1 Abba, Father, God of love!
Send thy blessing from above;
Light and life to all impart;
Shine on each believing heart;
Kindly comfort all who mourn,
Into joy their sorrow turn;
2 Joy which none can take away,
Joy which shall for ever stay;
All thy kingdom from above,
All the happiness of love;
Be it to thy servants given,
Pardon, holiness, and heaven.
3 Glorious in thy saints appear,
Plant thy heavenly kingdom here;
Faith and love and joy increase,
Temperance and gentleness;
Plant in us an humble mind,
Patient, pitiful, and kind;
4 Meek and lowly let us be,
Full of goodness, full of thee;
Make us all in thee complete,
Make us all for glory meet,
Meet to appear before thy sight,
Partners with the saints in light.
5 Let us, in our spirits, prove
All the depths of humble love;
Let us, in our lives, express
All the heights of holiness;
To thy church the pattern give,
Shew how true believers live.
6 When the glorious race is run,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Let us then with joy remove
To thy family above;
On the wings of angels fly,
Shew how true believers die.
Source: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CLI
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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