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Display Title: Jesus, I fain would find First Line: Jesus, I fain would find Tune Title: WINDERMERE (SOMERVELL) Author: Charles Wesley Date: 1983
Hymns and Psalms #795a
Jesus, I fain would find
Jesus, I fain would find
Author: Charles WesleyTune: TYTHERTON
Published in 52 hymnals
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 >Page Scans
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