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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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VOLUME II.
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VOLUME III.
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VOLUME IV.
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VOLUME V.
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VOLUME VI.
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VOLUME VII.
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VOLUME VIII.
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VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS.
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HYMNS WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATION, In 1782.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIONAL FAST, Feb. 8, 1782.
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PRAYERS FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.
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HYMNS FOR LOVE.
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HYMNS AND POEMS,
  
HYMN FOR THE REV. MR. WHITEFIELD AND MR. WESLEYS.
  
COMMEMORATIVE HYMN.
  
WRITTEN AFTER DELIVERANCE FROM A POPISH AMBUSH AND ASSAULT NEAR ATHLONE, FEBRUARY 11TH, 1748.
  
OCCASIONED BY AN IRISH JUDGE SENTENCING ME IN MY ABSENCE TO TRANSPORTATION.
  
FOR THE ROMAN CATHOLICS IN IRELAND.
  
THANKSGIVING FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE GOSPEL IN IRELAND.
  
HYMN SUNG IN HIS FAMILY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1749.
  
WRITTEN ON A JOURNEY IN PERIL OF ROBBERS.
  
ON HIS WIFE'S SICKNESS. [1751.]
  
HYMN SUNG AT A CONFERENCE HELD IN LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1751.
  
WRITTEN (IN SHORT HAND) DURING A JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO NORWICH, JULY 1754.
  
PRAYER FOR THE REV. MR. STONEHOUSE. [1755.]
  
A HYMN FOR MY DEAREST FRIENDS. [1760.]
  
WRITTEN JANUARY 7TH, 1768.
  
A PRAYER FOR MRS. VIGOR, WHEN HER SON WAS IN THE SMALL-POX.
  
FOR A DYING FRIEND, MR. ABRAHAM BROWN.
  
PRAYER FOR THE REV. MR. JOHN FLETCHER, JUNE 30TH, 1776.
  
FOR THE FAST DAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1779.
  
PRAYER FOR THE LIFE OF MR. JOHN WESLEY. [1779.]
  
WRITTEN AFTER THE CONFERENCE OF 1780, THE LAST AT WHICH THE WRITER WAS PRESENT.
  
A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
  
ANOTHER.
  
THANKSGIVING FOR AN ESCAPE FROM BEING CRUSHED TO DEATH. NOVEMBER 8TH, 1782.
  
FOR MISS A. D. [SEPTEMBER 1784.]
  
ON HIS SON SAMUEL'S PERVERSION TO POPERY. [1784.]
  
WRITTEN IN A BIBLE.
  
A RETROSPECT.
  
THE PRAYER OF AN AGED MINISTER BEFORE PREACHING.
  
ANOTHER.
  
TAKE AWAY ALL INIQUITY, AND GIVE GOOD.—Hosea xiv. 2.
  
LINES DICTATED ON HIS DEATH BED.
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EPITAPHS.
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MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS AND POEMS.
  
THE MAN OF FASHION.
  
ON A MOTION OF THE MINORITY. [1781.]
  
NON TALI AUXILIO, NEC DEFENSORIBUS ISTIS TEMPUS EGET.
  
ON THE DECLARATION OF LORD C---, THAT “THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA BY SWORD AND FIRE IS NOT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.”
  
A PRAYER FOR KING GEORGE.
  
ANOTHER.
  
HOPE IN THE END.
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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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XIV.

[The Lord is King, ye saints rejoice]

The Lord is King, ye saints rejoice,
And ceaseless Hallelujahs sing!
The angry floods lift up their voice
In vain, for lo! the Lord is King.
All ocean's waves may swell and roar,
They cannot break their sandy chain;
Supreme in majesty and power
Jehovah shall for ever reign.
Though war's devouring surges rise,
Beyond their bounds they cannot go;
Jehovah sits above the skies,
And rules the' embattled hosts below.
The counsels vain of earthly kings
He blasts and baffles at His will,
All their designs to naught He brings,
And bids the madding world be still.
'Tis God who bids contentions cease,
And makes the flames of war expire,
Destroys the cruel foes of peace,
And burns the weapons of His ire.
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Wherefore to Him our souls we raise,
Our souls are in His mighty hand;
We dwell within His secret place,
We on the Rock of Ages stand.
Thou, Lord, shalt take Thy people's part,
Our lives beneath Thy shadow hide:
Head over all to us Thou art,
To us, who in Thy name confide.
Jesus, we trust in Thee alone:
The strength that in Thy name we have,
The love that still preserves Thine own,
Through all eternity shall save.
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