Circumspection

Be it my only wisdom here

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 153 hymnals

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1 Be it my only wisdom here,
To serve the Lord with filial fear,
With loving gratitude;
Superior sense may I display,
By shunning every evil way,
And walking in the good.

2 O may I still from sin depart!
A wise and understanding heart,
Jesus, to me be given;
And let me through Thy Spirit know
To glorify my God below,
And find my way to heaven.

Source: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book: official hymn book of the Methodist Church #462a

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: Be it my only wisdom here
Title: Circumspection
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 153)

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d48

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d71

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d71

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d71

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #580

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d35

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #846

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #160

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #320

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A Collection of Hymns #L307

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A Collection of Hymns #160

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A Collection of Hymns #319

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #277

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #277

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #277

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #277

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #277

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #277

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #388

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A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints #15

A New and Choice Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d17

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d21

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

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A Pocket Hymn Book #LXVII

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

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A Pocket Hymn-book #67

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #LXVII

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #148

Boston Sunday School Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d16

Canadian Sabbath-School Hymn Book #d21

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Church Book #467

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Church Book #467

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Church Harmonies #525

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d69

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David's Companion #47a

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Familiar Hymns for Social Meetings #88

Family and Social Melodies #d39

Grammar School Hymn Book #d24

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #479

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #677

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #750

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a750

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d49

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #479

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #415

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #415

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #685

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #685

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Hymn Service for the Sunday School #12

Hymnal for Sunday School and Social Worship #d16

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #571

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #571

Hymns and Psalms #786

Hymns and Tunes for Vestry and Conference Meetings #d11

Hymns and Tunes for Vestry and Conferences. 2nd ed. #d9

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d43

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Hymns for Children, Selected and Altered #102

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #457

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #457

Hymns for Schools and Families #d47

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Selected from Various Authoors #d26

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #385

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #385

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #337

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d45

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #846

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Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends #XL

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d19

Latter-Day Saint Hymns #d26

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Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a296

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d58

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #462a

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #462b

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Methodist Hymn-Book #449

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Methodist Social Hymn Book #140

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #197

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #197

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New Hymn and Tune book #315c

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New Hymn and Tune Book #315c

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d25

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d26

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Prayer and Praise #57

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d44

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Pure Songs for Sunday-Schools #111

Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d23

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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs #28

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Salvation Army Music #442

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Salvation Army Music #443

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