Separated, But Inseparable

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God of all consolation, take The glory of Thy grace

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: TWENTY-FOURTH
Published in 67 hymnals

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1 God of all consolation, take
The glory of thy grace!
Thy gifts to thee we render back
In ceaseless songs of praise.

2 Through thee we now together came
In singleness of heart:
We met, O Jesus, in thy name,
And in thy name we part.

3 We part in body, not in mind:
Our minds continue one;
And, each to each in Jesus join'd,
We hand in hand go on.

4 Subsist as in us all one soul:
No power can make us twain;
And mountains rise, and oceans roll,
To sever us in vain.

5 Present we still in spirit are,
And intimately nigh,
While o the wings of faith and prayer
We each to other fly.

6 In Jesus Christ together we
In heavenly places sit;
Cloth'd with the sun we smile to see
The moon beneath our feet.

7 Our life is hid with Christ in God:
Our life shall soon appear,
And shed his glory all abroad
On all his members here.

8 The heavenly treasure now we have
In a vile house of clay;
But he shall to the utmost save,
And keep it to that day.

9 Our souls are in his mighty hand,
And He will keep them still;
And you and I shall surely stand
With Him on Sion's hill!

10 Him eye to eye we there shall see;
Our face, like his, shall shine:
O what a glorious company,
When saints and angels join!

11 O what a joyful meeting there!
In robes of white array'd,
Palms in our hands we all shall bear,
And crowns upon our head.

12 Then let us lawfully contend,
And fight our passage through:
Bear in our faithful minds the end,
And keep the prize in view.

13 Then let us hasten to the day,
When all shall be brought home!
Come, O Redeemer, come away!
O Jesus, quickly come!

Source: A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious: collected from various authors (11th ed.) #CCLXVII

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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 >

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First Line:	God of all consolation, take The glory of Thy grace
Title:	Separated, But Inseparable
Author:	Charles Wesley
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

God of all consolation, take. C. Wesley. [Parting of Friends.] This is the last of his Hymns for those that Seek, and those that Have Redemption, &c, 1747, No. lii., in 8 double stanzas of 4 lines (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iv. p. 280). In 1780, a cento in 12 stanzas beginning with stanza i. was given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, as No. 523 (new edition 1875, 537), and has been repeated in most of the Methodist collections. Several interesting "associations" of this hymn are given in Stevenson's Methodist Hymn Book Notes, 1883. In Cotterili's Selection, 6th edition, 1815, and subsequent editions, the hymn:—

"Not unto us, but Thee, O Lord!
Be praise and glory given," &c,

appeared in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed, "The Saints kept by the power of God." From Cotterill’s Selection, it passed into Bp. Bickersteth's Psalms & Hymns, 1858; the Islington Psalms & Hymns; the Hymnal Companion, and others. In Kennedy, 1863, it begins, "Not unto us, to Thee, O Lord." This cento is usually ascribed to "J. Cennick and T. Cotterill"; as in Miller's Singers and Songs, &c, 1869, p. 362, and the Hymnal Companion Notes. This error has arisen out of the similarity of the first line to J. Cennick's hymn:—

"Not unto us but Thee alone,
Bless'd Lamb, be glory given," &c.

The cento is based upon stanzas i., vi.-viii. of C. Wesley's hymn. The alterations by Cotterill are so numerous as almost to constitute a new hymn. Its correct ascription is, "C. Wesley, 1747; T. Cotterill, 1815." [William T. Brooke]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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