Away, my unbelieving fear. C. Wesley. [Confidence.] Hab. iii., 17, 18, 19, is the subject of this hymn. It appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, and again in the Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. ii. p. 198. It did not form part of the Wesleyan Hymn Book until the revised ed. 1875, although, through having been given in M. Madan's Psalms and Hymns, 17(30, it had been in common use in the Church of England and amongst Nonconformists for more than one hundred years. Its modern use is limited.
-- 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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