Waiting For the Promise

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 >

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First Line: O Jesus, full of truth and grace! O all atoning Lamb of God
Title: Waiting For the Promise
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns and Sacred Poems #238

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #300

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #300

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #682

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #349

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A Collection of Hymns #300

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #237

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Bradbury's Golden Shower of S.S. Melodies #11a

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Gates of Praise #71

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Gates of Praise #71

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #526

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #526

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Hymnal #237

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Hymns for Christian Melody #494

New Century Carols #47

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Pilgrim's Songs #5

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Precious Gems No. 1 #44

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #237

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #484

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The New Golden Shower #11b

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The New Jubilee Harp #257

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The New Jubilee Harp #257

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The Revivalist #26

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #7b

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #33

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #7b

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #33

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #523

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #172

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Evangelical Hymnal #260

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #260

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #360

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #523

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New Hymn and Tune book #149e

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New Hymn and Tune Book #149e

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The Heart and Voice #32c

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