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��oua HYMNS :

��writing, and soon after became minister of Jcwin Street Indepen dent Chapel. He died May 24th, 1768. The first edition of his &quot; Hymns composed on various subjects,&quot; bears date 1759; the second edition, with a large supplement, 1762 : many other editions have been published.

&quot; Come, Holy Spirit, come.&quot; No. 435.

The original piece contains four more verses. It was probably suggested by the old Latin hymn &quot; Yeni Sancti Spiritus.&quot;

&quot; Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched.&quot; No. 511.

In Hart s collection this is headed, &quot; Come and welcome to

Jesus.&quot;

&quot; This God is the God we adore.&quot; No. 615.

This is the last verse of a piece of seven verses, beginning, &quot; Xo prophet or dreamer of dreams,&quot; Hymn 73 in Hart s collection.

&quot; Lord, look on all assembled here.&quot; No. 995.

This was written &quot; for a Public Fast.&quot; Five verses are omitted in the &quot;New Congregational Hymn Book; and verse 2, which is not in the original, gives the sense of the omitted verses. 794 and 849 are also by Hart.

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17131739.

&quot; Holy Lamb, who Thee receive.&quot; No. 572.

THIS is pail of John Wesley s translation (1740) of a piece of ten stanzas, written by Anna Dober, in the year 1735. Her hymn is No. 1046 in the &quot; German Hymn Book of 1735 ;&quot; and &quot;Wesley s translation is found on page 93 of his &quot; Hymns and Sacred Poems,&quot; 1740. Wesley omitted stanzas 8 and 9, and his fifth and sixth are omitted in the &quot;New Congregational&quot; The hvmn was written to be sun at a children s school feast.

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