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| 2707 | The Cyber Hymnal#2708 | 2709 |
| Text: | In Age and Feebleness Extreme |
| Author: | Charles Wesley |
| Tune: | VALE |
| Media: | MIDI file |
In age and feebleness extreme,
Who shall a helpless worm redeem?
Jesus, my only hope Thou art,
Strength of my failing flesh and heart:
O could I catch one smile from Thee,
And drop into eternity!
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | In age and feebleness extreme |
| Title: | In Age and Feebleness Extreme |
| Author: | Charles Wesley (1788) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Notes: | This hymn was ...composed by Charles Wesley in extreme old age. [It] was his last utterance in verse, and was dictated on his death-bed (Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church with Tunes: New York, Eaton & Mains, 1878), p. 422). |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | VALE |
| Meter: | LM |
| Incipit: | 33544 31233 33354 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat image: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| XML score: | |