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 334 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED

Hymn 594. Behold the servant of the Lord. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749; Works, v. 10. Hymns for Believers. An Act of Devotion. First published in 1745, at the end of A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion,

William Arthur says that on Dr. Punshon s last visit to Cannes, in March, 1881, Members of my family told me of the delightful spirits he seemed to be in during an excursion on the Estdrel Mountains, and especially of the interest with which, on another day, he watched the process of manufacturing in porcelain at Vallauris. As the potter out of his lump evolved form after form, he watched intently till the tears ran down his cheeks, and then said in his own telling tones tones they would never have forgotten, even if they had not been so solemnly called to mind a little while afterwards &quot; Mould as Thou wilt Thy passive clay.&quot;

John Wesley writes to Miss Cooke (Works, xiii. 95) : Do not reason against Him ; but let the prayer of your heart be

Mould as Thou wilt Thy passive clay !

Hymn 595. Thou, Jesu, Thou my breast inspire. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749; Works, v. 137. For a person called forth to bear his testimony. A hymn of nine verses of twelve lines. The last two make this hymn.

It was published more than once at the end of an apologetic or con troversial tract.

The first lines are

O Thou, who at Thy creature s bar Thy glorious Godhead didst declare,

A true and good confession make ; Come in Thy Spirit from above, And arm me with Thy faithful love,

For Thy own truth and mercy s sake.

In ver. 2 Charles Wesley wrote, Long may I fill the allotted space.

Thomas Jackson says of the whole poem, In these noble and energetic lines Mr. Charles Wesley has strikingly depicted

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