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The Prisoner of Hope

Thou hidden God, for whom I groan

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 50 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Thou hidden God, for whom I groan,
Till thou thyself declare:
God inaccessible, unknown,
Regard a sinner's prayer.

2 A sinner weltering in his blood,
Unpurg'd and unforgiven;
Far distant from the living God,
As far as hell from heaven.

3 An unregen'rate child of man,
To thee for faith I call:
Pity thy fallen creature's pain,
And raise me from my fall.

4 The darkness which, thro' thee, I feel,
Thou only canst remove:
Thine own eternal power reveal,
The Deity of love.

5 I would not to thy foe submit:
I hate the tyrant's chain;
Send forth thy pris'ner from the pit,
Nor let me cry in vain.

6 Show me the blood that bought my peace,
The cov'nant blood apply!
And all my griefs at once shall cease,
And all my sins shall die.

7 Speak, Jesus, speak into my heart,
What thou for me hast done;
One grain of living faith impart,
And God is all my own.

Source: Hymns, Selected and Original: for public and private worship (1st ed.) #288

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: Thou hidden God, for whom I groan
Title: The Prisoner of Hope
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors #220

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d580

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d850

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d857

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d857

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #406

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d350

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #314

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #47

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #47

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d601

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #150

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #128

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A Collection of Hymns #47

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A Collection of Hymns #149

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A Pocket Hymn Book #HXI

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #CCXLI

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A Pocket Hymn-book #241

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #CCXLI

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d510

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #311

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #311

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #581

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #581

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #314

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #288

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Hymns, Selected and Original #288

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Hymns #288

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Hymns #288

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Hymns #288

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Hymns #288

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d790

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Methodist Hymn-Book #312

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New Hymn and Tune book #107e

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New Hymn and Tune Book #107e

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d248

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d248

Spiritual Melodies #d310

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d366

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d429

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The Heart and Voice #191c

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #513

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #339

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d267

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d272

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #XXXVII

The Sacred Lyre #d298

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