The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

VOLUME I.

II.

III.

IV.

[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]

II.

HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.

PART I.

[THE TRIAL OF FAITH]

XII.

XII. THE INWARD CROSS.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XIX. FOR THE BROTHERHOOD.

XX.

XX. ANOTHER.

XXI.

XXI. ANOTHER.

XXII.

[DESIRING TO PRAY]

[ON THE LOSS OF HIS FRIENDS]

XLII.

XLII. WRITTEN WHEN UNDER REPROACH.

XLIII.

XLIII. ANOTHER.

[DESIRING DEATH]

LIV.

LIV. ON THE DEATH OF SAMUEL HITCHENS.

LV.

LV. FOR ONE DEPARTING.

[ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND]

[ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS BEARD, WHO WAS IMPRESSED FOR A SOLDIER, AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT NEWCASTLE.]

LX.

LX. ON THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER WHITE.

[HYMNS OF INTERCESSION]

[HYMNS FOR THE PERSECUTED]

LXXVI.

LXXVI. HYMNS FOR THE PERSECUTED.

LXXVII.

LXXVII. THE SAME FOR THE BRETHREN AT WEDNESBURY.

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII. THE SAME. FOR THE BRETHREN AT THE DEVIZES.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

[HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.]

II.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

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HYMN XLVII.

[The night of death will quickly come]

The night of death will quickly come;
I now perceive it nigh,
And hasten to my heavenly home,
But am not fit to die.

Jesus, Thy blessed self impart,
For till I Thee receive,
And love my Lord with all my heart,
I am not fit to live.

My only want, desire, and hope
To feel Thy hallowing blood,
After Thy likeness to wake up,
And then return to God:

Partaker of Thy purity
I gladly would remove
The Lover of my soul to see,
To see the God I love.

For this I in Thy Spirit cry
According to Thy will,
The grace bring in, the blood apply,
The perfect love reveal:

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The meaning of Thy Spirit's prayer
To Thee, O God, is known:
My gasping, dying soul prepare,
And take me to Thy throne.

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HYMN XLVII.

[The night of death will quickly come]