S unday s chool , an d was left for dead by the roadside
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O n being d iscovered , she was restored to consciou snes s so far

as to identify her m urderer, and then sh e died lost to her intense ,

bodily su ffering i n the s ubli m e j oy she had in co mm ending her

spirit to God in the words of Charles W esley s hym n ’

How happy every child o fg ra ce ,

W h o knows his sins forgiven

This earth he cries is not my pl a ce
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I seek m y pl a ce in he aven
A c ountry fa r from m o rta l s ight
Y et 0 ,
by fa ith I s ee
T h e l an d o f res t t h e sa ints d e li ght
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The h ea ve n prepa red for m e .

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The c oun sel for i h e prosecution i n hi s a ppeal to the jury, d e

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scribed the death scene and rehearsed the hymn , a part of which
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the dying girl had sung in her last m o m ents The j udge, the .

ju ry all but th e prisoner, wept W h o could help it

, To hea r .

in that sole m n c ourt, j ust before passing senten ce of death on

the m urderer, the youthful martyr s dying song of glo ry And ’

su c h a song
That captivating pie c e of biography entitled The Su c cessful
M erchant , from the pen of the Rev W illia m A rthur has made
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the na m e and m e m ory of M r Sa m uel B u d g et t of Kingswood

known and estee m ed in thousands of ho m es throughout the
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ot /zod i s t Hy mn B -
ook
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land . F ro m the closing s cene of hi s li fe we gather these
parti culars After the sacram ental el em ent s h a d been a d '

m ini stered to h i m, he asked for a hy m n to be sung, but hi s

friends fearing the e ffort would be too m uch for hi m, he ex
clai m ed , S ing sing,
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The Rev C Clay then gave out part of
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the hy m n , B ehold the S aviour of m ankind , which was sung ’

,

whilst M r B a dgett , hi s counten an ce bea m ing w ith joy, his eyes

strea ming his lips q uivering, a n d hi s hand s uplifted, j oined
,

heartily in the song of praise H e appeared q uite in an ecstacy

.

a s they sang

0 La mb of G o d was ever pa i n ,

W as ever l ove li ke Thine ,

A fter a short pause he asked for another hym n, on which E dwin s ’

favou rite was chosen

H o w h a ppy eve ry child o f g ra ce ,

W h o knows his s ins fo rgiven

This e a rth he cr ies i s n o t m y pla ce,
, ,

I seek my place i n heaven &c ,

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He j oined heartily i n the singing of that song of triu m ph .

Shortly afterwards he tried to repeat another hym n , W ith glo "

n ou s cloud s en c o m passed round bu t his work was don e, and .

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hi s happy spirit passed away to the skies .

M r Baker B anks was convi n c ed of sin u nder a serm on preached

by the Rev J ohn Byron i n Cornwall , and eleven years after
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wards he by faith entered into the liberty of the children of

God H aving tasted that the Lord i s gracious , he devoted hi m
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self to the servi ce of G od A s a class leader he was m ost watch

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ful over the S piritual state of his m e m bers , hi m self livin g i n the
full enj oy m en t of the dire c t witness of the Spirit to hi s adoption ,

an d of entire s a n c t i fi c a t i o n H e was a true friend to the poor and

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a fii i c t ed , and a generou s supporter of M ethod i s m D uring hi s
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l ast trying a ffl iction he bore m u ch su ffering with resignation , and

d esired that the hym ns 7 3 3 , 7 3 4, and 7 3 5 m ight be read to h i m .

H e spoke i n strong term s of the beauty of those hy m n s , and of

their suitability to hi s e xperien ce A fter a pau se he said , with
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a look indescribable and an e m phasi s that tou ched every heart ,

,

The heaven prepa red fo r m e

and having the 7 3 3 d h y mn a gain r epeated to h i m, w hen he c am e
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t o these word s

B ut O t h e bliss t o wh i ch I ten d
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E te rn al ly sh a ll last I
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i n her lot with the people of God and at a love feast held the ,
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sa m e day she was enabled to believe on Christ for pardon S o m e .

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years afterwards , she entered in her dia ry, 1 a m longing for
holines s m ore than m y necessary fo o d I n this fra m e of m i nd .

she tried to live during her earthly pilgri m age , an d at its close,
when eternity was near, an d j ust as the preacher who was visit
ing her was leaving the roo m, sh e whispe r ed
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Oh would He m ore of heaven b estow ,

And let the ves s el bre ak ,

And let my ra n s o m d spirit go

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T o gra sp the G o d w e se ek .

A few m inutes afterwards she said ,

J esu s i s preci ou s m y c on
fi d en ce increa ses ; I a m dying and i mm ediately her spirit
returned to G od who gave it .

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A t the age o f twenty on e , the Rev W illia m M Co rn o ck was .

called ou t to preach the gospel in connection with M ethodis m ;

a n d he continued hi s labours for thi rty fi v e years W hen by -
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illness and age his strength had decayed n o cloud overshadowed ,

his m ind he was happy and resigned H e longed for hi s release, .

and frequently said ,

O would He m ore o f heaven be s t o w ,

And l e t the ves se l break ,

A n d l e t m y ra n s o m d s pirit g o
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To gr a sp the G o d we s eek .

I n thi s state of c al m r es ignation hi s redee med S pirit fled t o

heaven .

H YM N 73 4 . And let thi s feeble body fail .

”

A F a n t ra l H y m n .

Charles W esley s being the third o f his

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I 7 5 9 founded on Ro m an s viii 1 8
,
The original has nine verses,
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two of which are left ou t

Thou sand s of pious so u
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ls have been cheered wh ile passing

through the dark valley by the words o f this hym n There i s .

n ot a verse of i t but has been m ade a blessing to so m e pilgri m

just closing life s j ourney
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Fro m the age of seventeen w he nhe entered into the liberty

,

of the children of God , the path of the Rev John Lesson was .

as the shin ing light that shineth m ore and m ore unto the per
,

fe c t day ”
A s a M eth odi st preacher he was in stant i n season
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an d out of season , in the chapel and in the open air On o n e .

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a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons .
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o c casion , he c o mmen c ed prea c hing in a village where tractarian
c lergym en were suprem e The constable was ordered to stop .

the preaching , an d tried to do so but as there was no breach ,

of the pea c e the m a n of assu m ed au thority yielded to th e de

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c i s i o n of character shown by the prea c her, listened attentively

to the ser m on and retired fro m the servi ce convin ced that he
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had best done hi s duty by letting the preacher alone D i sease .

oft h e heart pu t a sudden ter m ination to h is m inisterial career

but his sub m ission to the divine will m ade his sufferings
w elco m e A t one ti me, with u nutterable feeling, he exclai med
.

And l et this fe eble bo d y fa il ,

And l e t it d ro op and die

M y soul sha ll quit the m ournful v ale ,
”
A nd so a r to worlds on hi g h .

So meti m es , when thought to have been asleep , he would sud

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d enl y exclai m Bles s God ! I feel his presence
,
H ow g ood .

the Lord i s how kind to m e I n thi s blessed state of r es ig

n ati on he exchanged m ortality for life .

M ary relict of the Rev Peter Pres cott sen ior yielded her
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heart to God at the age of fourteen , and at once became a

m e mb er of the M ethodi st S ociety Fro m that period to the . .

c lose of her l i fe her decided piety was m an ifest i n the devoted

,

ness of her spirit and the con si stency o f her condu c t Having .

been insensible for two days, s h e recovered con sciousness for a

fe w hours and du ring that ti m e she sang, with re m arkable
,

energy and cle arness, the whole of the verse

I see world o f spi rits bri ght
a ,

W h o rea p th e ple a sures there

Th ey al l a re robed i n p urest white ,

And con qu ering pal ms they b ea r

A d o rn d by th e ir Red e e m er s g race
’ ’

Th ey cl o se pursue the La mb
And every s h ining front d i s p l ays
Th unutt er able n a me
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In thi s happy and exulting fra m e she passed away to join h er

husband in the skies .

The Rev Corbett Cook after serving God in the M ethodist

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m ini stry for half a century retired fro m active work to Guernsey
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where , blind , b u t h a p p y he diligently attended to the duties of

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the san c t uary, till c alled to his reward in the land of t h e

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blessed I n his last hours he rejoiced i n singing the fourth verse

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of hy mn 7 3 4
O wh a t ha th Jesus b o ug ht fo r m e
B e fo re my ravi s h d eye s’

Rive rs o f li fe divi ne I s e e ,

And tree s o f P a ra d ise

H e died rej oicing i n the h O p e of heaven .

M ore than forty years ago a piou s young lady i n ill health
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was resting on her cou ch ,and by her side sat a beloved brother ,
h i m self scarcely well and u tterly without a feeling of love to God
, .

H is sister, as descriptive of the e m otion s of her s c ul repeated to ,

h i m, with re m arkable e m phasis the fou rth verse of hym n 7 3 4

,

0 wha t h a th J e sus b ought fo r me

B efo re my ra vi s h d eye s
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Rive rs of lov e divin e I see ,

A n d trees of pa radise
They fl o uri sh i n pe rp etua l bl o o m ,

Fruit every mo nth they give

And t o the h ea ling l eaves w h o co me
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E tern a lly shal l live .

