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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 [1739].
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS [1740].
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PART I.
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REDEMPTION FOUND.
  
From the same.
  
CHRIST OUR WISDOM.
  
CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  
CHRIST OUR SANCTIFICATION.
  
CHRIST OUR REDEMPTION.
  
“IT IS VERY MEET, RIGHT, AND OUR BOUNDEN DUTY,
  
HYMN FOR THE KINGSWOOD COLLIERS.
  
TO BE SUNG WHILE AT WORK.
  
ISAIAH XXXV.
  
FOR A MINISTER.
  
AT SETTING OUT TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.
  
ACTS IV. 24, &c.
  
TO BE SUNG IN A TUMULT.
  
“LITTLE CHILDREN, LOVE ONE ANOTHER.”
  
FOR THE ANNIVERSARY DAY OF ONE'S CONVERSION.
  
TO BE SUNG AT MEALS.
  
BEFORE A JOURNEY.
  
ANOTHER.
  
ON A JOURNEY.
  
AFTER A JOURNEY.
  
AT LYING DOWN.
  
GROANING FOR THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION.
  
UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION.
  
ANOTHER.
  
HYMN TO CHRIST THE PROPHET.
  
THE BACKSLIDER'S CONFESSION.
  
AT THE APPROACH OF TEMPTATION.
  
IN TEMPTATION.
  
JOB XXIII. 8, 9, 10.
  
AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN.
  
AGAINST HOPE, BELIEVING IN HOPE.
  
MATTHEW V. 4.
  
THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
  
ISAIAH XLV. 22.
  
PRAISE FOR REDEMPTION.
  
ON THE ADMISSION OF ANY PERSON INTO THE SOCIETY.
  
SERAPHIC LOVE.
  
THE ASPIRATION.
  
SOLOMON'S SONG. CHAP. V. 15, &c.
  
WRITTEN AFTER WALKING OVER SMITHFIELD.
  
THE BELIEVER'S TRIUMPH.
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THE LOVE-FEAST.
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PART V.
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THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.
  
ISAIAH LXIV.
  
HEBREWS IV. 9.
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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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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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HYMN XII.

[Sing, ye ransom'd nations, sing]

Sing, ye ransom'd nations, sing
Praises to our new-born King,
Son of Man our Maker is,
Lord of Hosts and Prince of Peace.
Lo! He lays His glory by,
Emptied of His majesty;
See the God who all things made,
Humbly in a manger laid.
Cast we off our needless fear,
Boldly to His cratch draw near,
Jesus is our flesh and bone,
God with us is all our own.
Let us then with angels gaze
On our new-born Monarch's face,
With the choir celestial join'd,
Shout the Saviour of mankind.
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Son of Man, will He despise
Man's well-meaning sacrifice?
No; with condescending grace
He accepts His creature's praise.
Will His majesty disdain
The poor shepherds' simple strain?
No; for Israel's Shepherd, He
Loves their artless melody.
He will not refuse the song
Of the stammering infant's tongue,
Babes He hears humanely mild,
Once Himself a little child.
Let us then our Prince proclaim,
Humbly chant Immanuel's name,
Publish at His wondrous birth
Praise in heaven, and peace on earth!
Triumph in our Saviour's love,
Till He takes us up above,
All His majesty displays,
Shows us all His glorious face.
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