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 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 249

6. I rode on the sky,

(Freely justified I !) Nor envied Elijah his seat ;

My soul mounted higher

In a chariot of fire, And the moon it was under my feet.

Hymn 383. Sing praise to God who reigns above. J. J. SCHUTZ (84) ; translated by Miss Cox (175).

Sei Lob und Ehr dem hochsten Gut,&quot; founded on Deut. xxxii. 3, was published in a tractate in 1675. Miss Cox s translation was contributed to Lyra Eucharistica, 1864.

Hymn 384. Rejoice and be glad ! the Redeemer hath come.

DR. H. BONAR (70). Written for Sankey s Sacred Songs and Solos, 18/5.

Hymn 385. Awake, our sonls ! away, our fears !

ISAAC WATTS, D.D. (3).

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1709. The Christian Race. Isa. xl. 28-31.

Wesley gave it in his Charlestown Collection^ 1737.

Hymn 380. Head of Thy church triumphant.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution, 1745 ; Works, iv. 79. No. 15.

Charles Wesley s Journal gives many glimpses of that trying year when the Young Pretender entered Edinburgh in triumph. On September 6, he says, The night we passed in prayer. I read them my heavy tidings out of the north. On Sunday, September 18, the spirit of supplication was given us in the Society for His Majesty, King George; and, in strong faith, we asked his deliverance from all his enemies and troubles. On September 25, I heard the news confirmed, of Edinburgh

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