The Backslider's Resolve

Yes, from this instant, now, I will

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 23 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: Yes, from this instant, now, I will
Title: The Backslider's Resolve
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Now from this instant now, I will. C. Wesley. [Returning to God.] A cento in The Methodist Hymn-Book , 1904, composed thus:— st. i. from Short Hymns, 1762; ii. Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; and iii. Short Hymns, 1762. (Poetical Works, vols. ii. and x.)

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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Instances (1 - 23 of 23)
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Methodist Tune Book #167

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #178

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Methodist Hymn-Book #297

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #879

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #102

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A Collection of Hymns #102

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A Collection of Hymns #177

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New Hymn and Tune book #277d

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New Hymn and Tune Book #277d

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #520

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #879

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d652

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Including the Whole Collection of the Rev. J. Wesley #ad652

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1012

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1019

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d1019

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #446

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #102

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d690

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d898

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The Heart and Voice #263b

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #358

The Sacred Lyre #d347

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