S c ar c ely had she u ttered these words be fore he began to think

seriously on the state of hi s soul and asked hi m self, H as J esus
,
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b ought n othing for m e ? H e sought and found pardon , and
both brother and sister , with another brother not long after ,

hat hap p y change departed for m issionary labour i n Ceylon

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M r s Steven s wife of the Rev J ohn Steven s , i n early life had

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to endure m any hardships and privation s ; b ut a ft er her con ,

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vers ion to G od she always laid by i n store for the Lord s cause
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and people so m e portion of their weekly inco m e ; and as a

principal a gent i n founding the B enevolent S oc iety , Kings w ood ,

was thereby the m ean s of doing ve ry m u ch good D uring her .

last illne ss she often engaged in singing the praises of God A

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few hours before dying she said with a glow of pleasure

, ,
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J esu s Christ and a convoy ! O w h at d elight ! The thought
of being for ever with H i m who m my heart loveth, how d elight
ful and then she ex c lai m ed
0 wha t are all my su ffe ring s here ,

I f Lo rd tho u co unt m e m ee t
, ,

W ith tha t enra pture d h o s t t ap pea r

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And w o rshi p a t thy fe et

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who m she revered as her most honou red friend and spiritual sire .

H er s o n Benjam in who lived with h i s m other for seventy years ;

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says of her, She did not say great things but she lived the m .

Am id painful su ffering and langu or, she had strong consolation ;

but her pain subsided as eternity approac h ed and on Good ,

Friday 1 8 3 5 , she expressed her confiden c e in God in t he ver se

s h e had so often quoted

O w ha t a re all m y s uffe ri ng s h e re ,
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If L o rd Th o u c o unt me m ee t
, ,

W ith tha t enra p tured h o st t a ppe a r ’

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And wo rship a t T hy fee t 1

a nd a few hours afterward s the m ortal strife te rm ma t ed , i n the
hundredth year of her p ilgri mage ’
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M rs M ary M o ulton, eld es t d a ug h t e r of th e venerabl e Th omas

H S q ua n c e, was born at Point de Galle, Ceylon , m 1 8 1 9, her
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father being then a m issionary S h efeared the Lord all her l i fe .

I n 1 8 4 8 she was married to M r J oseph M oulton , w h o has a

father and two b rothers in the W esleyan m inistry Serving .

God 1n every sphere of life m whi c h she m oved her last ho m e ,

was at Castle D onington where her literary and reli gi ous e ffort s
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were c rowned with su c c ess whilst i m parting in stru c tion to ,

y oung ladies intru sted to her c are I n h er last illness she wa s .

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often repeating pas sages of S c riptu re a nd verses of hym ns

The night before she died , she said , I a m on the Rock ”
She .

was re m inded of the j o y s of p a ra d is eh w h en she replied

0 wha t a re a ll my s ufferings here ,

but she was u nable to c omplete the verse A few mi nut es be fo re .

she ired she sa id , C ome, L ord J e su s , co m e qui ckly

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s he
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added, N ot my will, but T hine be do ne, and her

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spirit e nt ered heaven .

The godly faithfulnes s a n d loving heart of M r Cha rles Post ,

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a b r idge master of H ull were the m eans of b ringing the late M r

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J ohn Lid g et t to a knowledge of the truth H e had often spoke n

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kindly to the young man and a t l eng t h s e cured his atte nd an c e

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at a clas s m eeting ; but the o rdeal was too sear c hing and he fled
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fro m the roo m H is faithful m o n itor followed hi m, re mon st ra ted,

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a n d t h ey retu rned togethe r 3 F ro m that night his c onne x ion

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with the M ethodi s t Society wa s un i nt e rrupt ed till h e went t o '

join the c hurch of t he redee m e d T h a t s a m e ma n of God w a s

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the mean s of obtaining for M r Lid g e t t hi s rele ase fro m a ship , -

just on the point of sailing,—and that sh ip w a s n e ver heard

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of again At twenty seven he su ffered shipwreck and hi s

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crew , in R ussia : they were all spared whilst other ships co m ,

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p an i e s i n that storm were all lost These providen ces awakened . ,

in M r Lid g et t s m ind a deep sense of gratitude to God and an

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earnestness in H is s ervi c e which kne w n o abate ment whilst '

health allowed h i m to be occupied T h e p o o r, the neglecte d .

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and the sailors were hi s especi al care When appris ed th at he

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could not live lon g, he cheerfully gave up the world , and

expressed a hope that he m ight enter the haven in full sail H e .

had sweet foretastes of heaven before he died , and heard so m e

of its glories H e wat c hed the sun setting on h i s last day o n
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earth , and then j oined h is fa m ily in singing

0 wha t a re a ll my su ffe ri ngs h ere ,

I f Lo rd Th o u co u nt m e me et
, ,

W ith th a t enra p tured ho s t t a p p ea r '

And w o rship a t Thy fee t

H e then said , I want to g o H e spoke n o m ore , and in ful l
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triu mph he entered p a radi se .

H YM N 7 35 . Co m e let us join our friend s above

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—A F u ner a l

Charles W esley s being N o 1 of Funeral Hy mn s 1 7 5 9

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This a n d the two p re c eding hy m ns are subli m e co m positions ,

a n d first a ppeared in the poet s seco n d and m u c h enlarged t r

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act
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of Fu neral Hym ns They e mbody al most every legiti mate
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idea which the hu m an m ind can form as to the state e m p loy ,

m ent , and happiness of departed saints , an d they are clothed

i n langu age glori ous yet chaste , eleg a n t yet si m ple i m pas ,

s i o n e d yet c orrect This hy m n expands the idea that saints

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above and saints below, the church m ilitan t on earth and the
church triu m phant in heaven , are all one — one fa m ily, one army ;
that even n ow the intercourse is not totally suspended , but by
faith we hold c o m munion with those who are gone before Had .

Charles W esley co m posed only these three in co m parable hy m n s ,

h e would have conferred a great an d endu ring benefit on

the Church of God , and would have i mmort a lised his nam e as
a Chri stian poet .

A few years ago , a l ong pro c essio n passed d own the c hurch
path fro m the town of Redruth pre s sing ro und a bier as ,
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if they would a ffectiona tely guard it in th e front, flank a n d rear , ,

and s inging as they moved They w ere keeping up the cu sto m

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of their Cornish fathers of an evening funeral an d the singing ,

of a buri al hym n fro m the house to the grave l The hymn was
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R ej o i ce fo r a brothe r dec e as ed .

Afte r the solem n servi c ei n ft h e church and at the g rave as the ,

benedicti on was pronounced the devou t m ultitude on ce m ore

l i ft e d u p its full and m
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i ghty voi c e and pre

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ssing round the o p en
grave uttered i n i mpressive tone that glowing and i mp as s mne d
,

hy mn N o 7 3 5
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C o m e let u s j o i no ur fri ends a b o ve

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Tha t ha ve o b t a i n d t he priz e
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And on th e eagle wi ngs of l o ve

To j oys celesti a l ri s e ”
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The swell of th e closing a ppeal of the hym n was thrilling

Am ong the singers was one young m a n wh o appeared to b e ,

rapt wh ile he sang I t see m ed as if his m u si c were that of a pure

.

spirit H o w h is face kindled as he poured forth the closing

.

n otes ! O ne who saw h i m there under the cal m light of the

even ing sun saw indication s of h is approaching e nd S oon .

afterwards he was found on his death bed but he had not lost -

the spirit of that triu m phant hy m n To the friend who had se en

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h i m at the g r a v e h e said , I a m going ; I a m going early ; but God

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has b rightened m y short li fe into a ftl ll one O h ! those hym n s '

they have taught m e to live in the light of the future ! They

have been my songs i n the house of my pilgri mage H ow o ften .

when I h ave sung the m down i n the deep m i ne has the dark
ness been light around m e ! N ever since I learnt to prai se
God fro m m y heart have I begun to work in the rock fo r
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blasting without stoppi ng t o ask , I f the hole should go o ff
un awares a m I ready for heaven ? S o m eti mes , sir there has
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bee ri a shrinking and a doubt but I have dropped on my knees

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and asked God to bless m e before I gave another stroke a nd

n ever did I pray in vain ; m y prayer has always p a s s e d i n '

praise . Those blessed hy m n s have gone bursting fro m m y

he a rt and lips as I have to iled a t the very point of death ! 0
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sir, d o you re m e mber our singi ng at th e last funeral ? ”

Y es,”

was the repl y “

and so me thought then t hat you w ould n ever
s

sing again o u su ch an occasion !

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N ever s ing again, sir !
W hy ,I s hall s in gfor ever ! Oh ! that glori ou s hym n ! let u s sing
Atl d he began at i t h e last v erse
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born in Lo ndon in the m onth of A u g ust 1 7 75 I n early life she

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was ad m itted into the S ociety by M r W esley who gave her her ,

fi rst ti c ket She was a m e m ber of M rs H ester A nn Roger s ’

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c lass was m arried i n 1 7 9 3 I n 1 7 9 5 she becam e acquainted

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w ith D r an d M r s Ada m Clarke w hi ch friendship ripened into

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love for l ife I n 1 8 1 5 M rs B ul m er began to write sacred poetry

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and for t w enty years the Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e and t h e

Yo u t h s I n s t r u ct o r abound with her char m ing c ontribution s
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These were afterward s collected an d with a life of her by the , ,

late R e v W M B unting, were published , and for so m e years

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were in great de m and She died i n the I sle of W ight , Augu st .

and was bu ried in th e cata c o mb s u nd e rn e a t h C i t y

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Road Chapel , London

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H YM N H ow pleasant how di v
73 8 . inely fair T h e Pl ea s u res ,
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of P u hl i c Wo r s h ip .

