1 Come, thou everlasting Spirit,
bring to ev'ry thankful mind,
all the Savior’s dying merit,
all His suff'ring for mankind.
True Recorder of His passion,
now the living faith impart;
now reveal His great salvation,
preach His gospel to my heart.
2 Come, Thou Witness of His dying,
come, Remembrancer divine;
let us feel Thy pow'r, applying
Christ to ev'ry soul, and mine.
Let us groan Thine inward groaning,
look on Him we pierced and grieve;
all receive the grace atoning,
all the sprinkled blood receive.
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 >
SICILIAN MARINERS is traditionally used for the Roman Catholic Marian hymn "O Sanctissima." According to tradition, Sicilian seamen ended each day on their ships by singing this hymn in unison. The tune probably traveled from Italy to Germany to England, where The European Magazine and London Review…
HALTON HOLGATE (also called SHARON) is a version of a psalm tune originally composed by William Boyce (b. London, England, 1710; d. Kensington, London, 1779) and published around 1765 in his Collection of Melodies, including tunes by various composers for Christopher Smart's paraphrases of the psalm…
Display Title: Come, O everlasting SpiritFirst Line: Come, O everlasting SpiritTune Title: SICILIAN MARINERSAuthor: Charles Wesley 1707-88Meter: 87 87Scripture: John 15:26Date: 2013Subject: The Church | The Lord's Supper; The Holy Spirit | His Person and Power
Display Title: Come, Thou everlasting SpiritFirst Line: Come, Thou everlasting SpiritTune Title: NORMANDYAuthor: Charles WesleyScripture: John 14:26Date: 2015Subject: The Holy Spirit | His Person and Work
Display Title: Come, O everlasting SpiritFirst Line: Come, O everlasting SpiritTune Title: SICILIAN MARINERSAuthor: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788Meter: 87 87Scripture: John 14:26; John 16:25-33Date: 2011Subject: The Gift and Work of the Holy Spirit |
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