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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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[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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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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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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LXXVI. HYMNS FOR THE PERSECUTED.
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LXXVII. THE SAME FOR THE BRETHREN AT WEDNESBURY.
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LXXVIII. THE SAME. FOR THE BRETHREN AT THE DEVIZES.
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[FOR ONE IN PRISON]
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LXXXI. THE SAME.
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LXXXII. THE SAME.
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LXXXIII. THE SAME.
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[HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.]
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PART II.
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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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2259.

[The coward Peter had denied]

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His, &c. —xix. 25.

The coward Peter had denied,
The judge through fear had crucified,
His followers base themselves betook
To flight, and all their Lord forsook:
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The weaker sex, the Marys three,
Patterns of faith and constancy,
By Jesus on the cross remain,
And thence their strength and courage gain.
Arm'd with the power of Jesu's grace,
Surmounting nature's tenderness
The sharp heart-piercing sword they feel,
The horrors of that spectacle;
Unmoved by shame or danger near,
His only dying cries they hear,
Regardless of the' outrageous crowd
They only mark His streaming blood.
The martyrs thus their strength received,
While with the Man of griefs they grieved,
And dared the fiery test abide,
Partakers with the Crucified:
Thus all the followers of the Lamb
Endure the pain, despise the shame,
And power to suffer in His cause
Find at the foot of Jesus' cross.
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