D r W atts version of Psal m lxxxiv , P a rt I Two verses of the

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origin al are left out .

F ather of all Thy c a re we bless — G od s G r a ci o us

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H YM N 73 9 .
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App r oba t i on of t he R el i gi ous Ca r e of o ur F a m i l i es .

D r D oddridge being N o 2 of hi s Hy m n s , founded on Gen , . .

xvi ii 1 9 Several alterations are m ade in it

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H YM N 7 4o . G od
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of eternal tr uth an d love .

” —A t t he B ap t i s m

Charles W esley s being one o f hi s Hym n s for a Fa m ily

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page 63 T h e se c ond verse i s left out I t i s open to question

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h ow far we are justified in asking for such blessings on an i n fa ht

a s are expressed i n the third verse Can a child realise on .

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earth pardon an d holiness , and heaven ? Praise i s per
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fe c t ed out of the m outh s of babes an d sucklings .

YM fI H o wl arge the pro m i se A hr a ha m s

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ho w divine .
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D r Watts ’
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H y m n 1 1 3 B ook ,
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founded on thre e texts
G en xxii
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x . 14 .

H YM N Lord of a l l wi th pure inten t T he Pr es en t a t i on ,

of 7 cs u s i n t h e T emp l e

Charles VV es Ie y 5 left in an us c ript at his death founded on ’

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Luke 1 i 2 2 . .
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H YM N 7 43 . See I srael s gentle Shepherd stand —Ch rzlst s

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Con d es cen d i ng Reg a r d t o L i tt l e Ch i l d r en .

D r D od d rid g e s ,
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No . 1 98 of his Hym n s founded on , M ark
x . 24 , with two verses left out .

H Y M N 7 44 T he Saviour when to heaven H e rose — T he ,

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I n s t i t u t i on of a Gosfi el M i n i s t ry fr om Ch r i s t .

D r D o d d ri d ge s , written for an ordination servi ce a n d form s

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N o 2 8 9 of his H y mn s founded on E ph iv 1 1 1 2 The first

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verse of the original i s left out , and the h y m n i s otherwise

altered .

H YM N 745 . Father , live ,

by all things fea r d ’
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” —T o t he

Ch arles W esle y s fro m H ym n s and Sac red Poe m s 1 7 40

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page 1 0 1 I t i s also 1n the sa m e author s hym n s entitled

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Gloria Patri 1 7 46 , .

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H Y M N 746 . F a ther of m ercies ,
in Thy word . T he E xcel l en ce

iss A nn Steele
M . The original has twelve stanzas of wh ich ,

seve n are left out .

H YM N 747 . J esu s ,
Thy ser v
ants bless — Pr ea ch i ng
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t he

Charles W esley s b eing one of hi s S c ripture Hym n s

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left i n
m anu script founded on Acts x vi ii 3 1
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H YM N 748 . O Go d how often hath Thine ear — T he . Cor/e

na n t w i t h G od R en ew ed

W illia m M a cl a rd i e B unting s I t was written when the author ’

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was a youth of o nly fifteen years and was fi r st publi shed i n the ,

M et h od i s t M ag a z i n e for J anuary 1 8 2 4 page 7 2 with the sig , ,

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nature of J uvenis This i s the only one of m any hym ns of
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great excellence fro m t he pe n of the sa m e author whi ch i s

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found i n the M eth o dist Hym n B ook and this was inserted by -
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the desire of the Rev D r B unting and al m ost against the wishes .
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of his son , who as he inform ed the writer in person thought it

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not worthy of a place i n such a collection Ab pu t forty of M r .

Bu nting s hym ns will be found in the late Re v D r Le i fc hil d s

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collection of O riginal H y m n s and am ongst the m a revi sed
copy of thi s Coven ant Hym n A copy of that revision of t h e
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hym n will also be foun d in the L oca l Pr ea chers M ag a z i n e ’

for J anu ary 1 869 p age 23 I n the year 1 8 5 9, a few years b efore
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the author s death he revi sed it a gain , an d the al terations

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though n ot nu m erou s are i mportant thi s being the final

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revis i o n we are per m itted to give the hym n as last c orrected by

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its acco m pli shed devou t an d s cholarly author The first word
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in the first verse i s c hang ed ; a co m m a i s added i n the third

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line the third word in the third verse i s cha n ged fro m of to
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to ; and in the fourth an d fifth verses several i m portant
e m endation s will be found

M y G o d h o w oft en ha th Thine ea r
T o m e in willing m ercy ho w d
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W hile worshipping Th ine altar n ea r

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Lo wly I wept a nd s trong ly v o w d ,

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B ut ah the feebl en ess of man

H a ve I no t v o w d a nd wept i n vain 2 ’ “

Retu rn 0 Lord o f hosts , return

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Behold Thy s ervant in distress
M y fa ithl essn es s ag ain I mourn
Aga in fo rg iv e m y fa ithl e s sness
And in Thine a rm s my S pirit tak e ,

A n d bl e s s m e fo r the S a viour s sa k e
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In p ity t o the so ul Th o u l o v st ’

N o w b i d t h e s i n Tho u h a t st e xpire
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Le t m e desire wh a t Th o u a p p r o v 5 t
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Tho u dost appr o ve what I d es ire

And Th o u wilt de ign t o ca ll m e Thine ,

A n d I wil l d are to c a ll The e m ine .

This d ay Thy co ven ant I sig n ,

T h e bon d o f m e rcy grace a n d p ea ce , ,

N o r ca n I d o ubt its truth divine ,

Sin ce sc al d with J es u s bl ood it i s 1

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Tha t blood I ple a d that bl o od alone , ,

And m ak e the co v nan t pea ce m ine o wn ’

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Oh tha t m y love n o m o re ma y know

Or ch an g e o r i nt erval or end
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H elp me in a l l Thy path s t o g o ,

A n d eve rm o re my v o i ce a tten d ,

An d g l a d d en m e w ith answers m il d ,

An d c o mmune Fa ther with T hy chil d ! ”

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h is poetical works with a sketch of hi s life m a y be ex p e c ted

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shortly to appear, writt e n by one who knew and loved

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H Y M N 7 49 .
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O h ow shall a S inne r p erfor m .
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mpt a
t i on .

Charles W esley s , being N o 1 1 1 i n H y m n s and Sa c red

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P oe m s 1 7 4 9 vol i Two l ines are altered
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H YM N 7 5 0 . 0 happy day that fix d m y

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—R ejo i ci ng
in our Co ven a n t E n
g ag em en ts t o Go d .

D r D being N o 2 3 i n his Hy m ns fou nded o n

o d d rid g e s ,
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1 Chron x v 1 5 with one verse altered

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I t i s a hym n ofte n u sed .

to clo se the social m ean s of grace , especially class and band

m eetings M r M ontgo m e ry has written con cerning it , Blessed
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i s the m a n who can take the word s o f thi s hym n and m ake
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the m his own fro m S i m ilar experience .

I n very early life H ugh Browne of D onaghadee I reland , , ,

wa s the subj ect of deep religiou s i m pression s ; but it fw a s

during a revival in B elfast , after he ca m e of age that he ,

fo u hd peace through believing i n J esus The death of hi s .

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father see m ed to hasten his own and during hi s S hort illness

he found that Christ was the Rock of h i s salvation : W hilst .

exulting in a clearly m an ifested pardon he ex c lai med -

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0 h a ppy d a y tha t fix d my cho i ce ’

On Th ee m y S a vi our a n d my G o d
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“ e 11 m a y thi s g l o wing h e a rt rej oi ce
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And t ell i t s ra p tures all abro ad .

H i s last word s were in testi m ony of his triu mph over sin by the
blood of Jesus .

U nder the preaching of Tho mas Riley sergea nt m aj or 111 the

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7 t h D ragoon G uards , at Colchester, m 1 8 1 1 , W illia m Balls was

enabled t o believe for salvation The witness of the spirit of .

hi s adopti on he re tained through life and his n am e was in the ,

first place as a local preacher i n the Colchester circui t S ub s e

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quently he w a s a p p o i nt e d a class l ea d er a n d circu it st ewa rd ;

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H is p iety was sin cere ,enlightened , and elevated, and he w hs an ’

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unweari ed labourer i n the Lo rd s vineyard H is favourite .

hym n th rough li fe was N o 3 46 For ever here m y rest s hall .

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be , & c D uring the night before his death he sa i d B ehold.

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H Y 7 52 a nd i ts A s s oci a t i ons 3 79
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God i s m y salvation Prai se praise talk of J esu s '

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day he died , he repeated , with deep feeling
H e d rew m e a nd I fo ll o w d o n
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C h a rm d to c onfes s the voi ce d ivine

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H i s last testi m ony w as , “

Thanks be to God who giveth ,
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the victo ry .

