This Man Receiveth Sinners

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Ye neighbors and friends of Jesus, draw near

Author: Charles Wesley
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1. Ye neighbors, and friends of Jesus, draw near:
His love condescends by titles so dear
To call and invite you His triumph to prove,
And freely delight you in Jesus’ love.

2. The shepherd who died His sheep to redeem,
On every side are gathered to Him
The weary and burdened, the reprobate race;
And wait to be pardoned through Jesus’ grace.

3. The blind are restored through Jesus’ name,
They see their dear Lord, and follow the Lamb;
The halt they are walking, and running their race;
The dumb they are talking of Jesus’ grace.

4. The deaf hear His voice and comforting Word,
It bids them rejoice in Jesus their Lord,
Thy sins are forgiven, accepted thou art;
They listen, and Heaven springs up in their heart.

5. The lepers from all their spots are made clean,
The dead by His call are raised from their sin;
In Jesus’ compassion the sick find a cure,
And Gospel salvation is preached to the poor.

6. To us and to them is published the Word:
Then let us proclaim our life giving Lord,
Who now is reviving His work in our days,
And mightily striving to save us by grace.

7. O Jesus! ride on till all are subdued,
Thy mercy make known, and sprinkle Thy blood;
Display Thy salvation, and teach the new song
To every nation, and people, and tongue.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #7783

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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 >

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First Line:	Ye neighbors and friends of Jesus, draw near
Title:	This Man Receiveth Sinners
Author:	Charles Wesley
Meter:	10.10.11.11
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

Ye neighbours and friends Of Jesus, draw near. C. Wesley. [Thanksgiving for Success of the Gospel.] This is No. 4 of four hymns written after preaching to the Newcastle colliers, and was published in the Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, vol. i., and again in the Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. v., p. 115. Under the date of Nov. 30, 1746, Jackson in his Memoir of the Rev. Charles Wesley, says;—

”The very spirited hymn beginning ‘Ye neighbours, and friends of Jesus, draw near,' was written by Mr. Charles Wesley 'after preaching to the Newcastle colliers,' and most probably during his present visit to that town. Under the date of Sunday, Nov. 30, he uses in his journal the phraseology upon which the hymn is founded. On that day he preached in one of the streets of Newcastle to listening crowds, who forgot the sharpness of the frost while engaged in the worship of God, and in hearing the word of life and mercy." (Small edition, 1848, p. 191.)

The hymn is in 12 stanzas of 4 double lines. In the Wesleyan Hymn Book

, 1780, stanzas i., ii., viii.-xii. were given as No. 38, and this has become its recognized form in later collections.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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William Croft (b. Nether Ettington, Warwickshire, England, 1678; d. Bath, Somerset, England, 1727) was a boy chorister in the Chapel Royal in London and then an organist at St. Anne's, Soho. Later he became organist, composer, and master of the children of the Chapel Royal, and eventually organist a…

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