Divine Excellence

Representative Text

1 Hail, Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
One God in persons Three;
Of Thee we make our joyful boast,
Our songs we make of Thee.

2 Present alike in every place,
Thy Godhead we adore:
Beyond the bounds of time and space,
Thou dwell’st for evermore.

3 In wisdom infinite Thou art,
Thine eye doth all things see;
And every thought of every heart
Is fully known to Thee.

4 Whate'er Thou wilt, in earth below
Thou dost, in heaven above;
But chiefly we rejoice to know
The Almighty God is Love.

Source: Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #65

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: Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Title: Divine Excellence
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

DUNDEE (Ravenscroft)

DUNDEE first appeared in the 1615 edition of the Scottish Psalter published in Edinburgh by Andro Hart. Called a "French" tune (thus it also goes by the name of FRENCH), DUNDEE was one of that hymnal's twelve "common tunes"; that is, it was not associated with a specific psalm. In the Psalter Hymnal…

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BEMERTON (Greatorex)


RICHMOND (Haweis)

RICHMOND (also known as CHESTERFIELD) is a florid tune originally written by Thomas Haweis (PHH 270) and published in his collection Carmina Christo (1792). Samuel Webbe, Jr., adapted and shortened the tune and published it in his Collection of Psalm Tunes (1808). It was reprinted in 1853 in Webbe's…

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Instances

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d194

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d284

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d285

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d284

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #14

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #103

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #206

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #206

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d204

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d125

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #239

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #33

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #32

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A Collection of Hymns #206

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A Collection of Hymns #236

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #51

Canadian Sabbath-School Hymn Book #13

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Church Book #65

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Church Book #65

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #55

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #121

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #121

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Hymnal #51

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Hymns for Christian Melody #45

Hymns for Schools and Families #d165

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #3

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Selected from Various Authoors #d79

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #103

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Hymns selected from various authors #6

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d269

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Methodist Hymn-Book #3

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New Hymn and Tune book #91a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #91a

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Precious Gems No. 1 #236

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Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.153

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #76

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Sunday-School Book #41

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d147

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #51

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d237

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The Church and Sunday-School Hymnal #47

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The Cyber Hymnal #2096

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d235

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The Heart and Voice #166b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #7

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #46

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.90

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The Wreath of Gems #144

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d92

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