The Ruined Race

Let God, who comforts the distressed

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 23 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 >

Text Information

First Line: Let God, who comforts the distressed
Title: The Ruined Race
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 23 of 23)

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d326

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d471

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d472

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d470

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #608

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #974

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #142

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #142

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d338

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #441

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns #142

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns #437

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d151

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d291

Page Scan

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #974

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d452

Page Scan

Methodist Hymn-Book #381

Page Scan

Methodist Tune Book #175

Page Scan

New Hymn and Tune book #273d

Page Scan

New Hymn and Tune Book #273d

Page Scan

The Heart and Voice #257b

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us