I want a sober mind

Top Text Author Text Info Tune Timeline Page Scans Instances

I want a sober mind

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: SOAR AWAY
Published in 15 hymnals

Representative Text

1 I want a sober mind,
An all sustaining eye,
To see my God above,
And to the heavens fly.

Refrain:
I’d soar away above the sky,
I’d fly to see my God above.

2 I want a Godly fear,
A quick discerning eye,
That looks to Thee my God,
And see the tempter fly. [Refrain]

Source: The Sacred Harp: the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use (1991 rev.) #455

All representative texts • Compare texts • Text size: Regular | Large ^ top

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 >

^ top