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Thy Will Be Done

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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: Thy presence, Lord, the place shall fill
Title: Thy Will Be Done
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

COVENTRY (English)


HOLY CROSS (53215)


ST. PETER (Reinagle)

Composed by Alexander R. Reinagle (b. Brighton, Sussex, England, 1799; d. Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, 1877), ST. PETER was published as a setting for Psalm 118 in Reinagle's Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte (c. 1836). The tune first appeared with Newton's text in Hymns Ancient and Mode…

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d599

A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Used at Camp and Prayer Meetings #d224

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d877

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d883

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d883

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #938

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d358

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #565

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #165

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #165

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d625

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d548

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #256

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A Collection of Hymns #165

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d249

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d286

A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, Designed as a Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 3rd ed. #d293

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #432

A.M.E. Hymnal #d397

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #411

Faith Hymns #d146

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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #99

Family and Social Melodies #d364

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Free Methodist Hymnal #473

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #537

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #537

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Hymnal #411

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d505

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #565

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New Hymn and Tune book #77f

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New Hymn and Tune Book #77f

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Songs of Victory #212

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d442

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #411

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d814

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The Christian Hymnal #332

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #296

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The Heart and Voice #115b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #933

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #511

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #177

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The Tribute of Praise #177

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The Tribute of Praise #177

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #473

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