Self-consecration

Lord, in the strength of grace

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 140 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Lord, in the strength of grace,
with a glad heart and true,
myself, my residue of days,
I consecrate to you.

2 Your ransomed servant, I
restore to you your own;
and from this moment, live or die
to serve my God alone.

Source: Together in Song: Australian hymn book II #483

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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Instances

Instances (101 - 140 of 140)
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Songs of Pilgrimage #541

Songs of Salvation. Work songs #d112

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d114

Sunday School Hymn Book #d252

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The Abingdon Song Book #140

The Amaranth #d86

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d457

The American Hymn and Tune Book, Newly Revised and Especially Adapted to Vestry Use #d76

The Association Hymn Book #d70

The Book of Hymns #d277

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The Centenary Singer #79

The Christian Harmony #d195

The Christian Melodist, a Collection of Popular Songs, for Use in Public and Social Meetings ... #d207

The Christian Minstrel #d181

The Christian Psalmist #d413

The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d233

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The Heart and Voice #202d

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #641

The Hymnal #245

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The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #363

The Methodist Hymnal #d277

The Methodist Hymnal #217

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The Revivalist #130

The Sabbath School Timbrel ... On the Same Notation as "The Timbrel of Zion" #d41

The Salvation Army Solos #d23

The Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d51

The Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d92

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #d460

The Temple Harp #d195

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d222

Union Prayer Meeting Hymns #d134

Union Prayer Meeting Hymns #d136

The Cambridge Hymnal #65

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #594

Text

Together in Song #483

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #407

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Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #404

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #264

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The Highway Hymnal #127

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