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 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 367

Hymn 680. Children of the heavenly King. J. CENNICK (100).

Appeared in twelve verses in Sacred Hymns for the Children of God in the Days of their Pilgrimage, 1742, entitled Encouragement to Praise. The abbreviated form in six verses was given in Whitefield s Collection, 1753.

Hymn 081. All praise to our redeeming Lord. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for those that seek and those that have Redemption in the Blood of Jesits Christ, 1747 ; Works, iv. 252. At Meeting of Friends. 1 It was originally in eight-line verses.

Hymn 082. How good and pleasant tis to sec.

CHARLES WESLEY (i). Hymns for the Use of Families, 1767, No. 12; Works, vii. 17.

Hymn 083. Behold, how good a thing.

CHARI.F.S WKSLEY (i).

Hymnt and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, viii. 250. Psalm cxxxiii. Eleven verses.

Hymn 081. How happy are we.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for the Use of Families, 1767; Works, vii. 175. To be sung at the tea-table.

The last verse is omitted

Come, Lord, from the skies,

And command us to rise Ready made for the mansions above ;

With our Head to ascend,

And eternity spend In a rapture of heavenly love.

John Wesley was a delightful companion always at home, and quite at liberty. When he visited his friends he poured

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