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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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HYMNS FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, AND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. By CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Late Student of Christ-Church.

FOR THE MASTER.—1 Chron. xvi. 45.

FOR THE FAMILY.

FOR THE EVENING.

FOR THE EVENING.

FOR THE EVENING.

FOR THE MASTER.

FOR A FAMILY OF BELIEVERS.

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Occasional Hymns.

FOR A WOMAN NEAR THE TIME OF HER TRAVAIL.

FOR A WOMAN IN TRAVAIL.

LIX.

LIX. THANKSGIVING FOR HER SAFE DELIVERY.

HYMN FOR A NEW-BORN CHILD.

LXII.

LXII. AT THE BAPTISM OF A CHILD.

HYMNS FOR PARENTS.

LXIX.

LXIX. THE MOTHER'S HYMN.

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXI. FOR A SICK CHILD.

LXXII.

LXXII. ON HER DEATH.

LXXIII.

LXXIII. FOR A CHILD IN THE SMALL-POX.

LXXIV.

LXXIV. THANKSGIVING FOR HIS RECOVERY.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

LXXVI. FOR A CHILD CUTTING HIS TEETH.

LXXVII.

LXXVII. ON SENDING A CHILD TO THE BOARDING-SCHOOL.

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII. A MOTHER'S ACT OF RESIGNATION ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.

LXXIX.

LXXIX. THANKSGIVING AFTER RECOVERY FROM THE SMALL-POX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXI. OBLATION OF A SICK FRIEND.

LXXXII.

LXXXII. ANOTHER.

FOR ONE VISITED WITH SICKNESS.

FOR THE MORNING.

PRAYERS FOR A SICK CHILD.

CII.

CII. THANKSGIVING FOR HIS RECOVERY.

CIII.

FOR A SICK CHILD RELAPSED.

CVI.

CVI. FOR SLEEP.

ON HIS RECOVERY.

CIX.

CIX. HYMN FOR A CHILD ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

CX.

CX. A FATHER'S PRAYER FOR HIS SON.

ON GOING TO A NEW HABITATION.

CXVII.

CXVII. FOR A WOMAN IN THE BEGINNING OF HER TRAVAIL.

CXVIII.

CXVIII. FOR THE SAME IN TRAVAIL.

CXIX.

CXIX. AFTER HER DELIVERY.

CXX.

CXXI.

CXXII.

CXXII. FOR A SICK CHILD.

CXXIII.

CXXIII. FOR A SICK FRIEND.

CXXIV.

CXXIV. THE COLLIER'S HYMN.

CXXV.

CXXV. THE YOUNG MAN'S HYMN.

CXXVI.

CXXVI. THE MAIDEN'S HYMN.

CXXVII.

CXXVII. FOR AN UNCONVERTED HUSBAND.

CXXVIII.

CXXVIII. FOR A PERSECUTING HUSBAND.

CXXIX.

CXXIX. FOR AN UNCONVERTED WIFE.

CXXX.

CXXX. FOR AN UNDUTIFUL SON.

CXXXI.

CXXXI. FOR UNCONVERTED RELATIONS.

CXXXII.

CXXXII. FOR A FAMILY IN WANT.

CXXXIII.

CXXXIII. BEFORE WORK.

THE MASTER'S HYMN.

CXXXVIII.

CXXXVIII. HYMN FOR THE HEAD OF AN UNCONVERTED FAMILY.

THE SERVANT'S HYMN.

CXLV.

CXLV. A PARENT'S PRAYER.

CXLVI.

CXLVI. TO BE SUNG AT THE TEA-TABLE.

CXLVII.

CXLVII. MORNING HYMN.

CXLVIII.

CXLVIII. FOR ONE RETIRED INTO THE COUNTRY.

CXLIX.

CXLIX. ANOTHER.

WRITTEN IN UNCERTAINTY.

HYMNS FOR LOVE.

CLXIII.

CLXIII. A WEDDING SONG.

CLXIV.

CLXIV. ANOTHER.

CLXV.

CLXV. ON THE BIRTHDAY OF A FRIEND.

CLXVI.

CLXVI. GLORIA PATRI, &c.

HYMNS ON THE TRINITY.

PREPARATION FOR DEATH, IN SEVERAL HYMNS.

AN ELEGY ON THE LATE REVEREND George Whitefield, M.A.,

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1250.

[We long to worldly pleasures cleave]

No man also having drunk old wine, &c. —v. 39.

We long to worldly pleasures cleave,
Nor will our evil habits leave,
Most gracious Lord for Thee,
Preferring the delights of sin,
The' intoxicating joys unclean,
To joys of purity.

But when Thou dost our souls convert,
Tasting how excellent Thou art
How full of pardoning grace,
We let the world and creature go,
The sweetness of religion know,
And all its pleasant ways.

We every earthly love forsake,
When of Thy Spirit we partake,
And drink Thy purity;
We own reclining on Thy breast,
The old, celestial wine is best,
The love that flows from Thee.