Pray Without Ceasing

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1 Shepherd Divine, our wants relieve
in this our evil day;
to all thy tempted followers give
the power to watch and pray.

2 Long as our fiery trials last,
long as the cross we bear,
O let our souls on thee be cast
in never-ceasing prayer.

3 The Spirit of interceding grace
give us in faith to claim;
to wrestle till we see thy face,
and know thy hidden name.

4 Till thou thy perfect love impart,
till thou thyself bestow,
be this the cry of every heart:
'I will not let thee go.'

5 I will not let thee go, unless
thou tell thy name to me;
with all thy great Salvation bless,
and make me all like thee.

6 Then let me on the mountain-top
behold thine open face;
where faith in sight is swallowed up,
and prayer in endless praise.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #489

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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Thomas Turton (b. Hatfield, Yorkshire, England, 1780; d. Westminster, Middlesex, England, 1864) composed ST. ETHELDREDA in 1860; it was published in James Turle's Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship (1863). Educated at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, England, Turton became a professor of mathematics at C…

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #523

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #523

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d517

A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Used at Camp and Prayer Meetings #d191

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d736

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d740

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d740

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #911

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d312

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #553

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #155

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #155

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d530

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d305

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d445

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #297

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #479

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #189

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A Collection of Hymns #L286

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A Collection of Hymns #155

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A Collection of Hymns #296

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship #d281

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #394

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #394

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #394

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A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints #28

A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d252

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d219

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #559

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A Pocket hymn book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LXII

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A Pocket Hymn Book #LXII

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LXII

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A Pocket Hymn-book #62

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #LXII

A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book . 27th ed. #d412

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #142

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #655

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #185

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Church Hymnal #370

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #565

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Church Hymns #543

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Common Praise #566

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CPWI Hymnal #489

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a195

Family and Social Melodies #d304

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Free Methodist Hymnal #472

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Gloria Deo #267

Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d279

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #764

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d457

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d443

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #764

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #605

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #605

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #402

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #387a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #387b

Hymnal for Sunday School and Social Worship #d188

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #715

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #715

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Hymnal #402

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Hymnal #402

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #248

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #459

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #228

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #318

Hymns Ancient and Modern #333

Hymns and Psalms #558a

Hymns and Psalms #558b

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Hymns and Tunes #195

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Hymns for Christian Melody #685

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Hymns for Public Worship #203

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #783

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d426

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #553

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Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends #CXIII

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Hymns of the Spirit #92

Hymns of Zion #d177

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Hymns selected from various authors #258

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d702

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Methodist Hymn-Book #390

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National Hymn and Tune Book #199

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New Hymn and Tune book #115d

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New Hymn and Tune Book #115d

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d221

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d220

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Prayer and Praise #67

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Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.36

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Rejoice in the Lord #245

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Salvation Army Music #267

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #480

Songs of praise #118

Spiritual Melodies #d269

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d315

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d371

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