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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]

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[HYMNS FOR BELIEVERS.]

CXIII.

CXIII. HYMNS FOR BELIEVERS.

CXIV.

CXIV. THE SAME.

CXV.

CXVI.

CXVI. THE SAME. FOR THE MORNING.

CXVII.

CXVII. THE SAME. FOR THE EVENING.

CXVIII.

CXVIII. THE SAME. AT LYING DOWN.

CXIX.

CXIX. THE SAME. AN ACT OF DEVOTION.

CXX.

CXXI.

CXXI. THE SAME.

CXXII.

CXXII. THE SAME. ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

CXXIII.

CXXIII. THE SAME. THE WAY OF DUTY THE WAY OF SAFETY.

CXXIV.

CXXIV. THE SAME. BEFORE ANY WORK OF CHARITY.

CXXV.

CXXV. THE SAME. IN THE WORK.

CXXVI.

CXXVI. THE SAME.

CXXVII.

CXXVII. THE SAME.

CXXVIII.

CXXVIII. THE SAME.

CXXIX.

CXXIX. THE SAME.

CXXX.

CXXX. THE SAME.

CXXXI.

CXXXI. THE SAME.

CXXXII.

CXXXII. THE SAME.

CXXXIII.

CXXXIII. THE SAME.

CXXXIV.

CXXXIV. THE SAME.

CXXXV.

CXXXV. THE SAME.

CXXXVI.

CXXXVI. THE SAME.

CXXXVII.

CXXXVII. THE SAME. THANKSGIVING.

CXXXVIII.

CXXXVIII. THE SAME.

CXXXIX.

CXXXIX. THE SAME.

CXL.

CXLI.

CXLI. THE SAME. THE TAKING OF JERICHO.

CXLII.

CXLII. THE SAME. FOR THE MORNING.

CXLIII.

CXLIII. THE SAME.

CXLIV.

CXLIV. THE SAME. BEFORE WORK.

CXLV.

CXLV. THE SAME. IN AN HURRY OF BUSINESS.

CXLVI.

CXLVI. THE SAME. FOR A FAMILY.

CXLVII.

CXLVII. THE SAME. ON ENTERING AN HOUSE.

CXLVIII.

CXLVIII. THE SAME. FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY.

CXLIX.

CXLIX. THE SAME. AN HOURLY ACT OF OBLATION.

CL.

CLI.

CLII.

CLII. THE SAME.

CLIII.

CLIII. THE SAME.

CLIV.

CLIV. THE SAME.

CLV.

[FOR ONE THAT IS SICK, BEFORE USING THE MEANS OF RECOVERY]

[FOR ONE IN PAIN]

[FOR ONE IN A DECLINING STATE OF HEALTH]

[FOR A SICK FRIEND]

[AFTER A RECOVERY]

CLXIX.

CLXIX. FOR A SICK CHILD.

[ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD]

CLXXII.

CLXXII. OBLATION OF A SICK CHILD.

CLXXIII.

CLXXIII. A MOTHER'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE DEATH OF HER CHILD.

CLXXIV.

CLXXIV. EPITAPH.

CLXXV.

CLXXV. EPITAPH ON MRS. SUSANNA WESLEY.

CLXXVI.

CLXXVI. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH WITHAM.

[FOR A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL]

CLXXXIX.

CLXXXIX. FOR A MINISTER AT HIS COMING TO A PLACE.

CXC.

CXC. FOR THE SAME, AT HIS DEPARTURE.

CXCI.

CXCI. FOR A MINISTER, GOING FORTH TO PREACH.

CXCII.

CXCII. WRITTEN AFTER A DELIVERANCE.

CXCIII.

CXCIII. ANOTHER.

CXCIV.

CXCIV. AFTER PREACHING (IN A CHURCH).

CXCV.

CXCV. AFTER PREACHING TO THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS.

[AFTER PREACHING TO THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS]

CC.

CC. BEFORE PREACHING TO THE COLLIERS IN LEICESTERSHIRE.

CCI.

CCI. WRITTEN BEFORE PREACHING AT PORTLAND.

[BEFORE PREACHING IN CORNWALL]

[AFTER PREACHING]

CCVI.

CCVI. FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN TO BE AWAKENED.

CCVII.

CCVII. NAOMI AND RUTH.

CCVIII.

CCVIII. WRITTEN AT THE LAND'S END.

CCIX.

CCIX. FOR A PERSON CALLED FORTH TO BEAR HIS TESTIMONY.

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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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218.

[The death of sin is but a sleep]

The maid is not dead, but sleepeth. —ix. 24.

The death of sin is but a sleep
Which cannot long its prisoner keep,
If Jesus saith, Restore;

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If Christ resolves a soul to raise,
To' inspire with the new life of grace,
And bid him sin no more.