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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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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF Trouble and Persecution.
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HYMNS IN TIME OF PERSECUTION.
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HYMNS TO BE SUNG IN A TUMULT.
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HYMNS FOR TIMES OF TROUBLE, For the YEAR 1745.
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HYMNS FOR Times of Trouble.
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HYMNS FOR THE Public Thanksgiving-Day, October 9, 1746.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD.
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HYMNS FOR OUR Lord's Resurrection.
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HYMNS FOR Ascension-Day.
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HYMNS OF Petition and Thanksgiving FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.
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HYMNS FOR THOSE THAT SEEK AND THOSE THAT HAVE REDEMPTION IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.
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Vol. I.
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PART I.
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I. THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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II. ISAIAH XXVII. 1–6, &c.
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III. THE FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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IV. THE FIFTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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V. THE SIXTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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VI. THE SIXTY-SECOND CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
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VII. AN HYMN FOR SERIOUSNESS.
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VIII. THE BEATITUDES.
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[FOR ONE CONVINCED OF UNBELIEF.]
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[DESIRING TO LOVE.]
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XXV. FOR A DYING UNCONVERTED SINNER.
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XXVI. ANOTHER.
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XXVII. FOR A SICK FRIEND IN DARKNESS.
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XXVIII. ANOTHER.
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[FOR ONE IN DOUBT.]
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[PENITENTIAL HYMN.]
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XLII. INVITATION TO SINNERS.
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[JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER.]
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XLIII. JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER.—[Heb. xiii. 8.]
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XLIV. THE SAME.
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XLV. THE SAME.
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XLVI. THE SAME.
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[WAITING FOR REDEMPTION.]
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[TO ONE FALLEN FROM GRACE.]
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[AFTER A RECOVERY.]
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XCV. THE BLOODY ISSUE CURED.
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XCVI. THE TEMPEST.
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XCVII. GLORIA PATRI.
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XCVIII. ABBA FATHER!
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XCIX. FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.
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[IN TEMPTATION.]
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VOLUME V.
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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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HYMN XLIX.

[On the margin of the grave]

On the margin of the grave,
Father, I Thy grace implore,
Pardon and persist to save,
God of love and praise and power,
Till my spirit I resign
Pure into the hands Divine.
All the ill which I have done
If Thy grace in Christ exceeds,
If He did for me atone,
If for me His death He pleads,
Now Thy Son in me reveal,
Pardon on my conscience seal.
When I feel His blood applied,
When my sins are all removed,
Me a little longer hide
In the wounds of my Beloved,
Hide till every storm is past,
Then receive my soul at last.
Passing through the dreary vale,
With sufficient strength supply,
When my flesh and spirit fail
Hear my last expiring cry;
Dying more than death I dread,
Make in death my softest bed.
Stand omnipotently near,
When my soul and body part,
Chasing every doubt and fear,
Comforting my steadfast heart,
Reaching out the dear-bought prize,
Joy and bliss that never dies.
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Let the sense of joys above
Quite o'erpower my sense of pain,
Let unutterable love
Loose me from my body's chain,
Sweetly set the prisoner free,
Swallow up my soul in Thee.
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