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Spirit of God, unseen as the wind
Author: Margaret V. Old (1932-2001) Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 First Line: You spoke to us long, long ago Topics: The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit in the Church - Illumination of God's Word; Holy Spirit name and images for; Scripture Used With Tune: SKYE BOAT SONG
Spirit of God, unseen as the wind
Love divine, all loves excelling
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,868 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Topics: Growth in Grace and Holiness; The Communion of Saints Used With Tune: BLAENWERN
Love divine, all loves excelling
Wonderful Words of Life (Bellas palabras de vida)
Author: Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876; Julia A. Butler Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 571 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 First Line: Sing them over again to me (Oh cantádmelas otra vez) Refrain First Line: Beautiful words, wonderful words (¡Qué bellas son, qué bellas son!) Lyrics: 1 Sing them over again to me,
Wonderful words of life;
Let me more of their beauty see,
Wonderful words of life;
Words of life and beauty
Teach me faith and duty.
Refrain:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life;
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life.
2 Christ, the blessed one, gives to all
Wonderful words of life;
Sinner, list to the loving call,
Wonderful words of life;
All so freely given,
Wooing us to heaven. [Refrain]
3 Sweetly echo the gospel call,
Wonderful words of life;
Offer pardon and peace to all,
Wonderful words of life;
Jesus, only Savior,
Sanctify forever. [Refrain]
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1 ¡Oh, cantádmelas otra vez,
bellas palabras de vida;
hallo en ellas mi gozo y luz,
bellas palabras de vida.
Sí, de luz y vida,
son sostén y guía.
Estribillo:
¡Qué bellas son, qué bellas son!
Bellas palabras de vida.
¡Qué bellas son, qué bellas son!
Bellas palabras de vida.
2 Jesucristo a todos da
bellas palabras de vida;
oye su dulce voz, mortal,
bellas palabras de vida.
Bondadoso te salva,
y al cielo te llama. [Estribillo]
3 Grato el cántico sonará,
bellas palabras de vida;
tus pecados perdonará,
bellas palabras de vida.
Sí, de luz y vida,
son sostén y guía. [Estribillo] Topics: Forgiveness; Perdón; Palabra de Dios; Word of God; Salvación; Salvation Used With Tune: WORDS OF LIFE
Wonderful Words of Life (Bellas palabras de vida)
SKYE BOAT SONG
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Tune Sources: Scottish folk melody; arranged Common Ground, 1998 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 56511 12325 32366 Used With Text: Spirit of God, unseen as the wind
SKYE BOAT SONG
WORDS OF LIFE
Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 381 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 33343 32252 23215 Used With Text: Wonderful Words of Life (Bellas palabras de vida)
WORDS OF LIFE
Love divine, all loves excelling
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #503 (2011) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Topics: Growth in Grace and Holiness; The Communion of Saints Languages: English Tune Title: BLAENWERN
Love divine, all loves excelling
Wonderful Words of Life (Bellas palabras de vida)
Author: Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876; Julia A. Butler Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #549 (2019) Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6 with refrain Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 First Line: Sing them over again to me (Oh cantádmelas otra vez) Refrain First Line: Beautiful words, wonderful words (¡Qué bellas son, qué bellas son!) Lyrics: 1 Sing them over again to me,
Wonderful words of life;
Let me more of their beauty see,
Wonderful words of life;
Words of life and beauty
Teach me faith and duty.
Refrain:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life;
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life.
2 Christ, the blessed one, gives to all
Wonderful words of life;
Sinner, list to the loving call,
Wonderful words of life;
All so freely given,
Wooing us to heaven. [Refrain]
3 Sweetly echo the gospel call,
Wonderful words of life;
Offer pardon and peace to all,
Wonderful words of life;
Jesus, only Savior,
Sanctify forever. [Refrain]
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1 ¡Oh, cantádmelas otra vez,
bellas palabras de vida;
hallo en ellas mi gozo y luz,
bellas palabras de vida.
Sí, de luz y vida,
son sostén y guía.
Estribillo:
¡Qué bellas son, qué bellas son!
Bellas palabras de vida.
¡Qué bellas son, qué bellas son!
Bellas palabras de vida.
2 Jesucristo a todos da
bellas palabras de vida;
oye su dulce voz, mortal,
bellas palabras de vida.
Bondadoso te salva,
y al cielo te llama. [Estribillo]
3 Grato el cántico sonará,
bellas palabras de vida;
tus pecados perdonará,
bellas palabras de vida.
Sí, de luz y vida,
son sostén y guía. [Estribillo] Topics: Forgiveness; Perdón; Palabra de Dios; Word of God; Salvación; Salvation Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: WORDS OF LIFE
Wonderful Words of Life (Bellas palabras de vida)
Lord, Speak to Me
Author: Frances R. Havergal Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #463 (1989) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 First Line: Lord, speak to me, that I may speak Lyrics: 1. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
in living echoes of thy tone;
as thou hast sought, so let me seek
thine erring children lost and lone.
2. O strengthen me, that while I stand
firm on the rock, and strong in thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
to wrestlers with the troubled sea.
3. O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
the precious things thou dost impart;
and wing my words, that they may reach
the hidden depths of many a heart.
4. O fill me with thy fullness, Lord,
until my very heart o'erflow
in kindling thought and glowing word,
thy love to tell, thy praise to show.
5. O use me, Lord, use even me,
just as thou wilt, and when, and where,
until thy blessed face I see,
thy rest, thy joy, thy glory share.
Topics: Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace Prayer, Trust, Hope; Church Education; Commitment; Discipleship and Service; Hope; Installation Services; Jesus Christ Presence; Love; Testimony and Witness Languages: English Tune Title: CANONBURY
Lord, Speak to Me
Charles Wesley
1707 - 1788 Person Name: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Author of "Love divine, all loves excelling" in Singing the Faith 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 deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists."
In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley.
As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream.
It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works.
The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century.
-- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.
Charles Wesley
Margaret V. Old
1932 - 2001 Person Name: Margaret V. Old (1932-2001) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Author of "Spirit of God, unseen as the wind" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)
Margaret V. Old
William Penfro Rowlands
1860 - 1937 Person Name: William Penfro Rowlands (1860-1937) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Composer of "BLAENWERN" in Common Praise (1998)
William Penfro Rowlands
