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Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Scott Werdebaugh Tune Key: E Flat Major Used With Text: See, Lord, The Purchase Of Thy Death

See, Lord, The Purchase Of Thy Death

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 See, Lord, the purchase of Thy death, Thy little feeble flock, Gather, and keep our souls beneath The shadow of their Rock. Thy few returning sheep behold, By wolves encompassed round, And let us never leave the fold, But still in Thee be found. 2 Regard the number of our foes, Their subtlety and might, Arise, and stop the way of those Who ’gainst Thy people fight. O help of every helpless soul, Show forth Thy saving grace, The fierceness of vain man control, Or turn it to Thy praise. 3 Thou know’st for Thy dear sake alone We daily suffer shame, Because we dare our Master own, And triumph in Thy name. Thee, Lord, before Thy foes we dare In word and deed confess, Rejoice Thy hallowed cross to bear, And live Thy witnesses. 4 We witness to th’atoning blood Which did for sinners flow, And brought a guilty world to God, And sprinkled all below. That blood we felt through faith applied, And know our sins forgiven, And tell mankind the purple tide Would waft them all to Heaven. 5 For this we reckon all things loss, Till Christ the Judge comes down, To honor followers of His cross, And bid them wear His crown. He tells us He will quickly come, His saying we receive, And we shall all be taken home, And in His kingdom live. 6 Us, who before the sons of men, Were bold our Lord to own, He will, He will acknowledge them Before His Father’s throne. He (while the glorious angels stand, Astonished at the grace) Shall place us all at His right hand, And speak His servants’ praise. 7 These (if our hearts may now conceive What God in Heaven shall say) These were the souls who dared believe, Who dared My Word obey. Me for their dear redeeming Lord They never blushed to own, But held My name, and kept My Word, And lived to Me alone. 8 A proverb of reproach below, They suffered for My sake, Rejoiced My daily cross to know, My portion to partake. On earth they lived My witnesses, My witnesses they died, And now I for My own confess And speak them glorified. 9 Come then to Heaven, your native home, Be numbered with the blest, My Father’s happy children, come, And on My bosom rest. The kingdom take for all prepared That should in Me abide; Now. I am now, thy great reward Who in My faith hast died. 10 My good and faithful servant thee I openly approve, Possess thy lot, enthroned with Me In all the pomp of love. The mead of all thy labors this, This starry diadem wear, Enter into thy Master’s bliss, And reign for ever there. Used With Tune: INDIA BASIN Text Sources: Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution by John and Charles Wesley (London: Strahan, 1744)

Tremendous Lord Of Earth And Skies

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Tremendous Lord of earth, and skies Lyrics: 1 Tremendous Lord of earth, and skies, Most holy, high, and just, We fall before Thy glorious eyes, And hide us in the dust: Thine anger’s long suspended stroke With deepest awe we feel, And tremble on, so lately shook Over the mouth of hell. 2 Appalled, o’erwhelmed with conscious fear, Beneath Thy frown we mourn, And shudder at the judgment near, And dread its swift return. So oft, and terribly reproved, Our land is warned in vain, For oh! the cause is unremoved, The sin doth still remain. 3 The crowd, the poor unthinking crowd, Refuse Thy hand to see, They will not hear Thy loudest rod, They will not turn to Thee. As with judicial blindness struck, They all Thy signs despise, Harden their hearts yet more, and mock The anger of the skies. 4 But blinder still, the rich and great In wickedness excel, And revel on the brink of fate, And sport, and dance to hell. Regardless of Thy smile or frown, Their pleasures they require, And sink with gay indifference down To everlasting fire. 5 But O! Thou dreadful righteous Lord, The praying remnant spare, The men that tremble at Thy word, And see the coming snare: Our land if yet again Thou shake, Or utterly break down, A merciful distinction make, And strongly save Thine own. 6 If earth its mouth must open wide, To swallow up its prey, Jesu, Thy faithful people hide In that vindictive day: Firm in the universal shock We shall not then remove, Safe in the clefts of Israel’s Rock, Our Lord’s expiring love. Used With Tune: INDIA BASIN Text Sources: Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, March 8, 1750, second edition, 1756

