God of Love, Who Hearest Prayer

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1 God of love, that hearest prayer,
Kindly for Thy people care
Who on Thee alone depend;
Love us, save us to the end.

2 Save us in the prosperous hour
From the flattering tempter’s power,
From his unsuspected wiles,
From the world’s pernicious smiles.

3 Men of worldly, low design,
Let not these Thy people join,
Poison our simplicity,
Drag us from our trust in Thee.

4 Save us from the great and wise,
Till they sink in their own eyes
Tamely to Thy yoke submit,
Lay their honors at Thy feet.

5 Never let the world break in,
Fix a mighty gulf between;
Keep us little and unknown,
Prized and loved by God alone.

Amen.

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #320

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 Love, who hearest prayer
Title: God of Love, Who Hearest Prayer
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

God of love, that [Who] hear'st the prayer. C. Wesley. [None but Jesus.] Published in Hymns for those that Seek, and those that Have Redemption, &c, 1747, p. 19, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iv. p. 228). The form in which it is known in modern collections was given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, No. 404, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines. In the American hymn-books it begins, "God of love, Who hear'st the prayer."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d179

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d258

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d259

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d258

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #902

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d122

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #582

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #439

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #439

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d187

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #508

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #497

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #342

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A Collection of Hymns #439

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A Collection of Hymns #505

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d70

A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, Designed as a Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 3rd ed. #d72

A Selection of Plain Tunes, Set Pieces, and Anthems from Indian Melodies #31t

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #407

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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #320

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #545

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Better Than Pearls #183

Christ in Song #d165

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Christ in Song #770

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Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #34

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d216

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Corn In Egypt #79

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Fairer than Day (Enlarged Edition) #107

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #746

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d162

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d136

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #746

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #410

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #410

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #347

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #347

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #722

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #722

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Hymnal #545

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Hymns and Tunes #221

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Hymns for Public Worship #197

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d159

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #582

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d334

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a368

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Hymns of the Church Militant #205

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d75

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d67

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Indian Melodies #65a

Indian Melodies #65t

Indian Melodies #66b

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d236

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Methodist Hymn-Book #405

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New Hymn and Tune book #325e

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New Hymn and Tune Book #325e

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New Melodies of Praise #11

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Praise and Rejoicing #28

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #291

Songs of the Free, and Hymns of Christian Freedom #d36

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Songs of the Mercy Seat #35

Spiritual Melodies #d88

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d102

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d57

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Sweet Fields of Eden #45

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #329

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #460

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #545

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d212

The Chapel Hymn Book #d109

The Christian Lyre #d115

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The Cyber Hymnal #1895

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #89

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The Heart and Voice #296b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #1027

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #501

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The Jubilee Harp #368

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #562

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The Methodist Hymnal #562

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The Voice of Praise #293

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