The Solemn Question

Pass a few swiftly fleeting years

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: ZURICH (11532)
Published in 54 hymnals

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: Pass a few swiftly fleeting years
Title: The Solemn Question
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d484

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d678

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d681

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d681

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #677

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d288

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #1067

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #567

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #567

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d492

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d282

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d424

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #47

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #952

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #683

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A Collection of Hymns #L50

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A Collection of Hymns #567

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A Collection of Hymns #47

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #474

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #474

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #474

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #474

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #474

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #474

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #581

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d203

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d220

A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, Designed as a Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 3rd ed. #d225

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d729

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #963

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #963

Hymns and Tunes for Vestry and Conference Meetings #d73

Hymns and Tunes for Vestry and Conferences. 2nd ed. #d66

Hymns for Social Worship and Private Devotion #d125

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Selected from Various Authoors #d174

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d393

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d392

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #1067

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New Hymn and Tune book #161h

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New Hymn and Tune Book #161h

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d351

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d638

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The Heart and Voice #67c

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #704

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #161

The Sacred Lyre #d228

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #114

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The Tribute of Praise #114

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The Tribute of Praise #114

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The American Vocalist #38a

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