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 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 333

Hymn 590. Jesus, the gift divine I know.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Serif lure, 1762. Verses I and 2 are based on John iv. 10 {Works, xi. 335) ; verses 3 to 5 on Jus. i. 27 ( Works, xiii. 167).

Each of the little hymns thus wedded is a gem of expository poetry.

Charles Wesley wrote

Ver. i. O could I find Thee in my heart.

Ver. 3. Whence all the streams of goodness flow.

Gerhardt s thought shaped the last lines of ver. 2

O te felicem, qui gnosti gaudia vera, Gaudia quae nullo sunt peritura die.

Hymn 591. Us, who climb Thy holy hill.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1/62 ; Works, \. 55. Ezek. xxxiv. 26-7.

Hymn 592. God of all-redeeming grace. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns on the Lord s Supper, 1745 ; Works, iii. 321. Ver. 2 reads (1. i), Just it is, and good, and right.

Hymn 593. Let Him to whom we now belong.

CHARLES WESLEY (i). Hymns on the Lord s Supper, 1745 ; Works, iii. 335.

Therefore, as our bodies and souls are sacrifices attending the sacrifice of Christ, so must all our goods attend the sacrifice of our persons. In a word, whensoever we offer ourselves, we offer by the same act all we have, all that we can, and do therein engage for all that it shall be dedicated to the glory of God, and that it shall be surrendered into His hands, and employed for such uses as He shall appoint.

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