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 J08 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED

Hymn 101. Join all the glorious names. ISAAC WATTS, D.D. (3).

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1709 edition. The Offices of Christ, from several Scriptures.&quot;

Ver. 2 in the original reads

But O what gentle terms,

Mine eyes with joy and wonder see.

Ver. 3 : He like an angel stands.

Ver. 8 : My dear Almighty Lord.

Ver. 9 : A feeble saint shall win the day (line 5).

Verses 7 and 9 of the original are omitted

To this dear Surety s hand

Will I commit my cause ; He answers and fulfils His Father s broken laws. Behold my soul At freedom set ! My Surety paid The dreadful debt.

My Advocate appears

For my defence on high ; The Father bows His ears, And lays His thunder by. Not all that hell Or sin can say Shall turn His heart, His love away.

Hymn 102. My heart and voice I raise.

BENJAMIN RHODES.

The first part of his poem Messiah, 1787, in four parts. It was included in the 1831 Supplement to the Wesleyan Methodist hymn- book.

Mr. Rhodes was born at Mexborough,in Yorkshire, in 1743, and at the age of eleven received religious impressions under Whitefield s preaching that finally led him to Christ. He was the son of a schoolmaster, who gave him a good education. In 1766 he became one of Wesley s preachers. He was a fine

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