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 402 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED

Hymn 787. Glory be to God above.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742 ; Works, ii. 220. At the Meeting of Christian Friends.

Of the six verses, the first three are here given. The last lines of ver. 2 read

Lasting comfort, steadfast hope, Solid joy, and settled peace. Ver. 3, Never, never may we rest.

Hymn 788. Appointed by Thee, we meet in Thy

name.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749 ; Works t v. 427. The three omitted verses have their private interest

1. How happy the pair, Whom Jesus unites In friendship to share Angelic delights, Whose chaste conversation Is coupled with fear, Whose sure expectation Is holiness here !

2. My Jesus, my Lord, Thy grace I commend, So kind to afford My weakness a friend ! Thy only good pleasure On me hath bestow d An heavenly treasure, A servant of God.

5. The heavenly prize Is ever in view, Till both shall arise, Created anew ; That first resurrection, We pant to attain, Go on to perfection, And suffer to reign.

Wesley writes to Mrs. Crosby in 1766 (Works, xii. 355): There is an amazing increase in the work of God within these few months in the North of Ireland. And no wonder ; for the five preachers who have laboured there, are all men devoted to God ; men of a single eye, whose whole heart is in the work, and who

Constantly trample on pleasure and pain.

Hymn 789. Jesus, we look to Thee.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749 ; Works, v. 467. For Christian Friends, No. 47. The last eight lines are omitted.

In ver. i the original reads, Thy name is life, and/cj, and peace.

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