Feeling After God

Representative Text

1 God is in this and every place;
But oh, how dark and void
To me--'tis one great wilderness,
This earth without my God.

2 Empty of him who all things fills,
Till he his light impart;
Till he his glorious self reveals--
The veil is on my heart.

3 O thou who seest and know'st my grief,
Thyself unseen, unknown,
Pity my helpless unbelief,
And break my heart of stone.

4 Regard me with a gracious eye;
The long-sought blessing give;
And bid me, at the point to die,
Behold thy face and live.


Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #367

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: God is in this and every place
Title: Feeling After God
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d169

A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Used at Camp and Prayer Meetings #d68

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #386

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d116

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #313

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #46

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #46

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d177

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d158

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #117

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #105

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A Collection of Hymns #46

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A Collection of Hymns #117

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David's Companion #12a

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #322

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #322

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #309

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #303

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Hymns for all Christians #25

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Indian Melodies #49a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #101c

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d78

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Salvation Army Songs #202

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The American Hymn and Tune Book #d204

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #183

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The Harp #452

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a452

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The Heart and Voice #169c

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #492

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #338

The Lesser Hymnal #d87

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d80

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d82

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

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The Voice of Praise #367

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