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 THEIR AUTHORS AND ORIGIN*. 139

Next to Dr. Watts, Charles Wesley is the largest contributor to the &quot;New Congregational Hyran-Book..&quot; Watts supplies 391 hymns, Wesley, 74. In the old &quot; Congregational Hymn-Book &quot; there were only 34 by Charles Wesley. Several of his hymns are shortened,, and some are slightly altered.

The greater proportion of his hymns are taken from the volumes entitled &quot; Hymns and Sacred Poems,&quot; and published in 1739, and in several later years ; but some are from the hymns written at different times on special subjects.

For example : Hymn 313

&quot; Ye servants of God,&quot; is from &quot; Hymns for Times of Trouble, &c.&quot; Hymn 323

&quot; Light of those, whose dreary dwelling,&quot;

is from &quot; Hymns for the Nativity, &c.&quot; Hymns 820&amp;gt; 869, 876, are from &quot; Hymns on the Lord s Supper.&quot; Hymns 296, 564, 566, 570, 822,898, are from,&quot; Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture.&quot; Hymns 364 r 661, 780, are from &quot; Hymns for those that seek, and those that have found, &c.&quot; Hymn 394

&quot;God is gone up on high,&quot;

is from &quot;Hymns for our Lord s Ascension.&quot; Hymn 437 is from u Hymns of Petition, &c., for the Promise of the Father.&quot; It is in the original

&quot; Spirit of Faith, come down.&quot;

Hymn 487 is from &quot; Hymns for Children, &c.&quot; Hymn 50& &quot; Would Jesus have the sinner die ? &quot;

is from &quot; Hymns on God s Everlasting Love.&quot;

&quot; Head of the Church triumphant ! &quot;No. 318. This noble hymn, worthy of the pen of Luther, derives interest from the circumstances in which it was written. It appeared, in &quot; Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution,&quot; 1745. England was at war with France and Spain. Many outrages were taking place throughout the country, and the Wesleyan preachers were often the victims of false charges and persecution.

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