English Hymns: Their Authors and HistoryFunk & Wagnalls, 1886 - 675 pages |
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... WESLEY . This hymn is based on Lev . 8 : 35 ; a fact which was definitely proven by Mr. James Grant in the Christian ... Wesley's Short Scripture Hymns , 1762 . The tune he selected for it was " Olney . " A FEW more years shall roll ...
... WESLEY . This hymn is based on Lev . 8 : 35 ; a fact which was definitely proven by Mr. James Grant in the Christian ... Wesley's Short Scripture Hymns , 1762 . The tune he selected for it was " Olney . " A FEW more years shall roll ...
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... Wesley's diary . In 1755 , when the question of separation from the Church of England came up , the Perronets favored and the Wesleys opposed the measure . In 1756 Edward wrote The Mitre , a Satyricall Poem , in three cantos . This ...
... Wesley's diary . In 1755 , when the question of separation from the Church of England came up , the Perronets favored and the Wesleys opposed the measure . In 1756 Edward wrote The Mitre , a Satyricall Poem , in three cantos . This ...
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... Wesley entirely to resist his bidding . The night passed over . Mr. Perronet ascended the pulpit under the impression that Mr. Wesley would be secreted in some corner of the chapel , if he did not show himself publicly , and , after ...
... Wesley entirely to resist his bidding . The night passed over . Mr. Perronet ascended the pulpit under the impression that Mr. Wesley would be secreted in some corner of the chapel , if he did not show himself publicly , and , after ...
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Their Authors and History Samuel Willoughby Duffield. to show his respect for Mr. Wesley ; and , now that he had been com- pelled to occupy the place in which he stood , weak and inadequate as he was for the work assigned him , he would ...
Their Authors and History Samuel Willoughby Duffield. to show his respect for Mr. Wesley ; and , now that he had been com- pelled to occupy the place in which he stood , weak and inadequate as he was for the work assigned him , he would ...
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... Wesley . Rev. Alexander Clark relates that his former colleague , Rev. Thomas H. Stockton , of Philadelphia , quoted this hymn in most pathetic circumstances . He was near his end , and had lingered on far beyond what any of his friends ...
... Wesley . Rev. Alexander Clark relates that his former colleague , Rev. Thomas H. Stockton , of Philadelphia , quoted this hymn in most pathetic circumstances . He was near his end , and had lingered on far beyond what any of his friends ...
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Page 673 - For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Page 215 - God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy ; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal.
Page 226 - Life ! I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part ; And when, or how, or where we met I own to me's a secret yet. Life! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 226 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me
Page 545 - The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away.
Page 171 - Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ;' That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Page 198 - When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside: Death of death, and hell's destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side ; Songs of praises I will ever give to thee.
Page 255 - JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, Was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, Preserved, restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the faith he Had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney in Bucks ; And — years in this church.
Page 371 - The Sundays of man's life, Threaded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife — More plentiful than hope.
Page 413 - Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin; grant that we, being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit...