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O thou who camest from above
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 176 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Lyrics: 1 O thou who camest from above
the pure celestial fire to impart,
kindle a flame of sacred love
on the mean altar of my heart.
2 There let it for thy glory burn
with inextinguishable blaze,
and trembling to its source return,
in humble prayer and fervent praise.
3 Jesus, confirm my heart's desire
to work, and speak, and think for thee;
still let me guard the holy fire,
and still stir up thy gift in me:
4 Ready for all thy perfect will,
my acts of faith and love repeat,
till death thy endless mercies seal,
and make the sacrifice complete. Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlivening and Renewing the Chruch; The Church Celebrates Confirmation; Confirmation; Devotion Used With Tune: HEREFORD
O thou who camest from above
Dulce Consuelo
Author: E. A. M. D. Appears in 30 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:5 First Line: En Jesucristo, mártir de paz Refrain First Line: Gloria cantemos al Redentor Used With Tune: [En Jesucristo, mártir de paz]
Dulce Consuelo
Come Now, Almighty King
Author: Anon. Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,790 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Lyrics: 1 Come now, Almighty King,
Help us your name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father, all glorious,
Ever victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
2 Come now, Incarnate Word,
Our just and mighty Lord,
Our prayer attend:
Come, and your people bless,
And give your word success;
Strengthen our righteousness,
Savior and Friend.
3 Come, Holy Comforter,
Your sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
To us your grace impart,
And rule in ev'ry heart!
Never from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r.
4 To the great One in Three,
Eternal praises be
Forevermore!
Your sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore! Topics: Praise; The Liturgical Year Advent (Sundasy and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Trinity Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN
Come Now, Almighty King
[En Jesucristo, mártir de paz]
Appears in 671 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. J. F. Knapp Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 32155 45655 35177 Used With Text: Dulce Consuelo
[En Jesucristo, mártir de paz]
ITALIAN HYMN
Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,304 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Felice de Giardini, 1716-1796 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 53121 71123 45432 Used With Text: Come Now, Almighty King
ITALIAN HYMN
Come Now, Almighty King
Author: Anon. Hymnal: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #359 (2015) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Lyrics: 1 Come now, Almighty King,
Help us your name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father, all glorious,
Ever victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
2 Come now, Incarnate Word,
Our just and mighty Lord,
Our prayer attend:
Come, and your people bless,
And give your word success;
Strengthen our righteousness,
Savior and Friend.
3 Come, Holy Comforter,
Your sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
To us your grace impart,
And rule in ev'ry heart!
Never from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r.
4 To the great One in Three,
Eternal praises be
Forevermore!
Your sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore! Topics: Praise; The Liturgical Year Advent (Sundasy and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Trinity Languages: English Tune Title: ITALIAN HYMN
Come Now, Almighty King
Come Now, Almighty King
Author: Anon. Hymnal: Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #450 (2012) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Lyrics: 1 Come now, Almighty King,
Help us your name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father, all glorious,
Ever victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
2 Come now, Incarnate Word,
Our just and mighty Lord,
Our prayer attend:
Come, and your people bless,
And give your word success;
Strengthen your righteousness,
Savior and Friend.
3 Come, Holy Comforter,
Your sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
To us your grace impart,
And rule in ev'ry heart!
Never from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r.
4 To the great One in Three,
Eternal praises be
Forevermore!
You sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore! Topics: Praise; The Liturgical Year Advent (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Trinity Languages: English Tune Title: ITALIAN HYMN
Come Now, Almighty King
O for a closer walk with God
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Hymnal: Common Praise #532 (2000) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Lyrics: 1 O for a closer walk with God,
a calm and heavenly frame;
a light to shine upon the road
that leads me to the Lamb!
2 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed,
how sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
the world can never fill.
3 Return, O holy Dove, return,
sweet messenger of rest:
I hate the sins that made thee mourn
and drove thee from my breast.
4 The dearest idol I have known,
whate'er that idol be,
help me to tear it from thy throne
and worship only thee.
5 So shall my walk be close with God,
calm and serene my frame;
so purer light shall mark the road
that leads me to the Lamb. Topics: Lent I Year B; Lent Languages: English Tune Title: CAITHNESS
O for a closer walk with God
Charles Wesley
1707 - 1788 Person Name: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Author of "O thou who camest from above" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) 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 deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists."
In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley.
As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream.
It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works.
The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century.
-- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.
Charles Wesley
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Author of "Come Now, Almighty King" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Composer of "HEREFORD" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him.
Bert Polman
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
