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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]
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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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I.

[The power to bless my house]

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To—“Father, our hearts we lift.”

The power to bless my house
Belongs to God alone:
Yet rendering Him my constant vows,
I bring His blessing down:
When two or three are met
In Jesus' name to pray,
He doth our cancell'd sins forget,
And turns His wrath away.
Shall I not then engage
My house to serve the Lord,
To search the soul-converting page,
And feed upon His word;
To ask with faith and hope
The grace His Spirit supplies,
In prayer and praise to offer up
Their daily sacrifice?
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Merciful God, on me
The resolute mind bestow,
On all my favour'd family,
In David's steps to go:
Let each his sin eschew
Through Thy restraining grace,
Our father Abraham's steps pursue,
And walk in all Thy ways.
Saviour of men, incline
The hearts which Thou hast made,
Which Thou hast bought with blood Divine,
To ask Thy promised aid:
Me and my house receive,
Thy family to' increase,
And let us in Thy favour live,
And let us die in peace.
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