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Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 76 hymnals Matching Instances: 76 Tune Sources: American traditional melody; Arr.: compilers Common Ground, 1998 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51231 21651 35332 Used With Text: No storm can shake my inmost calm

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Shepherd of Souls, Thy Sheep Behold

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Shepherd of souls, Thy sheep behold In this dark, cloudy day, The wolf is come into Thy fold, To scatter, tear, and slay. His bloody hand th’oppressor shakes Against the faithful seed, And havoc of Thy Church he makes— He makes us as our Head. 2 Thy narks we in our bodies bear, But arm us with Thy power, The rage of fiends and men we dare, And meet the evil hour. They only can our bodies kill, Our souls can never die; Our souls exist in Jesus still, And reign above the sky. 3 Wherefore the utmost sufferings here Of those who Jesus love, We count not worthy to compare With our reward above. Light are the pains we now endure, And quickly over-past, But of the pleasures they secure, Eternally shall last. 4 On all th’affliction we look down, The joy so far exceeds, So bright, so weighty is the crown It sets upon your heads. O what a glorious life shall be In us, ev’n us revealed, While face to face our Lord we see, With all His fullness filled. 5 Who would not then, for such a hope, The path of sorrow tread, And take his master’s burden up, And suffer with his Head? Who would not cheerfully sustain A cross so light as this, And bear a momentary pain For an eternal bliss? Used With Tune: SICILIA Text Sources: Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution by John and Charles Wesley (London: Strahan, 1744)

Christus, mein Gesang

Author: Georg Guth Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Mein ganzes Leben ist Gesang Used With Tune: [Mein ganzes Leben ist Gesang]

ഏശീടില്ല ലോക ദുഖം, എൻ ജീവിതം തുടരും

Author: Robert Lowry; Simon Zachariah Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 ഏശീടില്ല ലോക ദുഖം, എൻ ജീവിതം തുടരും, വിദൂരെ ഞാൻ ശ്രവിക്കുന്നു, പുതു സൃഷ്‌ടി തൻ ഗാനം. കഠോ-ര പോ-രിന്നപ്പുറം ഞാൻ കേൾ-ക്കുന്നു നൽ ഗീതം, എൻ ആ-ത്മാവിൽ ധ്വനിക്കുന്നു, വയ്യെനിക്കു പാടാതെ. 2 ആശ്വാസം പോയ്‌, ആനന്ദവും, ജീവിക്കുന്നു എൻ നാഥൻ ചുറ്റും ഇരുൾ പരന്നാലും, തരുമവൻ സംഗീതം. വൻ കാ-റ്റെൻ ശാ-ന്തി പോക്കീടാ താൻ ആ-ശ്രയം തരുമ്പോൾ സർവ്വ-ത്തിൻ നാ-ഥൻ താതൻ താൻ, വയ്യെനിക്കു പാടാതെ 3 കണ്ണുയ-ർത്തി കാണുന്നു ഞാൻ, മേഘംമേൽ നീ-ലാആകാശം ദിനവും പാത കാണുന്നു, ഞാൻ ആദ്യം സ്നേ-ഹിച്ചതാൽ ക്രി-സ്തൻ ശാന്തി-എൻ ഹൃത്തതിൽ ഉറ-വ പോൽ ഒഴുകും അവൻ -മൂലം അവകാശി, വയ്യെനിക്കു പാടാതെ Used With Tune: [ഏശീടില്ല ലോക ദുഖം, എൻ ജീവിതം തുടരും]

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"HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING."

Hymnal: Grove Songs No. 2 #13 (1873) First Line: My life flows on in endless song Lyrics: 1. My life flows on in endless song; Above Earth's lamentation, I catch the sweet, tho' far-off, hymn That hails a new creation; Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul-- How can I keep from singing? 2. What tho' my joys and comforts die? The Lord my Saviour liveth; What tho' the darkness gather round? Songs in the night he giveth; No storm can shake my inmost calm, While to that refuge clinging; Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, How can I keep from singing? 3. I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin; I see the blue above it; And day by day this path way smooths, Since first I learned to love it; The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart, A fountain ever springing; All things are mine since I am his-- How can I keep from singing? Languages: English Tune Title: [My life flows on in endless song]

How Can I Keep From Singing?

Author: R. L. Hymnal: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings #13 (1913) First Line: My life flows on in endless song Topics: Assurance; Christ; Gratitude; Joy; Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [My life flows on in endless song]

My life flows on in endless song

Hymnal: Beloved Beer and Hymns #17 (2012) Languages: English Tune Title: [My life flows on in endless song]

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Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Translator of "How Can I Keep from Singing? (¡Debo Seguir Cantando))" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Charles Wesley

1707 - 1788 Author (attributed to) of "Shepherd of Souls, Thy Sheep Behold" in The Cyber Hymnal 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 deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists." In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley. As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream. It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works. The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century. -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.