The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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HYMNS FOR A PROTESTANT

HYMNS FOR New-Year's-Day.

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.

HYMNS FOR THE YEAR 1756, PARTICULARLY FOR THE Fast-Day, FEBRUARY 6.

Hymns for the Preachers among the Methodists (so called).

HYMNS OF INTERCESSION FOR All MANKIND.

HYMNS ON The Expected Invasion, 1759, AND FOR The Thanksgiving Day, November 20, 1759.

FUNERAL HYMNS.

FUNERAL HYMNS. [SECOND SERIES.]

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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HYMN LXXXV.

[Jesus His own disciples chid]

Jesus His own disciples chid,
Who, out of false esteem,
The parents foolishly forbid
That brought their babes to Him.

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Methinks e'en now I hear Him say,
In fervent charity,
“I will not have them kept away,
Bring all your babes to Me.”

Though men our simpleness despise,
Our Saviour doth maintain
They must be small in their own eyes,
If they with us would reign.

To little ones, and not to men,
Is grace and glory given,
Children they must become again,
Or never enter heaven.

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HYMN LXXXV.

[Jesus His own disciples chid]