All praise to the Lamb, accepted I am

Author: Charles Wesley

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,… Go to person page >

All praise to the Lamb! Accepted I am. C. Wesley. [Assurance.] Appeared in his Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1759, vol. i., No. 130, in 18 st. of 3 1. It is not in common use as a whole; but at i., iii., v., and vi., slightly altered, are sometimes found as in the American Hymn Book of the Evangelical Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 1882, No. 326. Orig. text in Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. v. p. 25. The well-known passage:—

"Not a cloud doth arise
To darken the skies,
Or hide for a moment my Lord from my eyes:"

which reads in the original, "Not a doubt" &c, is st. v. of this hymn.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)