The Passion Realized

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1 Come Holy Ghost, set with Thy seal,
Thine inward witness give;
to all our waiting souls reveal
the death by which we live.

2 Spectators of the pang Divine,
O that we now may be;
discerning in the sacred Sign
His passion on the tree.

Source: Our Great Redeemer's Praise #373

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, Holy Ghost, set to thy seal
Title: The Passion Realized
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

INVITATION (Hastings)DUNDEE (Ravenscroft)Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
INVITATION (Hastings)


DUNDEE (Ravenscroft)

DUNDEE first appeared in the 1615 edition of the Scottish Psalter published in Edinburgh by Andro Hart. Called a "French" tune (thus it also goes by the name of FRENCH), DUNDEE was one of that hymnal's twelve "common tunes"; that is, it was not associated with a specific psalm. In the Psalter Hymnal…

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Our Great Redeemer's Praise #373

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