Whither, O whither should [shall] I fly

Whither, O whither should [shall] I fly

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 32 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: Whither, O whither should [shall] I fly
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Whither, O whither, should I fly. Part of C. Wesley's "God of my life, whose gracious power," p. 435, ii.

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

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The Baptist Hymnal #478

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