A Collection of Hymns #454
Display Title: Author of faith we seek thy face First Line: Author of faith we seek thy face Date: 1814
A Collection of Hymns #454
First Line: | Author of faith, we seek Thy face |
Title: | For the Lambs of the Flock |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Author of faith, we seek Thy face. C. Wesley. [Intercession.] The original hymn appeared in 9 stanzas of 4 lines as No. 64, in vol. ii. of Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1749, and is repeated in the Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. v. p. 233. The abbreviated form in common use was included by J. Wesley in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, No. 446 (rev. ed. 458). It consists of stanzas i.-v. and vii. It is found in various collections in Great Britain and America.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)