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Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

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1 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One in Three and Three in One,
As by the celestial host,
Let Thy will on earth be done!
Praise by all to Thee be giv'n,
Gracious Lord of earth and heav'n.

2 Take my soul and body's pow'rs,
Take my mem'ry, mind, and will,
All my goods and all my hours,
All I know and all I feel;
All I think, or speak, or do;
Take my heart, but make it new!

3 Now, O God, Thine own I am;
Now I give Thee back Thine own;
Freedom, friends and health and fame,
Consecrate to Thee alone;
Thine I live, thrice happy I!
Happier still if Thine I die.

Amen.

Source: American Lutheran Hymnal #479

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: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One in three, and three in one
Title: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One in Three, &c. C. Wesley. [Personal dedication to God.] First publlished in the Hymns on the Lord’s Supper, 1745, No. 155, in 6 stanzas of 6 lines, and included in the Wesleyan Hymn Book 1780, No. 418. It has been repeated in subsequent editions, and is also found in other hymn-books in Great Britain and America (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iii. p. 333), sometimes beginning with stanza v., "Now, O God, Thine own I am." The stanza (iv.)

"Take my soul and body's powers;
Take my memory, mind, and will,
All my goods, and all my hours,
All I know, and all I feel.
All I think, or speak, or do,
Take my heart;—but make it new!"

has been a favourite quotation in some religious bodies for more than a hundred years. Its spirit of self-surrender, and its deep fervour have suited both the strongly enthusiastic and the truly devout. Other parts of the hymn have also awakened more than usual interest. (See G. J. Stevenson's Methodist Hymn Book Notes, 1883, p. 290.) In the Ohio Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal1880, this hymn is ascribed to I. Watts in error.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Notes

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One in Three, &c. C. Wesley. [Personal dedication to God.] First publlished in the Hymns on the Lord’s Supper, 1745, No. 155, in 6 stanzas of 6 lines, and included in the Wesleyan Hymn Book 1780, No. 418. It has been repeated in subsequent editions, and is also found in other hymn-books in Great Britain and America (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iii. p. 333), sometimes beginning with stanza v., "Now, O God, Thine own I am." The stanza (iv.)

"Take my soul

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REDHEAD NO. 76

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Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (101 - 133 of 133)
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The Church and Home Hymnal #151

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d220

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #285

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The Cyber Hymnal #13891

The Friends' Hymnal #d142

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The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a322

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The Harp #228[227]

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The Heart and Voice #307c

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #586

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #452

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #574

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #726

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The Methodist Hymnal #726

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d73

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d75

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #LXXXII

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The Middlesex Collection of Church Music #157

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #96

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The New Hymn Book #187

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The Revivalist #244

The Sacred Lute #d90

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The Song Companion to the Scriptures #2

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The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #274

The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. New ed. #d33

The Southern Psalmist #d210

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d217

The Stirling Three Hundred #88

The Sunday School Hymnal #d51

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #319

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Young Singer's Friend #d2

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