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 THE STORY OF THE HYMN S AND THEIR WRITERS 317

John Dober, who had been recalled from mission work in the West Indies to be superintendent of the work of the Brethren. He became a Moravian bishop in 1742, and died in 1766. She worked with him for a time among the Jews of Amsterdam.

Hymn 535. Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire ! Come, and my hallowed heart inspire.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740; IVorks, i. 240. Hymn to God the Sanctifier. Three verses are omitted.

Hymn 530. Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 309. Rom. iv. 16, &c. Twenty verses.

Hymn 537. My God ! I know, I feel Thee mine.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740; Works, i. 328. Against hope, believing in hope. Twelve verses.

Hymn 538. O come and dwell in me.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1762. Verses I, 2, Come then, and dwell in me,&quot; 2 Cor. iii. 17 (Works, xiii. 45); verses 3, 4, 2 Cor. v. 17 (Works, xiii. 49); and verses 5, 6, Hcb. xi. 5 (Works, xiii. 150).

The cento was made by John Wesley in his I/So Hymn-book.

Hymn 539. O God, most merciful and true.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1762 ; Works, x. 52. Ezek. xvi. 62-3.

Four lines are omitted which follow ver. 4

Then every murmuring thought and vain

Expires, in sweet confusion lost, I cannot of my cross complain, I cannot of my goodness boast.

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