The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

VOLUME I.

II.

VOLUME II.

III.

VOLUME III.

IV.

VOLUME IV.

HYMNS FOR TIMES OF Trouble and Persecution.

HYMNS IN TIME OF PERSECUTION.

HYMNS TO BE SUNG IN A TUMULT.

HYMNS FOR TIMES OF TROUBLE, For the YEAR 1745.

HYMNS FOR Times of Trouble.

HYMNS FOR THE Public Thanksgiving-Day, October 9, 1746.

HYMNS FOR THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD.

HYMNS FOR OUR Lord's Resurrection.

HYMNS FOR Ascension-Day.

HYMNS OF Petition and Thanksgiving FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.

HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT SEEK AND THOSE THAT HAVE REDEMPTION IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.

HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.

Vol. I.

PART I.

I. THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

II.

II. ISAIAH XXVII. 1–6, &c.

III.

III. THE FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

IV.

IV. THE FIFTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

V. THE SIXTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

VI.

VI. THE SIXTY-SECOND CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

VII.

VII. AN HYMN FOR SERIOUSNESS.

VIII.

VIII. THE BEATITUDES.

[FOR ONE CONVINCED OF UNBELIEF.]

[DESIRING TO LOVE.]

XXV.

XXV. FOR A DYING UNCONVERTED SINNER.

XXVI.

XXVI. ANOTHER.

XXVII.

XXVII. FOR A SICK FRIEND IN DARKNESS.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. ANOTHER.

[FOR ONE IN DOUBT.]

[PENITENTIAL HYMN.]

XLII.

XLII. INVITATION TO SINNERS.

[JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER.]

[WAITING FOR REDEMPTION.]

[TO ONE FALLEN FROM GRACE.]

LI.

LI. FOR ONE FALLEN FROM GRACE.

LII.

LIII.

LIV.

LV.

LVI.

LVII.

LVIII.

LIX.

LX.

LXI.

LXII.

LXIII.

LXIV.

LXV.

LXVI.

LXVII.

LXVIII.

LXIX.

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXII.

LXXIII.

LXXIV.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

LXXVII.

LXXVIII.

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

LXXXV.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVII.

XCV.

XCV. THE BLOODY ISSUE CURED.

XCVI.

XCVI. THE TEMPEST.

XCVII.

XCVII. GLORIA PATRI.

XCVIII.

XCVIII. ABBA FATHER!

XCIX.

XCIX. FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

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HYMN LXXIX.

[Lover of little children, Thee]

Lover of little children, Thee,
O Jesus, we adore;
Our kind and loving Saviour be,
Both now and evermore.

O take us up into Thine arms,
And we are truly bless'd;
Thy new-born babes are safe from harms,
While harbour'd in Thy breast.

There let us ever, ever sleep,
Strangers to guilt and care;
Free from the world of evil, keep
Our tender spirits there.

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Still, as we grow in years, in grace
And wisdom let us grow;
But never leave Thy dear embrace,
But never evil know.

Strong let us in Thy grace abide,
But ignorant of ill;
In malice, subtlety, and pride
Let us be children still.

Lover of little children, Thee,
O Jesus, we adore;
Our kind and loving Saviour be
Both now and evermore.

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HYMN LXXIX.

[Lover of little children, Thee]