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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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HYMNS FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, AND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. By CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Late Student of Christ-Church.

FOR THE MASTER.—1 Chron. xvi. 45.

FOR THE FAMILY.

FOR THE EVENING.

FOR THE EVENING.

FOR THE EVENING.

FOR THE MASTER.

FOR A FAMILY OF BELIEVERS.

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Occasional Hymns.

FOR A WOMAN NEAR THE TIME OF HER TRAVAIL.

FOR A WOMAN IN TRAVAIL.

LIX.

LIX. THANKSGIVING FOR HER SAFE DELIVERY.

HYMN FOR A NEW-BORN CHILD.

LXII.

LXII. AT THE BAPTISM OF A CHILD.

HYMNS FOR PARENTS.

LXIX.

LXIX. THE MOTHER'S HYMN.

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXI. FOR A SICK CHILD.

LXXII.

LXXII. ON HER DEATH.

LXXIII.

LXXIII. FOR A CHILD IN THE SMALL-POX.

LXXIV.

LXXIV. THANKSGIVING FOR HIS RECOVERY.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

LXXVI. FOR A CHILD CUTTING HIS TEETH.

LXXVII.

LXXVII. ON SENDING A CHILD TO THE BOARDING-SCHOOL.

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII. A MOTHER'S ACT OF RESIGNATION ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.

LXXIX.

LXXIX. THANKSGIVING AFTER RECOVERY FROM THE SMALL-POX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXI. OBLATION OF A SICK FRIEND.

LXXXII.

LXXXII. ANOTHER.

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FOR ONE VISITED WITH SICKNESS.

LXXXIII.

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

FOR THE MORNING.

PRAYERS FOR A SICK CHILD.

CII.

CII. THANKSGIVING FOR HIS RECOVERY.

CIII.

FOR A SICK CHILD RELAPSED.

CVI.

CVI. FOR SLEEP.

ON HIS RECOVERY.

CIX.

CIX. HYMN FOR A CHILD ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

CX.

CX. A FATHER'S PRAYER FOR HIS SON.

ON GOING TO A NEW HABITATION.

CXVII.

CXVII. FOR A WOMAN IN THE BEGINNING OF HER TRAVAIL.

CXVIII.

CXVIII. FOR THE SAME IN TRAVAIL.

CXIX.

CXIX. AFTER HER DELIVERY.

CXX.

CXXI.

CXXII.

CXXII. FOR A SICK CHILD.

CXXIII.

CXXIII. FOR A SICK FRIEND.

CXXIV.

CXXIV. THE COLLIER'S HYMN.

CXXV.

CXXV. THE YOUNG MAN'S HYMN.

CXXVI.

CXXVI. THE MAIDEN'S HYMN.

CXXVII.

CXXVII. FOR AN UNCONVERTED HUSBAND.

CXXVIII.

CXXVIII. FOR A PERSECUTING HUSBAND.

CXXIX.

CXXIX. FOR AN UNCONVERTED WIFE.

CXXX.

CXXX. FOR AN UNDUTIFUL SON.

CXXXI.

CXXXI. FOR UNCONVERTED RELATIONS.

CXXXII.

CXXXII. FOR A FAMILY IN WANT.

CXXXIII.

CXXXIII. BEFORE WORK.

THE MASTER'S HYMN.

CXXXVIII.

CXXXVIII. HYMN FOR THE HEAD OF AN UNCONVERTED FAMILY.

THE SERVANT'S HYMN.

CXLV.

CXLV. A PARENT'S PRAYER.

CXLVI.

CXLVI. TO BE SUNG AT THE TEA-TABLE.

CXLVII.

CXLVII. MORNING HYMN.

CXLVIII.

CXLVIII. FOR ONE RETIRED INTO THE COUNTRY.

CXLIX.

CXLIX. ANOTHER.

WRITTEN IN UNCERTAINTY.

HYMNS FOR LOVE.

CLXIII.

CLXIII. A WEDDING SONG.

CLXIV.

CLXIV. ANOTHER.

CLXV.

CLXV. ON THE BIRTHDAY OF A FRIEND.

CLXVI.

CLXVI. GLORIA PATRI, &c.

HYMNS ON THE TRINITY.

PREPARATION FOR DEATH, IN SEVERAL HYMNS.

AN ELEGY ON THE LATE REVEREND George Whitefield, M.A.,

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LXXXIII.

[O Thou, whose wise paternal love]

O Thou, whose wise paternal love
Hath brought my active vigour down,
Thy choice I thankfully approve,
And prostrate at Thy gracious throne
I offer up my life's remains,
I choose the state my God ordains.

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Cast as a broken vessel by,
Thy will I can no longer do,
Yet while a daily death I die,
Thy power I may in weakness show,
My patience may Thy glory raise,
My speechless woe proclaim Thy praise.

But since without Thy Spirit's might
Thou know'st I nothing can endure,
The help I ask in Jesus' right,
The strength He did for me procure,
Father, abundantly impart,
And arm with love my feeble heart.

This single good I humbly crave,
This single good on me bestow,
And when my one desire I have,
Let every other blessing go!
Ah, do not, Lord, my suit deny,
I only want to love—and die.

Or let me live, of love possess'd,
In weakness, weariness, and pain;
The anguish of my labouring breast,
The daily cross I still sustain,
For Him that languish'd on the tree,
But lived, before He died, for me.