A Watchful Spirit

Uphold me, Savior, or I fall

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: WELTON (Malan)
Published in 10 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: Uphold me, Savior, or I fall
Title: A Watchful Spirit
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WELTON (Malan)


FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d897

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d903

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d903

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #584

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #347

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #481

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #481

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Hymnal #347

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #347

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #671

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