Watch Night

Join all ye ransomed sons of grace

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 34 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. Join, all ye ransomed sons of grace,
The holy joy prolong,
And shout to the Redeemer’s praise
A solemn midnight song.

2. Blessing, and thanks, and love, and might,
Be to our Jesus giv’n,
Who turns our darkness into light
Who turns our hell to Heav’n.

3. Thither our faithful souls He leads,
Thither He bids us rise,
With crowns of joy upon our heads,
To meet Him in the skies.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #3390

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: Join all ye ransomed sons of grace
Title: Watch Night
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WINCHESTER OLD

WINCHESTER OLD is a famous common-meter psalm tune, presumably arranged by George Kirbye (b. Suffolk, England, c. 1560; d. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, 1634) from a melody in Christopher Tye's Acts of the Apostles and published in T. Este's The Whole Book of Psalmes (1592) set to Psalm 84. Ki…

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GREEN HILL (Peace)


SOLITUDE (Showalter)


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Instances

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d461

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d462

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d460

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #827

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #1049

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d279

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #767

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #834

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #204

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A Collection of Hymns #L250

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d389

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Free Methodist Hymnal #565

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d280

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #704

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #704

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #806

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #806

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #947

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #947

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #1049

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d437

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Methodist Hymn-Book #888

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New Hymn and Tune book #65b

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New Hymn and Tune Book #65b

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d409

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #602

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The Cyber Hymnal #3390

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The Heart and Voice #103b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #836

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #960

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #576

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The Methodist Hymnal #576

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #565

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