H YM N 7 5 1 The pro m ise of my F ather s love —T he N ew

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T es ta men t i n t he B l oo d of Ch r i s t i s t he N ew Coven a n t sea /ed .

D r W atts , H ym n 3 , B ook I I I , 1 7 0 7
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I n early li fe Charlotte Cullen ( after w ards M rs Slater of ,

S he ffield , and S ister i a law of the Re v Barnard Slater ) found - -

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her c hief pleasure in the ball roo m and at the card table ; but - -

u nder a ser m on preached by the Rev Robert B ryant, at M i l .

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d e n h a l l, fro m Prepare to m eet thy God , 0 I srael, S h e was so
deeply convinced of her S inful c ondition, that she had n o rest
till she fou nd it i n S ins forgiven ; and in her seventeenth year
she j oined the M ethod ist S o c iety A s govern ess i n the fa m ily .

of the Rev Tho m as Pa d m an , S h e had m any spiritual a d va n

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tages A fterwards , i t was th e intense j oy and delight of her

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heart to learn that her m other, S ister, and other m e m b er s of the

fa m ily had obtained the blessing of justification by faith i n J esus
Christ She herself strove long till she obtained the blessing
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of entire s a n ct i fic a t i o n I n the enj oy m ent of thi s happy e xp e.

r i e nc e S h e lived , till at the a g e of forty she exchanged m ortality

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for life eternal D uring her last a ffl iction whi c h was painfully
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severe her confiden ce in God was u nwavering W hen the end

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d rew nigh the R e v J ohn Burton ad m inistered to her the s a c ra

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m ent of the Lord s Supper after which S h e desired her fa m ily

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to sing what had long been her favou rite hy m n c o mm en c ing ,

T h e pro m is e of m y F a t he r s l o ve
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Sha ll s t a nd fo r eve r g o o d ,
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H e s a id ; a n d g ave His s o ul t o de a th
A n d s c a l d t h e gra ce with bl o o d
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W ith peculiar ardou r and delight she j oined i n singing th e ,

whole hym n D uring the servi ce S h e was filled with the pre
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sence of God and her latest m o m ents were tranquil and

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h a ppy .

H YM N 7 5 2 Fro m Jesu s sacri fice —.T he L or d s S upp er

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Charles W esley s , being one of his hym ns left in m anuscrip t :

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H YM N 75 3 Let all who truly bear
. T h e 1 0s S upp er , a s . .

i t i s a M e mor i a l of t h e S ufi r i ng s a n d D ea t h of Ch r i s t .

Charles W esley s , being N o 4 of his H ym n s on the Lord s

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S upper . The o ri ginal i s in four stanzas of eight lines each , the
half of each verse being left o u t .

The Rev Charles W esley has been charged recently by th e

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Ritualistic p arty in the Church of E n gland with holding an d

teachin g in m any of his H y m ns on the Lord s Supper the d oc trine ’

o f the Real Presence and they clai m h i m as one of their best ,

a dvo cates To m ake good thi s charge one of the publishers for
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the Ritualists has reprod u ced so m e of M r W esley s Hy m n s on ’

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the Lord s S upper ”
I t S hould be re m e mbered that these hym ns
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were written in the very early part of the poet s life , a nd near to ’

the ti m e when he was an avowed H igh Church m an ; a legal

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C hristian without Christ , a Ritu a li st without spiritual life ,

l iving in t h e letter only of the law not having known the Spi ri t ,

wh ich giveth life Charles W esley s after life , teaching , preach

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ing and p oetry de m on str a te the O pposite of all thi s fro m and
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after the year 1 74 5 The Rev D r Rigg, in an article i n the . .

L o nd on Qua r t er ly J uly 1 8 68 , has de m on strated that the teach

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ing, preaching and poetry of both J ohn and Charles W esley

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were thoroughly P resbyt erian , evangelical , and S piritual fro m

1 74 5 to the end of their lives .

H YM N 7 5 4 Prostrate , with eyes of faith I see —

. F or t h e .
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L or d s S upp er .

Charles W esley s one of hi s hym n s left in m anus c ript I t i s

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c opied into Ru ssell s Collectio n ’

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H YM N 7 5 5 Lord T hou hast bi d Thy people pray

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K i ng a n d R oy a l F a m i ly .

Charles W esl ey s be ing one of his H ym ns written for Ti mes

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of Trouble and Persecution publi shed in 1 7 44 The origin a l , .

has six verses two of which are left out The ti m e of trouble
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alluded to w a s A L 1 7 4 3 . .

H YM N 7 5 6 . i n Chri st an d well beloved —

B rethren 0n t he ,
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A d m is s i o n of a ny Per s on i n t o S oci ety .

Charles W esley s , fro m Hy m ns and Sa c red Poe m s 1 740

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p a ge 1 69 ; the second verse be ing left out .

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v erse i s su ffi ciently S i mple, that by it out of the m outh of bab e s

and su cklings prai se m igh t be perfected and it appe ars so
easy, that one is te m pted to think hundreds of the sort m ight be
m ade without trouble . The reader has onl y to try, and he will
be qui c kly u n d e ce i vecl ; though the longer he tries the m ore
di ffi cult he will find th e task to be .

Thi s glorious doxology has a fforded c o mfort to m any depart

ing sa i n ts , as well as i t has fi t t i ng l y expressed the j oy of the
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Lord s people i n ten thousand in stances when a new born soul -

has entered into the lib e rty of the c hildren of G od One i a . .

stan c e , o f whi c h we have a distin ct p ersonal recolle c tion , i s

worthy of note . B ri d g eh o us e s W esleyan Chapel h ad been
opened , and at n ight the prea c her was W illia m D awson The .

seed sown during the day had been a c co m panied by m any ear
n est and faithful prayers and a fter the even ing servi ce the body
of the chapel and the S ide ga lleries had each its separate prayer
meeting .These were continued ti l l near ten o c lock at night ’

when the praying souls and the seeking S inners adjourned t o t h e

s c hoo l roo m under the ch a pel and there s a t W illia m D awson
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wrapped i n hi s drab great c oat , for it was w in ter ti m e , counting -

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a nd recording the trophies of that day s spiritual warfare Be .

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fore ele ven o clock that S abbath evening, the doxology had been
repeated in earnest j oyful song thirty fi v e ti m es A twelve m iles
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w a lk , through th e m idnight hours an d in the snows of a cold

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F ebruary, did n ot d i ssipate the blessedness of the m e m ories of

that day, a nd they are fresh an d fr ag rant on the mi n d of the
w riter after the lapse of m ore tha n thirty years .

A n early religious training was followed, i n the ex peri en c e of

Phillis D ownes , of Salford , by her c onversion to God at the a g e
of seventeen Fro m that day, an d for fort y y ea rs , s h e had not
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a doubt of her ac c eptan ce with God I n 1 8 1 1 she e xpe rienced

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a deeper work of gra c e, and to the end of life testified to th e

entire s an ct i fi c a t i o n of her nature O n the m orning of her last
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day on earth , she said, whilst struggling for breath , This i s
the l a st struggle I have ofte n sung and now it is the lan
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guage of my heart
Le t it n o t m y Lo rd d i spleas e ,

Th a t I w o uld d i e to b e H i s g ues t
J esu s, M as te r s eal my peac e
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A n d ta k e me to Thy bre as t

Short l y afterward s , S he clai m

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Pr
i G o d fro m who m all bless ings fl o w
a se ,
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These were the last words S h e uttered distin ctly ; but praise
w as u pon her lips when the power of utteran c e had failed .

W here the Spirit of the Lord is there i s liberty The m ind .

of E lizabeth H udson , of H it c hin , was awakened to a sense of its

condition before God at the age of S ixteen , but it was not till
S he was twenty years old that she found the Lord The M ethod
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i s t s worshipped i n a barn ; she longed to j oin the m for she was ,

seeking the Lord with al l her heart H er friends forbade her .

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so out of her windo w s h e looked at the lights in the rude barn
where the people of God we re gathered for worship She wept and .

prayed , and the Lord s howed her H is m ercy That n ight her .

burden was re m oved , and S h e w a s able to rej oi ce i n the liberty

o f the children of God H er heart was filled with love to God
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and to all around her S oon afterwards she heard the M ethodist
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preacher at another village, and in the fulness of her j oy i nvited

the preacher to tea at her father s house She m ade it a m atter
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of earnest prayer that her opposing parents might re ceive the

m a n of God H e Ea m e and w as kindly welco med A fter tea ,
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the parents were invited to the prea c h ing The service ende d , .

the parents invited the preacher to stay all n ight Fro m that day .

that house was the ho me of t h e M ethodist preachers at B aldock,

and fro m that day M ethodis m began to flouri sh there
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So c i ety was formed , and fro m that Society several have gone
forth to preach the un searchable riches of Christ i n the ranks of
t h e M ethodist m i n istry M rs H udson beca m e a class leader,
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and her hu sband a useful lo cal preacher For twenty years .

they we re the chief support of M ethodis m at Baldock They .

re m oved to H itchin ; here also M rs H udson was the principal

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instru m ent in the establish m en t of M ethodis m and a prosper ,

ous Society has S ince sprung u p there also Thus one devoted .

godly wo m an founded two So c i eties of M ethod ists and lived ,

to see the m enjoyi ng c onsiderable prosperity This work .

acco m plished, a preache r s house built , and a W esleyan ’

m inister resident in the town she said to her Chri stian ,

“
friends Lord n ow lettest Thou Thy serv ant depart in peace for
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m ine eyes have seen Thy s alvation ”

H er work was done . .

