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Come, divine and peaceful guest

Representative Text

1 Come, divine and peaceful Guest,
Enter each devoted breast;
Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
Kindle there the gospel fire.

2 God, the everlasting God,
Makes with mortals his abode;
Whom the heavens cannot contain,
He vouchsafes to dwell in man.

3 Never will he thence de[art.
Inmate of a humble heart;
Carrying on his work within,
Striving till he cast out sin.

4 Crown the agonizing strife,
Principle and Lord of life;
Life divine in us renew,
Thou the Gift and Giver too!

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #160

Author: Charles Wesley

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Come, divine and peaceful guest
Author: Charles Wesley
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Hymns #d36

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d167

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Church Psalmody #H214

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Church Psalmody #214

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 1st Canadian ed. #d56

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d178

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Hymns of the Church Universal #150

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #214

Melodies of the Church #d158

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #601

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Psalms and Hymns #239

Select Hymns #d73

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Select Hymns #84

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #422

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #422

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #422

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Songs for the Sanctuary #422

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Songs for the Sanctuary #422

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Songs for the Sanctuary #422

The Book of Praise #d102

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The Christian Melodist #407

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The Harp #365

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a365

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The Lyrica #169

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The Reformed Church Hymnal #210

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The Sacred Harp or Eclectic Harmony #123a

The Saints' Harp #d180

The Saints' Hymnal #d52

The Service of Praise #d45

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #160

Union Hymns #d67

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