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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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[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
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PART I.
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[THE TRIAL OF FAITH]
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XII. THE INWARD CROSS.
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XIII. ANOTHER.
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XIV. ANOTHER.
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XV. ANOTHER.
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XVI. THE LAST WISH.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX. FOR THE BROTHERHOOD.
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XX. ANOTHER.
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XXI. ANOTHER.
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XXII.
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[DESIRING TO PRAY]
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[ON THE LOSS OF HIS FRIENDS]
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XLII. WRITTEN WHEN UNDER REPROACH.
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XLIII. ANOTHER.
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[DESIRING DEATH]
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LIV. ON THE DEATH OF SAMUEL HITCHENS.
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LV. FOR ONE DEPARTING.
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[ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND]
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[ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS BEARD, WHO WAS IMPRESSED FOR A SOLDIER, AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT NEWCASTLE.]
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LX. ON THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER WHITE.
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[HYMNS OF INTERCESSION]
 LXI. 
LXI. HYMNS OF INTERCESSION.
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LXII. THE SAME.
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LXIII. THE SAME.
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LXIV. THE SAME.
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LXV. THE SAME. FOR THE FALLEN.
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[FOR A SICK FRIEND]
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LXVIII. THE SAME. FOR A BACKSLIDER IN DESPAIR.
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LXIX. THE SAME. FOR A BACKSLIDER.
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LXX. THE SAME. FOR THE WAVERING.
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LXXI. THE SAME. FOR THE TEMPTED.
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LXXII. THE SAME.
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LXXIII. THE SAME.
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LXXIV. THE SAME.
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LXXV. THE SAME
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[HYMNS FOR THE PERSECUTED]
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[HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.]
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PART II.
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VOLUME VI.
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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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HYMN III.

[With sober joy, and conscious fear]

With sober joy, and conscious fear,
Father, we in Thy sight appear,
Thy mercies and our sins confess,
And tremble, while we sing Thy praise.
Repentance to our thanks we join,
The ministers of wrath Divine,
The weapons in Thy vengeful hand,
The scourges of a sinful land.
Thou justly hast chastised Thy foes,
But spared the authors of their woes,
Indulged us with a kind reprieve,
And strangely suffer'd us to live.
Not for our nation's righteousness
Hast Thou vouchsafed our arms to bless,
For we have most rebellious been,
For we have added sin to sin:
Have done Thy Spirit worse despite,
Sinners against superior light,
A favour'd, but unthankful race,
Who trample on Thy choicest grace.
Yet now before Thy gracious throne
Our deep ingratitude we own,
Poor guilty worms, who blush to prove
The riches of Thy patient love.
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We offer up our weak desires,
Of giving what Thy love requires,
Of following after righteousness,
Of living to our Saviour's praise.
But while we render Thee Thine own,
Thy power be in our weakness shown,
Jesus, to each Thy love impart,
And bless us with a grateful heart.
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