Shortl y afterwards typhu s fever set in an d when S h e found out ,

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the fatal nature of her disease she rejoi ced that she was so near
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the fair haven To a fri end who inquired if S h e was happ y ,
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she said, Oh , yes ! I feel more than I can express and i n

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the e ve m ng waving her ha nd in a n ecs t a s y b f j oy she

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clai m ed
P ra ise Go d fro m who m al l bl essings fl o w ; ,

P ra is e H i m a ll crea tures he re be lo w ,

Pra i se H i m ab o ve ye hea venly ho s t , ,

Pra i se F a ther S o n a n d H o ly Ghos t , , .

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H er last words were Christ i s precious and I long to be , , ,

w it h H i m and in her S ixtiet h y e ar s he j oined the church ’

triu m phan t .

W hen pe rse c ution was a sure c onsequen ce of be c o m ing a

M ethodi st, J ohn W est of M ark B anwell, was converted and at, , ,

once j oined the S ociety H i s hear t was right , and no fear of .

m a n i nti m idated h i m F o r several years h is attendan ce a t the

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m ean s of grace was so regular , that it w a s a co mm on saying i n

the vi llage If there i s n o one else at the chapel, M r W est will
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be there H e attended the house of God till, in the seventy
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eighth year of hi s age he received a pea c efu l su mm ons ,

to his Fathe r s house above S o me of hi s last words were

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Glo ry be to God I a m c o m e to the m ount ! I a mfi lled with

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glory and with Go d H e then made an effort to sing
.

P ra ise G od from who m al l bles s ings fl o w ,

P ra ise H i m all c rea tures he re below &c

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and he added Tell t h e friends , J esus i s a precious S avio u r
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I n this happy fra me he c ontinued til l his v oi ce w as lost i n

death .

For m ore than thirty years Letitia Oakes , of B ro mpton, ,

Rochester , adorned her Christian profes sion by exe m pl ary love

to the m eans of grace , and to the a m bassadors of Christ and ,

also by her blam eless life and great liberality F o r several .

years sh e was confined to her roo m by extre m e feebleness bu t ,

her cheerful piety testified to her sub m ission to her heavenl y

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Fathe r s will J ust before the weary wheels of li fe s t oo d s t i ll
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she s aid , N ot a wave of trouble rolls across m y peaceful

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breast and , with out apparent su ffering she g radually s unk, -

literally dying with the u nfi nished ac c ents Q f—

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Pra is e G o d fro m who mall bless ing s fl o w , ,

linger i ng on her lips, at the advan c ed age of eighty five -

H Y M N 7 5 8 — Glory t o T he e
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my G od , this n ight —A n .

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Th om as Ken ,
D D
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, B ishop of Bath a nd W ells ;
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attention to th i s hym n N ote 2 —Line 1 , verse 2 to the word

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outward thi s n ote is appended , E ven—not, even the pre
tence or ap pe aran ce of ri ghteou sness ”
N ote 3 —The third verse
is e mended as follows—the ital ics m ark the c orre c tion s
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Save us b y g race through fa ith a lone

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A fa ith Thou w il t Thys elf i m pa rt

T he fa ith th a t by i ts fr ui t i s kn ow n
T he faith tha t purifies the hea rt .

The fourt h verse i s entirely marked out , as m arring the harmony

of the hy mn .

Lord of t h e wide ex ten si ve m ai n ,

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I nfinite God , Thy greatness S p a nn d .

T o be S un
g at S ea .

Charles W esley s , fro m Hy mn s and Sa cr ed Poe ms , 1 7 40 ,

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page 3 1 The origi nal i s in ten verses , and not divided I t was
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probably written in 1 7 3 5 , previously to the poet and hi s brothe r

John sailing to A m eri c a with General Oglethorpe and the M ora
v i an settlers The langu age of the se c ond verse indi c ates with
.

tolerable pla i nnes s what was the o cc asion of t h e hym n being

w ritten .

H YM N 7 63 . L ord , who m w i nds and seas obey .

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0n Goi ng

Ch arles W esley s , being on e of hi s hym ns left in m anu s c ript ,

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and probably written on one of the o cc asion s when the poet was
leaving B ristol for W ales, or Lond on , or Cornwall .

H YM N 7 64 . Lord o fearth and , ,

a i r, and sea — 0n .
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G o i ng on

Charles W esley s , being on e of his hy mn s left i ri manus c ript ,

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and probably written at the sa m e ti m e as the preceding .

H YM N 7 6 5
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H ow are Thy se rvants blest, O Lord ! —A
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T ha n hsg i v i ng for D eli v er a nce from I mm i n en t D a ng er .

Joseph A ddison s , and originally published i n N o 48 9 of th e

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S p ect a t or I t s adm ission into the M ethodist Colle c tion when

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the S up ple me nt was m ade was by a special favour, as the li m p

i ng of the rhym e had al m ost c au sed its excl usion I t i s so m e
tim es call ed The Travelle r s H ym
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n I t was originall y written.

in t h e first person S ingular, and i s des c ri bed as m ade by a “

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gentle m an at the c on c lusion of hi s t rav els ” I t consi st s of ten

stanzas the third , fou rth , fifth and
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being left ou t Th e ,
I s i xt h .
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hym n i s fine i n senti m ent, and elegant in lan g uage but de ,

fec t i ve i n Chri stian ity : in it n o reference i s m ade directly or ,

indire c tly, to the Redeem er of m ankind , m an s only hope for ’

salvation , and the source of all our deliverances fro m danger and
harm I n thi s respe c t it for m s a strong contrast to the three
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hy mn s pre c eding it , which are by Charles W esley .

HY M N 7 66 . H ow m any pas s the gu ilty 11 i g h t .

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AM i a mglz i
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Charle s W esley s , being the first of hi s Hy m ns for the

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W a t ch n i g h t , 1 7 4 2 A s such i t appears in fHy mns and Sacred
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Poe m s 1 7 4 2 , page 1 3 5 where the first line reads thu s
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have we p a s s d th e g u1l t y ni g ht The fourth verse i s left out . .

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H YM N 7 67 J oin , all ye ra n s o m d son s of grace F or t /ze
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Charle s W esley s , being the last of h i s eleven hym n s for the

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W a t ch n i g h t The fourth verse i s left out

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H YM N 7 68 O ut of the depth of s el f7 d e s p a i r
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H Y M N 7 69 — .
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I g 1 ve i mm ortal prai se —A .
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S ong o f Pr a i s e to
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t i l e B l es s ed T f i n i ty .

D r W atts , H ym n ’
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Th is ends the N otes on the Collecti on of Hym ns forth e “

U se
of the People called M e thodists ”
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There are two other hy m n s which have been so exten sivel y

used on death beds by W esleyans , that a work of this nature
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would be i nco mp l et e w i t h o ut so m e noti ce being tak en of the m

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For m ore than fifty ye ars , they will both b e foun d quoted fref '

quently in the biogr a phi cal depart m ent of th e Wes l ey a n M ag a f

z i ne, fro m w hic h source they ha ve both be c o meso wide l y kno w n ,
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that not a fe w b el i eve th a t they form part of the Collection of

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H ymns : The first of these i s known by the following lines

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loud do th a ri s e N ot a c

To d a rk en t h e s k i e s ,
Or hid e fo r a m om ent m y L o rd from my eyes .

T he o r 1 g 1 n al h a s the title Hy m n s for Believers , and for m s .

Charles W e sle y s H y m ns and Sacred Poe m s ,

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No . 1 3o in
1 7 49 , vol i . . c
I t ontain s eighteen verses , the first five of which
are as . fo l l o w s
All pra 1 s e to t h e L a mb !
A c ce pt ed I a m ,
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I am bold to b eli eve on m y J esus 5 na me .

Strength and righteousness

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A n d p a rd on a n d p e a ce ,

In t h e Lord m y Rede em er I s urely possess

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In Thee I confid e
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T h y b l o o d is a pplied
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F o r me Thou ha s t s uffer d , for m e

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Thou has t .

4 .p ea ce it is m ade
My ,

ra nso m is pa id
My ,

My ,
soul o n T hy [perfe ct] a ton em ent is s t ay ’
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ri s e N ot a d o ub t can a

To d ark e n th e s kies
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Or hide for a moment m y L ord from my eyes .

The fifth 1 5 the only verse which i s general ly known ; and the
first line of that u sually appears in an altered form, as indi cated
above .

F or twenty two y ears ; M rs N elson shared the toils of her

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hu sband the Rev J ohn N elson , in th e itinerancy o fM ethodis m

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nearly half of w hi ch were spent in the W es t I ndi es , where she

laboured to be u seful by m eeting cla sses, tea c hin g i n the schools ,

visiting the si ck , and by other works of m ercy D uring the last .

fe w m onths of her life , the increased spiritu ality of her m ind

was an indi c ation of the deeper fervour of her devotion and her ,

growing fitness for the rest which re m aineth for the people o f
G od A t H uddersfield she Wa s sudde nly seized with paralysis
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a n d survived t h e attack bu t t welve days but her m i n d w as at

pe ace and she m ,
an i fested unhesitating reliance on Ch rist waiting ,

the Lord s pleasure with c al m fortitu de, and wi th a jo y ful hop e:

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S oon as D r C oke arrived in the W est I ndies M r Harri s and ,

his wife waited o n the D octor, and o ffe red their assistan c e to
h i m, an d thu s beca m e the first M ethodi sts in the i sland .

