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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 AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
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PART I.
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[THE TRIAL OF FAITH]
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XII. THE INWARD CROSS.
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XIII. ANOTHER.
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XIV. ANOTHER.
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XV. ANOTHER.
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XVI. THE LAST WISH.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX. FOR THE BROTHERHOOD.
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XX. ANOTHER.
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XXI. ANOTHER.
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XXII.
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[DESIRING TO PRAY]
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[ON THE LOSS OF HIS FRIENDS]
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XLII. WRITTEN WHEN UNDER REPROACH.
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XLIII. ANOTHER.
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[DESIRING DEATH]
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XLIV. DESIRING DEATH.
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XLV. THE SAME.
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XLVI. THE SAME.
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XLVII. THE SAME.
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XLVIII. THE SAME. AT LYING DOWN.
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XLIX. THE SAME.
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L. THE SAME. IN WEARINESS.
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LI. THE SAME.
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LII. THE SAME.
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LIII. THE SAME.
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LIV. ON THE DEATH OF SAMUEL HITCHENS.
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LV. FOR ONE DEPARTING.
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[ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND]
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[ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS BEARD, WHO WAS IMPRESSED FOR A SOLDIER, AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT NEWCASTLE.]
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LX. ON THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER WHITE.
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[HYMNS OF INTERCESSION]
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[HYMNS FOR THE PERSECUTED]
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[HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.]
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PART II.
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VOLUME VII.
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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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1117.

[The world in darkness lies]

There was darkness over the . . . land. —xv. 33.

The world in darkness lies,
While its Redeemer dies;
Sin had long the earth o'erspread,
Error gross and palpable,
Circumfused its deadly shade,
Wrapp'd them in the gloom of hell.
But Jesus on the tree
Hath made the shadows flee,
Dying He restored the day,
Scatter'd sin's infernal night,
Chased the ignorance away,
Brought immortal life to light.
His last tremendous groan
Hath Satan's realms o'erthrown:
On that third triumphant morn
See the heavenly kingdom come,
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See the Light of Life return,
Glory issuing from the tomb!
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