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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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VOLUME I.
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VOLUME II.
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VOLUME III.
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VOLUME IV.
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VOLUME V.
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VOLUME VI.
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HYMNS FOR A PROTESTANT
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HYMNS FOR New-Year's-Day.
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HYMNS Occasioned by the EARTHQUAKE, March 8, 1750.
  
AN EPISTLE To the Reverend Mr. JOHN WESLEY,
  
AN EPISTLE TO THE REVEREND MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD
  
CATHOLIC LOVE.
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HYMNS FOR THE YEAR 1756, PARTICULARLY FOR THE Fast-Day, FEBRUARY 6.
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Hymns for the Preachers among the Methodists (so called).
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HYMNS OF INTERCESSION FOR All MANKIND.
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HYMNS ON The Expected Invasion, 1759, AND FOR The Thanksgiving Day, November 20, 1759.
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FUNERAL HYMNS.
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FUNERAL HYMNS. [SECOND SERIES.]
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FUNERAL HYMNS. THIRD SERIES. MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT PUBLISHED DURING THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS HOGG, JUNE 29, 1750.
  
ON THE DEATH OF LADY HOTHAM, JUNE 30, 1756.
  
ON THE DEATH OF DR. MIDDLETON, DECEMBER 16, 1760.
  
ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. WILLIAM GRIMSHAW.
  
ANOTHER.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN MATTHEWS, DECEMBER 28, 1764.
  
AN HYMN ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN BOULT, NOVEMBER 1, 1771, AGED SEVENTY-EIGHT.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. HANNAH DEWAL.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, MARCH 27, 1772.
  
ON BEING DESIRED TO WRITE AN ELEGY FOR MRS. HANNAH BUTTS.
  
FUNERAL HYMN.
  
ANOTHER.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. HANNAH BUTTS.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ANNE DAVIS, NOVEMBER 5, 1775.
  
ON THE DEATH OF PRUDENCE BOX, JANUARY 9, 1778, AGED THIRTY-EIGHT.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH VIGOR.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. DOROTHY HARDY.
  
ON THE DEATH OF DR. BOYCE, FEBRUARY 7, 1779.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS WALLER, IN HIS THIRTIETH YEAR, MAY 11, 1781.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM KINGSBURY, FEBRUARY 8, 1782.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS LEWIS, APRIL, 1782.
  
PRAYER FOR MR. BLACKWELL, DEPARTING APRIL 21, 1782.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. EBENEZER BLACKWELL, APRIL 21, 1782.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MARY HORTON, MAY 4, 1786, AGED THIRTY-FOUR.
  
ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL GALATIN.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MR. CHARLES WORGAN.
  
COMMUNION WITH A SAINT DEPARTED.
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HYMNS FOR CHILDREN.
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VOLUME VII.
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VOLUME VIII.
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VOLUME IX.
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VOLUME X.
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VOLUME XI.
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VOLUME XII.
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VOLUME XIII.

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XXX. THE SAME.

Hymn 2.

[Glory to the awful God!]

Glory to the awful God!
Object of Thy kindest care,
Thankful I adore Thy rod,
Bless Thee for the griefs I bear,
Griefs which all my steps attend,
Hasten on the joyful end.
O how wonderful Thy love,
Most benign, when most severe!
All Thy rivals to remove,
All my hopes of comfort here,
Forcing me to feel, and see,
All on earth is vanity.
Long as in the vale I live,
Calmly in the vale I mourn,
Thankfully my lot receive,
Till I to Thy arms return;
Harden'd in my grief, till I
Sink into Thy arms, and die.
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Till that welcome hour I see,
Brood I o'er my hoarded grief,
Hug my sacred misery,
Wretched above all relief,
Smile I with superior pain,
Earth, and all its joys disdain.
What a mighty blessing this!
Peace on earth I cannot know,
Cannot taste a moment's bliss,
Stripp'd of all I prized below;
Shall I of my loss complain?
Only heaven is greater gain.
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