H aving found peace in believing H arri s becam e the first ,

leader and before D r Coke left the island , eight m e mbers had
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j oined the class This hu m ble c oloured Chri stian lived to see
.

M eth odis m extend in the colony until there were n early eigh t ,

hu ndred leaders , and t w e nt y t h o us a n d m e mbers in S ociety

there F o r years h e travelled with th e m issionaries on their
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preach i ng excursi on s, and twice he ac c o m panied D r Coke

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thro ug h the c ountry F o r m o re than fifty years he held fast hi s

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c onfiden ce i n God an d laboured without ceasing to bring souls

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to a kn owledge of 5 1 11 5 forgiven D uring seven years of fierce .

perse c ution , when the c hapels were shut up , and they were
p roh ibited fro m m eeting for divine worship h e c on tinued to ,

hold pri vate m eet i ngs on hi s pre m ises at night and in the
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dark to prevent detection thus was the Society kept together

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and m any converts were added to the m H e continued to lead .

a c lass to t h e end of h i s days an d when honou red age an d m

fi rm i t y laid hi m aside fro m a c tive ser v ice he m aintained h is ,

c onfiden c e i n God u n shaken Shortly before he died , he e n .

c o ur a g ed so m e of the m e m bers of hi s clas s who ca m e to see .

h i m b y ex horting the m t o hold on , and hold fast their c on

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fi d e n c e excl ai m ing
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N o t a cl o ud d oth ari s e
T o d a rk en t h e s ki e s ,

O r hi d e for a m o m ent my L o rd fro m my eyes .

Thu s happily passed away thi s venerable se rvan t of the Lord ,

aged n in ety six years -

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The a g e of wo m anhood was reached by Lois H i ckson before

she saw the evil of a life of worldlines s Attending the M ethodist .

preaching a t Leek t h e s e rm o n , one of great faithfulness was as

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a m essage of God to h er s oul and she gave her h e a rt t o the ,

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Lord B e c o m ing the wife of the Rev Tho mas H i ckson , she
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spent t en years in the foreign m ission field and many others ,

m ost u sefully i n t h e work at ho m e A s a class leader she was

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m ost acceptable watching over her me mbers with deep s olici

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t ude She prayed for each m e m ber daily by na m e i n her

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closet , and would n ot allow any of the m to re m ai n in a doubt

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ful s t a t e of m ind as to their a c ceptan ce with God withou t

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faithful a d mo n i t i o n a nd prayerful pro m ptings She ai m ed to

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encourage the young to seek to know their sin s forgiven fro m a

c onviction that this knowledge was absolutely necessary to the
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prosperity o f the cause of God The m eetings of her class were .

ti m es of refreshing fro m the presen c e of the Lord and she saw

her m e m bers growing in grace and in the knowledge of our ,

Lord Jesu s Christ She sought to have a clear and full know
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ledge o f the in spired volu m e, and m ade herself fa m iliar with M r

W esley s notes , and the c o mm entaries of M r B enson and D r
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A dam Clarke These h elps c ontributed m u c h to the solidity and

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ri c hness of religious experien c e ; and she beca m e an exa mple

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of all good works O n c e she was suddenly te m pted to doubt

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her confiden c e in God , but by a resolute exercise of faith , the

snare was broken , and she exclai med, S atan I a m the Lord s ,
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I am the Lord s and then with m u ch feel ing she added

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lou d do th ariseN ot a c

To d arken t he ski e s ,

Or hide fo r a mom ent my Lo rd fro m

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my e ye s .

W ith these words she often baffled the te mpter s power, and ’

m aintain ed her c onfiden c e i n God

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She died saying Lord .
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J esus receive my sp irit
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A career of abou t thirty year s of s i n and folly was s uddenly

ended one day in a very providential m anner Ri c hard .

Cousins , a poor ma n in the pursuit of worldly pleasure visited a

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relative at Tetney, Gri m sby at the ti m e of the village fair I t ,

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b eca m e necess ary for Richard to sleep at a neighbou r s hou se
with a m a n who was a stranger to h i m B efore retiring to .

bed , the stranger said Y ou ng m a n, I will read a chapter,

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and read R o mans vii i Prayer followed the reading and the . ,
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spirit of conviction followed the prayer ; so that Richard said

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to h i m self “
I f this m a n i s right, I a m wrong
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H e sought .

earnestly for pardon and found peace at a village prayer meet

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ing For seventy one years he c ontinued a faithful an d c on

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sistent m e mber of the M ethodist S ociety an d a diligen t c lass ,

leader .H e lived to enter on hi s one hundredth year T wo -

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days before h is death a friend visiting h i m found h i m seated

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i n the c orner of hi s roo m , his body bent with pain till his head
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rested on his knees To the question , Richard I want to .
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know from yourself if there 1 5 any cloud on your sky lifting .

up hi s hands , worn with a centu ry of hard toil and with a most ,

ben ignant s m ile he an swered by repeating the verse

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a cloud do th a rise
N ot
To dark en the ski es ,

Or hide for a mo ment my Lord from my ey es ”

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H e died , as he had lived i n favou r; with God and m a n

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A class leader in I relan d took h is two daughters with h i m to

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hi s S unday c lass but as they were young, he passed the

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children by without any re m ark O n the s econd Sunday, one .

of the girls , feeling deepl y that she was passed by burst into ,

tears and sobbed out in the depth of her sorro w the conviction
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she felt of her sinfulness That work of grace was c arried on

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till A n n H ar d y realised a sense of sin s forgiven and j oin ed the

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M ethodist S ociety S he was afterwards m arri ed to the Rev

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J a m e s H orn e and went ou t with hi m to Jam aica She very soon

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fell a victi m to the cli m ate but lived long en ough to show forth
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the blessedness of that grace by whi c h she h a d been saved O n ‘

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being asked the state of h e rm ind after the physician had sai d ,

recovery was hopeles s she said, I h O p e H e will finish the work

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H e has begun and after a little pause, she added

N o t a clou d doth a rise
To darken the skie s ,

Or hide for a mo ment m y Lord fro m my eyes .

She died very h appy ; and her m e m ory was so precious to the
coloured people a m on gst who m she had lived that they col
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l e ct e d £43 to obtain fro m E ngland a to m bston e to b e ere c ted

o v er her grave .

After an itinerant m in ist ry of thirty one years , the Rev W i l -

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l ia m N other retired as a supern u m erary ; but he continued to

labour till h i s strength entirely failed D uring his last a fil i c
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tion , whi ch was long and he avy hi s m ind was kep t i n pe rfect ,

peace A s the end drew n igh , in reply to the question , W hat

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was t h e state o f hi s m ind ? he said

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Not a cloud d o th ari s e

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To darken t h e skie s &c , .

and added
M y G od i s recon cil ed ,

H i s pa rd o nin g voi c e I hea r ”

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H ere h e stopped, h i s breath failed hi Thu s pea c efu

lly he .

en tered into rest .

E arly i n life Ri c hard R M ole, W esleyan m inister experien c e d

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the c onverting power of divin e grace , be c o m ing soo n afterwards

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a local p rea ch er ; a n d i n 1 8 1 8 he began to itinerate

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co m fo rt ; but at the ag e of twenty three s h e a cc o mpanied h er -

m other to a Christian fellowship m eeting when with a tre m

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bling spirit she confessed her sinfulness , and entreated the

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prayers of the Lord s people The S aviour appeared to her in .

m ercy .She saw J esus Christ evidently set forth c ru cified

before her eyes and resting on H is atone m ent, she lost the bur
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den o f sin she believed on Christ and was m ade uns peakably
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happy She re m ained on her knees four hours wrestling for

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liberty and resolved not to ri se t ill she realised the bles sing
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which God vouchsafed to her a few m inutes after m idnight .

The change was instantaneou s and gloriou s and was at on c e ,

m anifest i n her c ountenan c e , her conversation , and her l i fe ;

and fro m that ti m e to the end of her pilgri m age , the class m eet -

i ng be cam e to her a welco m e and blessed m ean s of grace For .

three years her labours i n the S abbath s c hool and i n other -

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spheres of Chri stian servi ce bore testi m ony to th e i ntensity o f

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her love and gratitude to God , and her desire to b enefi t the
s ouls of t hose around her F o r abou t ten years as the wi fe
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of the esti mable m inister whose work she so worthily shared ,

she found fields of usefulness in the Church , i n whi ch she ,

m ani fested h o w thoroughly the H oly Spirit had fitted her -

to be a help m eet in watching for and tending the souls

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co mm itted to her care M e m bers of the S a b b a t h l s ch o o l a n d

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B ible class at both N ewcastle and S heffield , w ill long treasure

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h allowed recollection s of their i ntercourse w ith h er The ill .

n ess of her hu sband , and the loss of her c hildren , were borne
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with holy sub m i ssion to the D ivine will ; an d in her own

painful illness she proved the su fficien cy of D ivine grace to
kee p her, even in the severest trials O n the l a st day on which .

she was able to leave her roo m, she conversed freely with the
m e m bers of her fa m ily, expres sed her s trong c onfiden c e in
Christ , and ch ee rfull y a d d ed '

N o t a c loud d o th ari s e
T o da rken the skies ,

Or hid e fo r a m o me n t m y Lord fro m my eyes .

