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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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[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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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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[Jesus, in sore temptation's hour]

Jesus, in sore temptation's hour
May I not trust Thy truth and power?
Surely I would Thy word embrace,
And hang on Thy sufficient grace.
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Thou canst Thy weakest servant keep,
That I shall neither fall nor slip;
Shall never let the tempter in,
Or yield to my besetting sin.
Least of Thy faithful people I
Do on Thy mighty arm rely,
Who promisest with us to stay,
And watch Thy vineyard night and day.
Stay then, my aid in time of need,
Nor into sore temptation lead;
But check the wanderings of my will,
And save me from the dreaded ill.
Thou know'st the treachery of my heart
Ready to take the tempter's part;
But kept, Thy saving health to see,
I side, against myself, with Thee:
Thou wilt in me Thy arm reveal,
And freely my backslidings heal;
And, fill'd with love's abiding power,
I then shall never grieve Thee more.
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