Thy Name Is Love

The sun of righteousness on me

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: WRESTLING JACOB (Wesley)
Published in 22 hymnals

Representative Text

1 The Sun of Righteousness on me
Hath risen with healing in his wings:
Withered my nature's strength, from thee
My soul its life and succor brings;
My help is all laid up above;
Thy nature and thy name is Love.

2 Contented now, upon my thigh
I halt till life's short journey end;
All helplessness, all weakness, I
On thee alone for strength depend:
Nor have I power from thee to move:
Thy nature and thy name is Love.

3 Lame as I am, I take the prey;
Hell, earth, and sin with ease o'ercome;
I leap for joy, pursue my way,
And as a bounding hart, fly home
To all eternity, to prove
Thy nature and thy name is Love.


Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #433

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: The sun of righteousness on me
Title: Thy Name Is Love
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 22 of 22)
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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #652

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #117

Family and Social Melodies #d334

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Free Methodist Hymnal #343

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #350

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #350

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #739

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #739

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Hymns and Tunes for Prayer and Social Meetings #123

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #652

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New Hymn and Tune book #281c

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New Hymn and Tune Book #281c

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Plymouth Collection #a540

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #540

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d760

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #540

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The Heart and Voice #268b

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #462

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #310

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #310

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The Voice of Praise #433

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #343

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