Jesus shall I never be

Jesus shall I never be

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 34 hymnals

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 shall I never be
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Jesu, shall I never be? C. Wesley. [The Mind of Christ desired.] Published in Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1742, p. 221, in 20 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed, "Let this Mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. ii. p. 276). A hymn therefrom of 13 stanza, beginning with the first, was given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, No. 345, and has been repeated in several other collections. There are also three additional centos in common use: (1) "Jesus, plant and root in me"; (2) "Jesus, root and fix in me"; and (3) "God of Jesus, hear me now." The last appeared in Martineau's Hymns, 1840.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Hymns and Sacred Poems #221

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d122

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A Collection of Hymns #353

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Harmonia Sacra #34b

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d286

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #596

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d223

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #674

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #674

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A Collection of Hymns #596

Indian Melodies #64t

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d429

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d428

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #855

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d430

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d378

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #521

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The Heart and Voice #303c

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New Hymn and Tune book #319e

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The Centenary Singer #258a

The Chapel Hymn Book #d195

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #855

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #355

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #598

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Hymns and Songs #119

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #492

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New Hymn and Tune Book #319e

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #617

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #492

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