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 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 207

Dr. Whitehead claims the hymn for Charles Wesley in his Life of Wesley : he says it has, through mistake, been attributed to his brother. One of the omitted verses

And utterly condemned we live, And unlamented die,

borrows from Dr. Johnson s London, Live unregarded, un lamented die.

Hymn 297. Let all men rejoice, by Jesus restored ! CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred P^ans, 1749 ; \Vorks, v. 390. Hymn for the Kingswood Colliers. One verse of the hymn is here omitted, and ver. 5 is taken from the next hymn for the colliers, My brethren beloved, your calling ye see. 1

Hymn 298. HOAV blest is he who ne er consents.

TATF. and BRADY (17). Psalm i. New Version.

Hymn 299. We love Thy kingdom, Lord. TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D. (1752-1817).

Psalm cxxxvii., in his revised version of Watts s Psalms in 1800. Ver. 2 reads, Her walls before Thee stand.

Dr. Dwight was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated at Yale, where he was tutor 1771-7. He was for a time chaplain in the United States Army. In 1795 he was appointed President of Yale College. At the request of the General Assembly of Connecticut he issued the revised version of Watts s Psalms in 1800.

Hymn 300. Let everlasting glories crown.

ISAAC WATTS, D.D. (3).

Hymns and Spiritual Songs ; 1707-9. The excellency of the Christian religion.

Two verses are omitted

2. What if we trace the globe around, And search from Britain to Japan, There shall be no religion found So just to God, so safe for man.

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