Struggling After Christ

Ah, whither should I go

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 191 hymnals

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1 Ah! whither should I go,
Burdened, and sick, and faint?
To whom should I my troubles show
And pour out my complaint?

2 My Savior bids me come;
Ah! why do I delay?
He calls the weary sinner home,
And yet from Him I stay.

3 What is it keeps me back
From which I cannot part,
Which will not let the Savior take
Possession of my heart?

4 Some cursed thing unknown
Must surely lurk within:
Some idol which I will not own,
Some secret bosom sin.

5 I now believe in Thee;
Compassion reigns alone;
According to my faith, to me
O let it, Lord, be done.


Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #368

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: Ah, whither should I go
Title: Struggling After Christ
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Ah, whither should I go. C. Wesley. [Lent.] First published in his Hymns on God’s Ever lasting Love, 1741, No. 14, in 16 stanzas of 8 lines. In 1780 stanzas i.-iv. were given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book as one hymn, and stanzas xiv.-xvi., "Lo in Thy hand," as a second, under the division "For mourners convinced of Sin." Although the latter was omitted from the revised edition, 1875, yet both hymns are found in a considerable number of collections, both in Great Britain and America. Original text in Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iii. p. 89.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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DUNBAR (Dunbar 13215)


LEOMINSTER (Martin)

George William Martin (b. London, England, 1825; d. London, 1881) composed LEOMINSTER, named for a town in the county of Hereford and Worcester (formerly Herefordshire), England. The tune was first published in The Journal of Part Music (vol. 2, 1862), in which it was titled THE PILGRIM'S SONG. Mart…

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A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors #217

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d11

A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Used at Camp and Prayer Meetings #d4

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d14

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d14

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d14

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #398

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d9

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #360

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d6

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d7

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #152

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #214

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #97

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A Collection of Hymns #L149

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A Collection of Hymns #37

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A Collection of Hymns #151

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #188

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #985

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A Pocket hymn book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #XXVII

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A Pocket Hymn Book #XXVII

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #XXVII

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A Pocket Hymn-book #27

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #XXVII

A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book . 27th ed. #d6

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #250

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A Selection of Hymns #133

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #167

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #673

A.M.E. Hymnal #d10

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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #368

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #186

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d1

Baptist Hymn Book #d1

Book of Common Praise #d10

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Chapel Hymns #16

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #111

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d14

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Church Psalmist #744

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Church Psalmist #744

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d8

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Evangelical Hymns #75

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Free Methodist Hymnal #236

Glaubens-Lieder #e1

Heavenly Echoes #d6

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #331

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d5

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d8

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #331

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #313

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #313

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #584

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #584

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #278

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #395

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #358

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #395

Hymnal for Sunday School and Social Worship #d3

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #402

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #402

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #320

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Hymnal #186

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Hymns and Songs #82

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Hymns and Tunes #126

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Hymns for Christian Melody #277

Hymns for Social Worship, Compiled for the Use of Canadian Baptist Churches #d5

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Hymns for Social Worship #144

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #503

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d9

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d6

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #360

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d19

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Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention #266

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Hymns selected from various authors #163

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Hymns #836

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Hymns #836

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Hymns #814

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Hymns #836

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d13

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Methodist Hymn-Book #246

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Methodist Social Hymn Book #92

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Methodist Tune Book #153

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New Hymn and Tune book #207d

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New Hymn and Tune Book #207d

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #1288

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Our Glad Hosanna #141

Our Service of Song #d5

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Parish Hymns #226

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