No room for mirth or trifling here

No room for mirth or trifling here

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 29 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 >

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First Line: No room for mirth or trifling here
Author: Charles Wesley
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

No room for mirth or trifling here. Part of “And am I only born to die?" p. 63, ii.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Instances (1 - 29 of 29)
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Church Psalmist #740

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Church Psalmist #740

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Dyer's Psalmist #423

Gospel Hymns #d353

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Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern #97

Select Hymns #d290

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Select Hymns #536

Social Hymn and Tune Book #d264

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Social Hymn Book #157

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #547

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #547

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #547

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Songs for the Sanctuary #547

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Songs for the Sanctuary #547

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Songs for the Sanctuary #547

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Songs of Pilgrimage #895

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Songs of the Church #326

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #964

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #330.964

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The Baptist Hymn Book #964

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The Baptist Praise Book #677

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The Baptist Psalmody #1176

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The Choice #S132

The Choice #S132

The Church Hymn Book #d647

The Gospel Praise Book #d294

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d181

The South Western Psalmist #d259

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d576

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