A Collection of Familiar and Original Hymns and Tunes #d28
Display Title: Glory be to God above First Line: Glory be to God above Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Date: 1899
A Collection of Familiar and Original Hymns and Tunes #d28
1 Glory be to God above,
God from whom all blessings flow;
Make we mention of his love,
Publish we his praise below:
2 Called together by his grace,
We are met in Jesus' name;
See with joy each other's face,
Followers of the bleeding Lamb.
3 More and more let love abound;
Let us never, never rest,
Till we are in Jesus found,
And of paradise possessed.
Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1029
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 >| First Line: | Glory be to God above, God from hwom all blessings flow |
| Title: | Sweet Counsel |
| Author: | Charles Wesley |
| Meter: | 7.7.7.7 D |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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