Great God, to me the sight afford. C.Wesley. [God, on Sinai.] The cento which is known by this opening line is compiled from C. Wesley's Short Hymns, &c, 1762, as follows:—
Stanzas i., ii., Short Hymns, vol. i., No. 166. Stanzas iii., iv., Short Hymns, vol. i., No. 167. Stanzas v., vi., Short Hymns, vol. i., No. 168.
The hymn given as the second part of the same, "Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love," is composed of:—
Stanzas i., ii., Short Hymns, vol. i., No. 169. Stanzas iii., iv., Short Hymns, vol. i., No. 170. Stanza v., vi., Short Hymns, vol. i, No. 171.
These two centos were given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, as Nos. 240, 241. They are repeated in several collections in Great Britain and America.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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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