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message ; but when he had spoken for ten minutes his strength was gone, and he gave out the lines

Father, I stretch my hands to Thee, No other help I know.

His voice failed. He fell on his knees, as if he intended to pray, but he could not be heard. The Preachers who were present raised him up and bore him to bed, where he soon breathed his last breath. He was only fifty-two.

Hymn 351. Wherewith, O God, shall I draw near.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740; Works &amp;gt; i. 276. Mic. vi. 6. Thirteen verses.

Hymn 352. Jesus ! Redeemer, Saviour, Lord.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740 ; Works, i. 270. A Prayer against the Power of Sin. Seventeen verses. This begins at ver. 10.

Hymn 353. Thee, Jesus, Thee, the sinner s Friend. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 299. Desiring to Love.&quot; In two parts, eleven verses and eight.

In ver. 6, line 5, the original reads, Dear Lord.

Hymn 354. Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God in Persons Three.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1762 ; Works, ix. 65 Num. vi. 24-6.

Hymn 355. God of my salvation, hear. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742 ; Works, ii. 200. After a Relapse into Sin. Eight verses.

The favourite hymn of Rev. William Barton, who repeated the lines

Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me,

the night before his death on March 27, 1857.

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