Thy Will Be Done

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus the life, the truth, the way
Title: Thy Will Be Done
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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ST. ANNE

Though no firm documentation exists, ST. ANNE was probably composed by William Croft (PHH 149), possibly when he was organist from 1700-1711 at St. Anne's Church in Soho, London, England. (According to tradition, St. Anne was the mother of the Virgin Mary.) The tune was first published in A Suppleme…

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d293

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #336

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d304

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d182

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d264

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #357

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #303

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #371

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A Collection of Hymns #336

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A Collection of Hymns #355

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d128

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d127

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #253

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d374

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #423

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d259

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #423

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #517

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Hymns and Sacred Poems #230

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #566

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d408

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Methodist Hymn-Book #578

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New Hymn and Tune book #89a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #89a

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The Advent Christian Hymnal #d429

The Advent Christian Hymnal. Rev. #d186

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #253

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The Christian Lyre #d205

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #575

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The Devotional Chimes #186b

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The Heart and Voice #145a

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #611

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #470

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The Jubilee Harp #629

The Lesser Hymnal #d165

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The New Jubilee Harp #475

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The New Jubilee Harp #475

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #255

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The Tribute of Praise #255

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The Tribute of Praise #255

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #51b

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #108a

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #108a

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