Therefore With Angels

Lord and God of heavenly powers

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 13 hymnals

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: Lord and God of heavenly powers
Title: Therefore With Angels
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Lord and God of heavenly powers. C. Wesley. [Praise.] Appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739, pt. ii., as a metrical paraphrase of "Therefore with Angels and Archangels," &c. from the Office for Holy Communion in the Book of Common Prayer. (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. i. p. 114.) It is in 3 stanzas of 4 lines. In its original form it is not in frequent use; but stanza iii.—

" 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord,
Live by heaven and earth adored!'
Full of Thee they ever cry,
Glory be to God most high,'"

is sometimes used in centos, as in Mercer's version of "Sons of God, triumphant rise" (q.v.).

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d498

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d501

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d499

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #311

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #542

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A Collection of Hymns #539

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Harmonia Sacra #103

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #316

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #316

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #198

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The Lord's Songs #XXXIV

The Songs of Zion #d118

The Songs of Zion #d117

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