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See, Lord, The Purchase Of Thy Death

Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11458 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 See, Lord, the purchase of Thy death, Thy little feeble flock, Gather, and keep our souls beneath The shadow of their Rock. Thy few returning sheep behold, By wolves encompassed round, And let us never leave the fold, But still in Thee be found. 2 Regard the number of our foes, Their subtlety and might, Arise, and stop the way of those Who ’gainst Thy people fight. O help of every helpless soul, Show forth Thy saving grace, The fierceness of vain man control, Or turn it to Thy praise. 3 Thou know’st for Thy dear sake alone We daily suffer shame, Because we dare our Master own, And triumph in Thy name. Thee, Lord, before Thy foes we dare In word and deed confess, Rejoice Thy hallowed cross to bear, And live Thy witnesses. 4 We witness to th’atoning blood Which did for sinners flow, And brought a guilty world to God, And sprinkled all below. That blood we felt through faith applied, And know our sins forgiven, And tell mankind the purple tide Would waft them all to Heaven. 5 For this we reckon all things loss, Till Christ the Judge comes down, To honor followers of His cross, And bid them wear His crown. He tells us He will quickly come, His saying we receive, And we shall all be taken home, And in His kingdom live. 6 Us, who before the sons of men, Were bold our Lord to own, He will, He will acknowledge them Before His Father’s throne. He (while the glorious angels stand, Astonished at the grace) Shall place us all at His right hand, And speak His servants’ praise. 7 These (if our hearts may now conceive What God in Heaven shall say) These were the souls who dared believe, Who dared My Word obey. Me for their dear redeeming Lord They never blushed to own, But held My name, and kept My Word, And lived to Me alone. 8 A proverb of reproach below, They suffered for My sake, Rejoiced My daily cross to know, My portion to partake. On earth they lived My witnesses, My witnesses they died, And now I for My own confess And speak them glorified. 9 Come then to Heaven, your native home, Be numbered with the blest, My Father’s happy children, come, And on My bosom rest. The kingdom take for all prepared That should in Me abide; Now. I am now, thy great reward Who in My faith hast died. 10 My good and faithful servant thee I openly approve, Possess thy lot, enthroned with Me In all the pomp of love. The mead of all thy labors this, This starry diadem wear, Enter into thy Master’s bliss, And reign for ever there. Languages: English Tune Title: INDIA BASIN

Tremendous Lord Of Earth And Skies

Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11502 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: Tremendous Lord of earth, and skies Lyrics: 1 Tremendous Lord of earth, and skies, Most holy, high, and just, We fall before Thy glorious eyes, And hide us in the dust: Thine anger’s long suspended stroke With deepest awe we feel, And tremble on, so lately shook Over the mouth of hell. 2 Appalled, o’erwhelmed with conscious fear, Beneath Thy frown we mourn, And shudder at the judgment near, And dread its swift return. So oft, and terribly reproved, Our land is warned in vain, For oh! the cause is unremoved, The sin doth still remain. 3 The crowd, the poor unthinking crowd, Refuse Thy hand to see, They will not hear Thy loudest rod, They will not turn to Thee. As with judicial blindness struck, They all Thy signs despise, Harden their hearts yet more, and mock The anger of the skies. 4 But blinder still, the rich and great In wickedness excel, And revel on the brink of fate, And sport, and dance to hell. Regardless of Thy smile or frown, Their pleasures they require, And sink with gay indifference down To everlasting fire. 5 But O! Thou dreadful righteous Lord, The praying remnant spare, The men that tremble at Thy word, And see the coming snare: Our land if yet again Thou shake, Or utterly break down, A merciful distinction make, And strongly save Thine own. 6 If earth its mouth must open wide, To swallow up its prey, Jesu, Thy faithful people hide In that vindictive day: Firm in the universal shock We shall not then remove, Safe in the clefts of Israel’s Rock, Our Lord’s expiring love. Languages: English Tune Title: INDIA BASIN

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Charles Wesley

1707 - 1788 Author (attributed to) of "See, Lord, The Purchase Of Thy Death" in The Cyber Hymnal 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) ================== 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.