THE FOLLOWING HYMNS WERE COMPOSED BY CHARLES WESLEY IN EXTREME OLD AGE. THE SECOND HYMN WAS HIS

LAST UTTERANCE IN VERSE, AND WAS

DICTATED ON HIS DEATH-BED.

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The aged disciple's prayer.

L. M.

TOO, forewarned by Jesus' love,
Must shortly lay my body down;
But ere my soul from earth remove,
O let me put thine image on!
2 Saviour! thy meek and lowly mind
Be to thine aged servant given;
And glad I'll drop this tent, to find
My everlasting house in heaven.

Charles Wesley.

IN age and feebleness extreme,

L. M. 61.

Who shall a helpless worm redeem?
Jesus, my only hope thou art,

Strength of my failing flesh and heart:
O could I catch one smile from thee,
And drop into eternity!

695

Charles Wesley.

9

SING we to our God, above;

NING we to our God above,

Praise him, all ye heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Charles Wesley.

7.

10

7, 6 l.

PRAISE

ORAISE the name of God most high;
Praise him, all below the sky;

Praise him, all ye heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
As through countless ages past,
Evermore his praise shall last.

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Unknown.

8, 7, 4.

GREAT Jehovah! we adore thee,

God the Father, God the Son,

God the Spirit, joined in glory
On the same eternal throne:
Endless praises

To Jehovah, Three in One!

12

William Goode.

8, 7.

PRAISE the God of our salvation;

Praise the Father's boundless love;

Praise the Lamb, our expiation;
Praise the Spirit from above,
Author of the new creation,

Him by whom our spirits live;
Undivided adoration

To the one Jehovah give!

Josiah Conder, alt.

13

AL

LL praise to the Father, the Son, And Spirit, thrice holy and blest! The eternal, supreme Three in One, Was, is, and shall still be confessed.

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8.

Unknown.

7, 6, 8. 7,6,

ATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Thy Godhead we adore,

Join we with the heavenly host,

To praise thee evermore!

Live, by earth and heaven adored,

The Three in One, the One in Three;

Holy, holy, holy Lord,

All glory be to thee!

15

Charles Wesley.

TO God, the Father, Son,
And Spirit, Three in One,
All praise be given!
Crown him, in every song;
To him your hearts belong:
Let all his praise prolong,
On earth, in heaven!

6, 4.

Edwin F. Hatfield.

16

7, 8, 7.

TO Father, Son, and Spirit,
Ascribe we equal glory;

One Deity, in Persons Three,
Let all thy works adore thee:
As was from the beginning,
Glory to God be given,

By all who know thy name below,
And all thy hosts in heaven.

Charles Wesley.

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17

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7,6.

O thee be praise forever,
Thou glorious King of kings!
Thy wondrous love and favor
Each ransomed spirit sings:
We'll celebrate thy glory,
With all thy saints above,
And shout the joyful story
Of thy redeeming love.

Thomas Haweis.

10.

10 Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest, Eternal praise and worship be addressed; From age to age, ye saints, his name adore, And spread his fame, till time shall be no more.

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Simon Browne.

11.

FATHER Almighty, to thee be addressed, With Christ and the Spirit, one God, ever blest,

All glory and worship, from earth and from

heaven,

As was, and is now, and shall ever be given.

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Unknown.

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

ALLEN, James, b. 1734, d. 1804. BERNARD
Hymn 730.

ALLEN, Jonathan. Hymn 342.
AMBROSE OF MILAN, b. 340, d. 397.