Happy The Man, Who Poor And Low

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Happy the man, who poor and low

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: [Beyond the valley lying low]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Happy the man, who poor and low,
Less goodness in himself conceives
Than Christ doth of His servant know,
Who saved from self-reflection lives,
Unconscious of the grace bestowed,
Simply resigned, and lost in God.

2 Himself he cannot perfect call,
Or to the meanest saint prefer,
Meanest himself, and least of all:
And when the glorious character
His spotless soul with Christ receives,
His fate—to that great day he leaves.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #11805

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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:	Happy the man, who poor and low
Title:	Happy The Man, Who Poor And Low
Author:	Charles Wesley
Meter:	8.8.8.8.8.8
Source:	Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture, Vol. 1, 1762
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain