For Lowliness and Purity

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 >

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First Line: Jesus, in whom the Godhead's rays
Title: For Lowliness and Purity
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d268

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d170

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #583

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #60

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #353

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #353

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d282

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A Collection of Hymns #353

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d115

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Free Methodist Hymnal #357

Good News in Song. Rev. ed. #d91

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #527

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #527

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Hymnal #238

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d234

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #583

Hymns for the Use of the New Jerusalem Church #d120

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New Hymn and Tune book #179a

Social Hymns, Original and Selected #d81

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d362

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #622

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The Discipline of the United Freewill Baptist Church #188

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The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 #253

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The Heart and Voice #84c

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #469

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The Melodeon #71

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #155

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The Tribute of Praise #155

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The Tribute of Praise #155

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #238

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #238

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Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement #378

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New Hymn and Tune Book #179a

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #357

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