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&quot; Blest bo the clear uniting love.&quot; No. 8 17.

Three stanzas are omitted. The last line in verse 2 was originally

&quot; And do His work below.&quot;

This hymn appeared in &quot;Hymns and Sacred Poems,&quot; 1742. &quot; Lamb of God, whose bleeding love.&quot; No. 869.

This hymn appeared in 1745 in the &quot; Hymns for the Lord s Supper.&quot;

&quot; Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.&quot; No. 859.

In the original (1749) this hymn appears to countenance the unprofitable doctrine of &quot; apostolical succession.&quot; In the &quot; New Congregational &quot; it is much altered to avoid that error.

&quot; For ever here my rest shall be.&quot; No. 875. This is part of a hymn (1740) beginning

&quot;Jesus, Thou art my righteousness.&quot; &quot; Give me the faith which can remove.&quot; No. 887.

One of C. Wesley s excellent hymns, &quot;Fora Preacher of the Gospel.&quot;

&quot; Blow ye the trumpet, blow!&quot; Xo. 923.

This hymn, sometimes erroneously attributed to Toplady, was one of seven six of which appeared for the first time contained in a tract entitled &quot; Hymns for New Year s Day,&quot; and published in 1755.

&quot; The Lord of earth and sky.&quot; No. 961.

One of C. Wesley s &quot; New Year Hymns&quot; an improvement and application of the Scripture parable of the &quot; barren fig-tree,&quot; bearing date 1749.

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