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 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 273

In ver 4

Thou hatest all iniquity,

But nothing Thou hast made,

is borrowed from the Wisdom of Solomon, xi. 24 (cf. 106) : For Thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which Thou hast made : for never wouldst Thou have made anything if Thou hadst hated it.

Hymn 436. Omnipotent Lord, my Saviour and King. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 17425 Works, ii. 197. The Good Fight. I Tim. vi. 12.

One verse is omitted, For every fight is dreadful and loud.

Charlotte Bronte describes this hymn in Shirley, chap, ix., as sung in Briar Chapel, a large, new, raw, Wesleyan place of worship. As there was even now a prayer-meeting being held within its walls, the illumination of its windows cast a bright reflection on the road, while a hymn of a most extra ordinary description, such as a very Uuaker might feel himself moved by the Spirit to dance to, roused cheerily all the echoes of the vicinage, &quot; O who can explain this struggle for life. :&amp;gt;

Hynui 437. Jesu, my Lord, mighty to save. CHARLES \YESLKY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 142. Psalm ex. I. Fifteen verses.

The fust verse is omitted

The Lord unto my Lord hath said,

Sit Thou, in glory sit, Till I Thine enemies have made

To bow beneath Thy feet. Verses 2, 4, 5, 7, 12 are selected.

Hymn 438. The Lord is King, and earth submits. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 334. He that bclieveth shall not make haste. Isa. xxviii. 16. Part IV. Ver. 4 is omitted.

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