The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

VOLUME I.

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VOLUME II.

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VOLUME III.

HYMNS ON God's Everlasting Love.

HYMNS ON God's Everlasting Love [Second series].

AN ELEGY On the Death of Robert Jones, Esq.; OF FONMON-CASTLE in Glamorganshire, SOUTH-WALES.

ORIGINAL POEMS, EXTRACTED FROM THE THIRD VOLUME OF A COLLECTION OF MORAL AND SACRED POEMS, PUBLISHED BY JOHN WESLEY, M. A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.

HYMNS ON THE LORD's SUPPER.

I. As it is a Memorial of the Sufferings and Death of Christ.

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II. As it is a Sign and a Means of Grace.

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III. The Sacrament a Pledge of Heaven.

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IV. The Holy Eucharist as it implies a Sacrifice.

V. Concerning the Sacrifice of our Persons.

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CXXX.

CXXXI.

CXXXII.

CXXXIII.

CXXXIV.

CXXXV.

CXXXVI.

CXXXVII.

CXXXVIII.

CXXXIX.

CXL.

CXLI.

CXLII.

CXLIII.

CXLIV.

CXLV.

CXLVI.

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CLVII.

VI.

VI. After the Sacrament.

Gloria Patri, &c. OR HYMNS TO THE TRINITY.

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A FUNERAL HYMN, FOR A SCHOLAR, OR OTHER YOUNG PERSON.

Vain man, of mortal parents born,
Know thou art born to die!
How frail our state, how short our life,
How full of misery!

As flowers from mother-earth we rise,
A fading bloom we spread;
As soon we waste and pass away
Among the' unnumber'd dead.

As shadows glide o'er hills and dales,
And yet no tracks appear;
So swift we vanish hence; our souls
Have no abiding here.

The mourners go about the streets
With solemn steps and slow;
Thus must it be for you and me,
To the same home we go.

So teach us, Lord, to number out
Our life's uncertain days,
We sweetly may our heart apply
To heavenly wisdom's ways.

O holy Lord! O mighty God!
When we resign our breath,
Then save us from the bitter pains
Of everlasting death.

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A FUNERAL HYMN, FOR A SCHOLAR, OR OTHER YOUNG PERSON.