Jesus, We Look to Thee

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Jesus, we look to Thee

Author: Charles Wesley
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1 Jesus, we look to Thee,
Thy promised presence claim.
Thou in the midst of us shall be,
assembled in Thy name.
Thy name salvation is,
which we here come to prove;
Thy name is life and health and peace,
and everlasting love.

2 Not in the name of pride
or selfishness we meet.
From nature's paths we turn aside
and worldly thoughts forget.
We meet the grace to take
Which Thou hast freely giv'n;
we meet on earth for Thy dear sake,
that we may meet in heav'n.

3 Present we know Thou art,
but, O, Thyself reveal.
Now, Lord, let ev'ry waiting heart
Thy mighty comfort feel.
O may Thy quickening voice
the death of sin remove,
and bid our inmost souls rejoice
in hope of perfect love.

Source: Our Great Redeemer's Praise #108

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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:	Jesus, we look to Thee
Title:	Jesus, We Look to Thee
Author:	Charles Wesley
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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MORNINGTON (Mornington)

ST. THOMAS (Williams)

ST. THOMAS is actually lines 5 through 8 of the sixteen-line tune HOLBORN, composed by Aaron Williams (b. London, England, 1731; d. London, 1776) and published in his Collection (1763, 1765) as a setting for Charles Wesley's text "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (570). The harmonization is by Lowell Maso…

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