Father, behold with gracious eyes. C. Wesley. [Public Worship.] In the Hymns for those that Seek and those that Have Redemption, &c, 1747 (Poetical Works, 1868-1872, vol. iv. p. 270), this hymn, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, is set forth for use "At the Hour of Retirement." A. M. Toplady, on including it in his Psalms & Hymns, 1776, No. 60, omitted stanza iii., added stanzas vi.,vii. from Wesley's "Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord" (in the same Hymns, &c, 1747), and appointed the same for "Public Worship." From this text, and not the original, No. 780 in the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859-1874, is taken; Toplady's stanza iv., v. being omitted, and the rest somewhat altered.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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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