1 Glory, love and praise, and honour
for our food,
now bestowed,
render we the Donor.
Bounteous God, we now confess thee;
God, who thus
blessest us,
meet it is to bless thee.
2 Thankful for our every blessing,
let us sing
Christ the Spring,
never, never ceasing.
Source of all our gifts and graces
Christ we own;
Christ alone
calls for all our praises.
3 He dispels our sin and sadness,
life imparts,
cheers our hearts,
fills with food and gladness.
Who himself for all hath given,
us he feeds,
us he leads
to a feast in heaven.
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 >
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Display Title: Glory, love and praise and honourFirst Line: Glory, love and praise and honourTune Title: BENIFOLDAuthor: Charles Wesley, 1707-88Meter: 83 36 DDate: 1986Subject: Sacraments and Other Rites | Holy Communion