Closing the service

O what a taste is this Which now in Christ we know

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: STATE STREET
Published in 9 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: O what a taste is this Which now in Christ we know
Title: Closing the service
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d654

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d658

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d657

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #309

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #251

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d399

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #251

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #360

The Singer's Choice #d140

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