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 392 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED

Hymn 759. Jesus, the needy sinner s Friend.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns on the Four Gospels (left in MS.) ; Works, x. 282. Matt, xiv. 19.

In the last verse, By ministerial hands is happily toned down to By His disciples hands.

Hymn 760. Lord of the living harvest.

J. S. B. MONSELL (662).

In Hymns of Love and Praise, 2nd edition, 1 866. For Ember Days and Ordinations.

Hymn 761. Shine Thou upon us, Lord.

JOHN ELLERTON (603).

For a Teachers Meeting. Contributed in 1889 to Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient and Modern.

Hymn 762. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak. F. R. HAVERGAL (330).

Written April 28, 1872, at Winterdyne, and printed the same year as one of Par lane s musical leaflets. In the original MS. it is headed, A Worker s Prayer. &quot;None of us liveth unto himself.&quot; Rom. xiv. 7. It appeared in Under the Surface, 1874.

Bishop Bickersteth regarded it as the choicest of the many choice contributions made by this sainted poetess to the Church s treasures of song.

Hymn 763. Master, speak ! Thy servant heareth. F. R. HAVERGAL (330).

Written on Sunday evening, May 19, 1867, at Weston-super-Mare. Published in Ministry of Song, 1869.

Hymn 7C4. Look from Thy sphere of endless day.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794-1878). For Home Missions. Written in 1840.

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