Worship, and thanks, and blessing. C. Wesley. [Confidence in Jesus.] This hymn "Written alter a Deliverance in a Tumult," first appeared in Hymns for those that Seek, and those that have Redemption, &c, 1747, in 6 stanzas of 10 lines. Of these stanzas i.-iv. and vi. were given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book in 1800. In an edition subsequent to that of 1809, stanza iv. was also omitted, and in the revised edition, 1875, this form in 4 stanzas is retained. Original text Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iv. pp. 237-9. It has been suggested that the "tumult" referred to was that which took place at Wednesbury, October 26, 1743. Although this is quite probable it yet lacks certain proof. See G. J. Stevenson's Methodist Hymn Book Notes, 1883, p. 211.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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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