H er stri cken hu sban d then ad m in istered to her the e mble m s of

t h e death of Christ , after whi ch her happy S pirit was released ,
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whilst she said, I a in going ; going to glory .

One of those stanzas whi c h s t a n d p re eminently a bove others -

is t h e one which last pro c eeded fro m th e m ind of Charles W esley .

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H aving sket c hed the lives of other wri ters of the h y m n s we add a ,

brief notice o f that one writer, who through the D ivine blessing
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has b een especially m ade the honoured instru m ent of co m fort

i ng thou sands of the Lord s people when passing through the
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dark valley and the shado w of death The stanza to whi c h

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r eferen ce has been m ade is as follows

In fe ebl eness extre me

ag e an d ,

W ho sh all a sinful worm re d e e m ?

Jesus m y o nly h o pe Tho u a rt
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Streng th of my fa iling fl esh and h ea rt

Oh could I c a tch a sm ile from Thee ,

A nd drop into eternity l

Charles W esley was born at E pworth D ece m ber 1 8 1 7 0 8, , ,

being sixteen years younger than hi s brother Sa m uel , and five

years younger than hi s brother John Fro m his birth to the .

term ination of hi s long life of fo urs c ore years h e was never

strong H e was educated, first at ho m e by hi s m other, then
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by h is brother Sam uel at W est minster, and thence he went

to Christ Church College , Oxford H ere it was that he j oi n ed
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hi s brother an d others i n those works of piety and self s a cr ifi c e -

which caused the m to be c alled M ethodists H e went with h is .

brother to A m eri ca as a m issiona ry in 1 7 3 5 and b oth brothers ,

return ed to E ngland after a brief soj ourn in Ge orgia Charles .

and J ohn were both converted to God i n the m onth of M a y '

1 73 8 and Charles , who had begu n to distingui sh hi m self for hi s

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religious poetry even before that period , m ore diligently than
ever devoted his m ind and energies to preaching the gospel and
writing hym ns a n d in thi s blessed work he ceased not for about
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h alf a century . H is attain m ents as a s cholar were worthy of the

advantages whi ch he enj oyed in his early life, when he a c quired
an e fficient knowledge of the La tin Greek , H ebre w and Fren ch
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langu ages , and a proficiency i n writing Byro m s shorthand H is ’

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exact and criti c al kn owledge of the H oly S criptures was strik

i n g l y m anifested in his hym ns and i n his preaching A s a writer .

of devotional poet ry Charles W esley will be perm anently re m e m

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bered and his na m e will live in the annals of the Church

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the co m position of hym n s adapted to Chri stian worship he has ,

n o equal in the E nglish langu age and is perhaps superior

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says ,
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M r J ackson , to every other u ninspired m a n that ever lived ”
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N o m a n has ever written so m any hymn s or hym n s o f su c h ,

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surpassing ex cellen c e The natural weakness of his constitution

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c a used h i m to differ often with his brothe rJ ohn , with who mhe ’

was assoc iated d uri ng the who le of his public life The point s .

of di f feren c e between the t wo brothers are thus stated by Charles

W ith m y brother it was first the M ethodists then the Church ,

with me it was first the Church then the M ethodists M y brother

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i s all hope I a m all fear Yet Charles W esley loved the M ethod
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i s t s with a m uch deeper and intenser passion than he ever loved

the Church The trials which he endured throughout hi s whole
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life of nearly fours c ore years were so m ething m arvellous unt i l ,

at ti m es , in the intensity of his sorrow and tria l, he prayed fro m

the depth of his heart that the Lord would take h i m to heaven
to get away fro m his troubles I n the c o mplete editio n of hi s
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poetry th is desire for dea th o cc urs frequently, and the anxiet i es

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of his fam ily, as well a s the care of the S o c ieties which fell to hi s
lot would have ov erwhel m ed thou sands with less faith in God
, .

Al though hi s in c o m e seldo m exceeded 1 00 per annu m yet when ,

he was o ffered a living in the Church of the value of { I5 00 a year,

he chose, as M r M oo re inform s us; M ethodi s m with poverty to
stri c t churchm anship and wealth N 0 two brothers eve r worked
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m ore harm on i ou sly or e ffectively together for s o long a period

than d id J ohn and Charles W esley W hen the la tter was within
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a fe w days of t he end of life , he re c eived th is la c oni c note fro m

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J ohn , D ea r brother, you m ust go out every day, or die D o .

not die to sa ve c h arges Y ou c ertainly need n ot want anything

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as long as I live ”
. D r W hitehead attended h i m in his last days ,

b ut as the re was no disease to c ure, the only m edicin e he could

give was sym p athy and praye r, and the doctor says he always
fou nd h im in fluen c ed by unaffected hu m ility and holy re s i g
n ation to the will of G od h is m ind was kept i n perfect pea c e ”
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H is body was redu ced to the most extre m e state of weaknes s .

M r B ardsley one of the London preachers who sat up with hi m

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d uring t he las t night bu t one of hi s life says of h i m, H e had n o

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disorder but old age ; he had very litt le pain ; his m ind wa s as
cal m as a su mm er evening So m e m onths before his dep a rture
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he said he sho uld die i n M arch and s o he did ,

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W hile he t e .

m ained in the state of extre m e feeblenes s having been silent ,

for so m e ti me, he call ed M rs W esley to h i m, and re q uested

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her to write at hi s dictation the lines given above
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Thus for .
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fifty years Christ as the Redee mer of m e n , had been the subje c t
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of his e ffective m ini stry and of hi s loftiest songs ; and he may

b e said to hav e died with a hy mn of praise upon hi s lips On .
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years old , he j o ined th e despised M ethodists H e began to e x

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hort and to prea c h in the v illages around ; and with so m u ch

acc eptan ce , that on being introdu c ed to M r W esley at Loddon ,

i n N orfolk, i n Febru ary 1 7 8 1 , that ven erable m a n at on c e

appointed h i m the fourth preache ri n the N orwich c ircuit The .

variety, extent , and value of his labours a s a M ethodist preacher

are r e c orded in a m ost interesting m e m oir of hi s life in the

Wes l ey a n M ag a z i n e for 1 84 5 For forty fiv e years he
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prea c hed with great a c ceptan c e in m any parts of E ngland hi s

l a st service was to preach and m eet classes at Stoke N ewington -

in D ec e mber 1 8 25 A n illnes s of several m onths followed , i n

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w h ch he su ffered m u c h fro m the inability to lie down , bu t

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although his strength failed , hi s inward m a n was renewed day
by day A s the end approached , J esu s and glory were his only
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the m es and b e frequ ently repeated the m e m orable lines of M r

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W esley, as appli cable to h is own c ase

In ag e and feebl eness extreme ,

W ho sha ll a sin ful worm redeem &c .

Shortly before m idnigh t of J une 3 0, 1 8 2 6 , he fell i nto a soft

slu mber, to wh i c h he had been an entire stranger for m a n y
m onths ; and in that slu m ber, at ten m inutes p ast m idnight ,
J uly 1 , h e pea c efully entered the paradise of God F or m any .

years , i t i s believed that m ore than five hundred c onversion s

per annu m resulted fro m M r A t m ore s labours as a M ethodis t
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preacher .

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A m other1 n I srael was M rs E lizabeth Gillings ( mother of
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the R ev J am es Gillings ) who m we re me mber with pleasure

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about the ti m e when her son e ntered the itinerancy At about

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the age of twenty fi ve she wa s c o n v ert ed u nder the m ini stry of

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the Rev Corbett Cooke For m a n y years she was a m uch

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e stee m ed class leader an o ffic e for which she was, by her rich
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and c lear experience , well qualified D uring a severe affl iction

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she rej oiced greatly that she had c on sented to her son beco m ing
a m i ssionary to the heathen H er heart was filled with gratitude
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to God and all she spoke was praise W hen dying, she said
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with m uch energy , I know that m y Redee m er liveth and
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repeated Charles W esley s lines ’

0 l e t m e ca t ch one s m ile fro m Th e e ,

And drop into e ternity

H er last words were , I shall s oon be with my S aviou r all i s
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The moth er of the Re v W illia m Pennington Burgess, A M ,

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W esleyan m inister, was bo rn i n 1 7 66 , at one of the ho m es of the

early M ethodist prea c hers , i n Alderm anbu ry , London A s the .

daughter of a M ethodist preacher, sh e was a c quainted with ;

religion fro m childhood A t the age of fourteen she was con

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v erted to God , and began to m eet in class at the age of seventeen

she heard M r W esley preach in D ublin , and was m uch blessed
by his m ini st ry For several years she acco m panied her hu s
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band t o h i s various station s whilst he followed a m ilita ry pro

fe s s i o n
. Thi s b e afterward s ab a ndoned , and be c am e a preacher
of the gospel , an d during an itineran c y of forty two years hi s wife -

was rea lly a help m eet to the faithful servant of God A t the
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advan ced age of m ore than fourscore years , and when death
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was at hand , in the last letter she wrote , addressed to her

