The New Creation

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1 The things my God doth hate,
That I no more may do,
Thy creature, Lord, again create,
And all my soul renew;
My soul shall then, like thine,
Abhor the thing unclean,
And sanctify'd thy love divine,
For ever cease from sin.

2 That blessed law of thine,
Jesu, to me impart;
Thy spirit's law of life divine,
Oh write it in my heart!
Implant it deep within,
Whence it may ne'er remove,
The law of liberty from sin,
The perfect law of love.

3 Thy nature be my law,
Thy spotless sanctity,
And sweetly ev'ry moment draw
My happy soul to thee;
Soul of my soul remain,
Who didst for all fulfil,
In me, O Lord fulfil again
Thy heav'nly father's will.

Source: A Pocket Hymn Book: designed as a constant companion for the pious, collected from various authors (9th ed.) #LXIX

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: The thing my God doth hate
Title: The New Creation
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

The thing my God doth hate. C. Wesley. [Holiness Desired.] This cento was given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, No. 331, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines, and is composed of No. 1240 as stanza i., and 1232 as stanzas ii., iii. of his Short Hymns on Selected Passages of Holy Scripture, 1762, vol. ii. (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. x., Nos. 1362, and 1354). Several times it has been pointed out that the line (stanza iii., line 5) "Soul of my soul, remain!" is evidently taken from Sir Richard Blackmore's "Ode to the Divine Being," where we have the same expression thus:—

"Blest object of my love intense,
I Thee my Joy, my Treasure call,
My Portion, my Reward immense,
Soul of my soul, my Life, my All."

One can hardly think that this is accidental. This hymn is in several collections in Great Britain and America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors #242

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d565

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d830

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d835

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d836

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #493

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #507

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #302

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #340

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A Collection of Hymns #302

A Collection of Hymns #339

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d235

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A Pocket hymn book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LXIX

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A Pocket Hymn Book #LXIX

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LXIX

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A Pocket Hymn-book #69

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #LXIX

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #150

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #193

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d704

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Free Methodist Hymnal #370

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #417

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d515

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d493

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #417

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #421

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #421

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #612

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #612

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #482

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #482

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Hymns and Songs #112

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Hymns for All Christians #H88

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Hymns for all Christians #88

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #490

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #490

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Hymns for Christian Melody #498

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Hymns for Public Worship #144

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #620

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #620

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #507

Hymns of Faith and Life #328

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Hymns of the Church Universal #335

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Hymns selected from various authors #196

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Jewel Songs #174

Let Everybody Sing #d215

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Manual of Devotion #79

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d767

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Methodist Hymn-Book #524

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New Hymn and Tune book #249b

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New Hymn and Tune Book #249b

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d241

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d240

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #218

Sing Hosannas (a revised and enlarged ed. of Let Everybody Sing) #d241

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Songs of Faith, Hope, and Love #103a

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Songs of Joy and Gladness No. 2 #252

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d414

The Chapel Hymn Book #d347

The Chorister, and School Harmonist, 1st ed. #d116

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #289

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #331

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The Harp #377

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a377

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The Heart and Voice #243b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #601

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #428

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #547

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d258

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d262

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #LXVIII

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The New Hymn Book #184

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.136

The Sacred Lyre #d290

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The University Hymn Book #157

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #370

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d423

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