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pieces written afterwards upon the same subject, in the same metre. As the hymn stands in the &quot; New Congregational Hymn Book,&quot; stanzas 1, 2, and 5 are by Charles Wesley, given in his &quot;Hymns of Intercession for all Mankind,&quot; 1758, and stanzas 3 and 4 by John Cennick, 1752. Sir Roundell Palmer attributes the selection of stanzas and some variations to Martin Madan. The hymn is in the &quot; New Congregational Hymn Book &quot; erro neously attributed to Thomas Olivers. He made the tune Helms- ley, to which it is often sung, from a street-tune, and probably this may have led to the mistake. He also wrote a hymn in the same metre, and beginning with the same line, which might easily be confounded with that by Wesley and Cennick.

&quot; Ere I sleep, for every favour.&quot; No. 942.

This, which is given without name in the &quot; New Congregational Hymn Book,&quot; is also by John Cennick. It is in &quot; Sacred Hymns for the Children of God in the days of their Pilgrimage,&quot; 1741. It is his admired evening hymn, with two stanzas omitted. The morning hymn that is printed with it

&quot; Rise, my soul, adore thy Maker,&quot; is not in the &quot; New Congregational.&quot;

��JOSEPH HUMPHREYS.

LITTLE is known of this hymn-writer. He was one of the early Calvinistic Methodist preachers of the last century. He died in London, and was buried in the Moravian cemetery at Chelsea. Six of his hymns were published at the end of Cennick s &quot; Sacred Hymns for the use of Religious Societies,&quot; 1743. A note is placed before them, &quot; These were done by Mr. Joseph Humphreys.&quot; His sole contribution to the &quot; New Congregational Hymn Book &quot; is

&quot; Blessed are the sons of God.&quot; No. 557.

It is erroneously attributed to Hammond in the &quot; New Centre-

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