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 192 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED

Hymn 257. Father of all, in whom alone.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740; Works, i. 237. The first of the three hymns Before reading the Scriptures.

Hymn 258. Inspirer of the ancient seers.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1762. Based on 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. Works, xiii. 109. Ver. 2 is omitted.

Hymn 259. Come, O Thou Prophet of the Lord.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for our Lord s Resurrection, 1746; Works, iv. 136. The last three verses, which deal with the meal at Emmaus, are too prosaic to be included. Sole subject in ver. 2 is happily changed to chief subject.

Hymn 260. Come, divine Interpreter. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1762 ; Works, xiii. 219. Rev. i. 3.

Hymn 261. Spirit of truth, essential God. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns on the Trinity, 1767 ; Works, vii. 249. The Divinity 01 the Holy Ghost. 2 Tim. iii. 16 ; 2 Pet. i. 21. In ver. 2 the original reads, Is still by inspiration given.&quot;

Hymn 262. The Spirit breathes upon the word.

WILLIAM COWPER (60).

Olney Hymns, 1779, entitled The Light and Glory of the Word.

In July, 1764, Cowper found a Bible lying on a bench in the garden, and opened it on the eleventh chapter of St. John s

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