O why did I my Savior leave

O why did I my Savior leave

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: BLACKBOURNE
Published in 43 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: O why did I my Savior leave
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Social Harp #218a

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The Christian Lyre, Volume 1 #103

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Hymns for Public Worship #82

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Hymns #841

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Methodist Hymn-Book #278

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A Collection of Hymns #L180

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d470

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d659

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d663

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d662

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #454

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d280

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #97

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d272

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d403

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #538

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d214

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d551

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d404

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #794

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d379

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d375

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d634

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d340

The Good Old Songs #d433

The Good Old Songs #d433

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.39

The Sacred Lyre #d221

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #423

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A Collection of Hymns #97

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #464

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #464

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #794

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The Saint's Harp #43

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d216

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The Christian Lyre #103

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The Christian Lyre #103

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #529

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