5 0 11, she c on c luded thu s , I ofte n fi nd Charles W esley s dying ’
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hym n
In ag e a nd fee b l eness ext reme ,

W h o sha ll a h elple ss wormred eem ? &c ’

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very sweet to m e only I wan t to dwell n o w under a const ant

sense of m y Saviou r s s m ile, and then to catch a brighter one at
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the last . I n her eighty second year she died , leaving as her
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dying m otto, Love ! thanks ! blessing !
U nder the powerful and heart searching m ini stry of the Rev
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J oseph B enson , i n Oldham S treet Chapel, M an c hester, the

excellent J am e s W ood was c onvinced of sin sought and foun d ,

pardon , and i n 1 7 94 j oined the M ethodist Society t here H i s .

chara c ter throughou t a long career of godliness was m arked by

e very Christian virtue ; and his public servi c es , philanthropi c

and religiou s were worthy of the vocation wherewith he was

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c alled I n the Sunday school, prayer m eetings, as a vi s i t or of

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the Strangers Friend S ociety he exercised those talents whi ch
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m ade h i m afterwards an acceptable and useful class leader and -

local preacher H is high m oral rectitude in business , hi s large

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h earted catholicity, his j udiciou s coun sels and seasonable

lib e ra li t y i n c onnexion w ith M ethodis m , m ade his na m e and
m e m ory preciou s in th e So c iety where he worship ped
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H e was .

a cc u sto m ed when a youth , to acco mpany D r Coke to solicit

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contribution s i n M anchester for the m i ss i ons, and one of the

last a c ts of hi s publi c life was to send hi s annual subs c ription of
£ 1 00 to the W esleyan m issions, so m e m onths before it was due ,

to lessen t he ne c essity for borrow i ng I n his last illness h e

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endured m uch suffering w i thout a m urni uiz A s the end , .

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approached he des ired one of his daughters to c opy for hi m the

last line s co m posed by Charles W es ley, wh i ch , for several day s,
were continually u pon h i s l i ps
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In ag e a n d feebl ene s s e xtre m e ,

W ho sh a ll a sinful worm red ee m ? 81 0 .

H is last words were those of triu m ph , Glory ! glory ! an d “ ”

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after a pause H allelujah ,

Respect for the Sabbath day was in c ulcated o u J oseph M eek

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fro m early childhood A t the age of fifteen under a serni on by

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the Rev J oseph Pil m oor he was c onvinced of sin but he did not
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realise a sense of sins forgiven for m ore than a year D uring a .

great revival in Y orkshire , i n 1 7 9 3 after hearing the Rev W i l , .

lia m Perceval preach at E asingwold t h e w o rd cam e with power ,

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to his heart he yielded a cheerful obedience to the D ivine call ,

and obtained a sen se of pardon S oon after hi s c onv ersion .

he was m ade the leader of a c lass co mposed prin cipally of ,

recent converts ,which in a few m onth s , nu m bered forty m em

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bers O n S unday m orning it was hi s c usto m to a c co m pany

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hi s religious friends fou r m iles to E asingwold , to attend th e

six o clock prayer m eeting and to enj oy the other ordinan ces of
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God s hou se A fter thi s preaching was comm en ced in hi s n ative

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village an d i n 1 80 0 he was c alled into the M ethodi st itinerancy

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by the Rev J a m es W ood ; an d for fifty years he laboured with

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diligence an d acceptan ce winning m any souls for Jesu s ,

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1 8 39 h e retired fro m the full m inistry , and for ten years spent

hi m se lf an d hi s ti m e in doing all the good h e could espe c ially ,

to the young H e bore affli ction u nco m plainingly ; a s ked t h e

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p rayers of the Lord s people and shortly before he d ied he fre ,

q uently repeated the verse co mm encing

In age a nd feebleness extreme ,

W h o sha ll a s inful wo rm redeem ? &c .

H i s last prayer to God was , I r e s 1g n my soul, m y body, m y “

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fa m ily, m y all, into the arm s of Thy m ercy .

W hen only eleven years of ag e , M iss B utt e rfi eld , wh o after

wards beca m e the wife of the Rev Thom as R a s t o n, began to .
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m eet i n class but she d id not realise a sen se of pardon till

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death a se ond ti m e visited her fa m ily She e m barked for S ierra .

Leone i n 1 84 7 as the wife of a m i ssiona ry—a life , the trials ,

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privation s , a nd a ffli tions of which e xp erien e only can m ake c .
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n ah Lac y; I n fth o s e days c arriages were i mkno wn in t hat part o f

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E ngland ; M r Gri m sha w, M r Crosse, M r F letcher, and M r W esley

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all rode there on h orseback D avi d Lacy, H annah s father was .
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the leader of a clas s at Tod m o rden , i n the early days of M ethod .

i s m at hi s death hi s son , H en ry b ec am e its leader ; and at hi s

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death hi s sister u ndertook the duty Thu s w as one c lass ke pt in

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the cha rge o f one fa m ily for nearly eighty y ear s , and i n that class
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she had c onti nu ou sly m et for n early s eventy years There was .

spiritual life i n that M ethodist class there were m any su c h at

that period would there were m any m ore now The religio n
of H annah La c y was Glory begun below she was cheerful,
happy and always doi n g so m ething for God W hen m ore than
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eighty years of age she c ontinued to m eet her class , starting the
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tunes an d add ing life to the se rvice E ven at that age , she would
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attend the service a t t h e chapel three ti m es o n the Sabbath

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H er last illness was short but as i n health , so in sickness th e ,

cause of God lay near her heart all her glorying was in Christ .

To nearly all inquirers about her health she repli ed in Charles ,

W esley s words , w hi c h she h ad uttered al m ost daily for many

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y ears
In ag e an d fe ebleness extrem e ,

Who shall a sinful worm redeem

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And drop int o eternity
She spoke with great c onfidence of the future glory of M ethod
i s m, and in her eighty ninth year, died i n pea c e , and entered
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heaven 111 triu m ph .

A t the age of seventeen , Sarah Gibbs gave her heart to t h eLord ,

after hearing M r B ra c kenbury pre ach 1n the I sle of Portland, i n
1 793 . She bec am e an esteem ed class lead er m 1 8 1 0 welco m ed -
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all M ethodist prea c hers to her c ottage and hosp itality, a n d w as _

a fine speci m en of pri m itive godliness , an I sraelite indeed ‘ ’

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W hen eighty fi v e y e a r s w ere passed, an d the wea ry wheels of

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life were sta n ding still , she raised her head, an d whi spered
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0 l e t m e ca t ch a s mil e fro m The e ,

And drop i nto etern ity

I n ea rl y l i fe ,
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M rs W ight an , of B el fi el d H ouse , She ffield , g ave
t h e Lord , and her support to M ethodis m
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a ttended the servi c es at Carver Street Chapel , fro m the ti me of

i t s O pening to the en d of her l i fe S h e was a memb er of So c iety
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for fift y seven years and during that ti m e had an un w aver

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ing trust i n God The influence of her godly exa m ple was
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i m pressed upon all aroun d her ; her last long a ffliction was
bo rne w ith exe mplary patience , and she spoke constantly in the
lan g uage of praise and prayer She repeated with m uch em .

phasi s, when in great weakness of body, Cha rles W esley s verse ’

c o mmen c ing
I n age and feebl eness extrem e &c , .

an d at t h e ag e of eighty fi v e, she cal mly entered into rest

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W hen the whole county of Kent form ed but one cir c uit in
M ethod is m with only two preachers to work it , under a serm on ,
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prea c hed at five o clock in the m orning by the Rev J ohn W esley,
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M r H H illiard was c onvin c ed of sin , sought and found pardon ,

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and j oined the S ociety at Chatha m, in J un e 1 7 8 3 H e had the

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privilege of hearing John W esley preach n ine ti m es, an d hi s

brother the Rev Charle s W esley he heard once H e was a
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m e m ber of S o c iety m ore than eighty y ears and a clas s leader ,

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m ore than seventy years H e walked before h is fa m ily and the

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who have gone before m e H i s dying testi mony was i n these
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words M y m editation of Christ an d of H is atone m ent i s sweet,

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In ag e a n d xtre me
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W h o sh all a sin ful worm red eem ?

J esu s m y only hope Thou a rt
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S trength o f m y fa iling fl e sh and h ea rt

0 co ul d I c a t ch a s m ile fro m Thee ,

And drop int o eternity

H is des i re was granted a few hours later he breathed ou t hi s
life , as gently as a su mmer wa ve dies on the s hore, in hi s ninety
s i x th ye a r .
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44 Y oung A meri can Lady , 37
48 Coles Betty
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48 W es ley M artha Obj ection s to this hymn
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51 H U T C H i N s SA M U E L , , 47
59 C LARK E D r A D A M N otices of 5 2 5 4
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1 68 Actress C onversi o n of an
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1 90 German Sund ay scho o l Superinten d ent AnecdoteOf a , , 1 16

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415 C owper W illia m , , 2 30 ; 2 8 I , 2 8 3 ; 330

42 9 S criptural Ch a ra cter of the Hymns ,

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616 W alker Holroyd of Leed s

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699 A School In cident , 34 6
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