We bow before thy gracious throne

We bow before thy gracious throne

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 7 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: We bow before thy gracious throne
Author: Charles Wesley
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

We bow before Thy gracious Throne. This, in the American Unitarian Hymns for the Church of Christ, 1853, No. 518, is a cento from two hymns by C. Wesley, st. i., iv. being from "Thou Son of God, Whose flaming eye"; and stanzas ii., iii. from "Come, O Thou all-victorious Lord, as in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Hymns for Public Worship #432

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #518

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #518

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The Choice #H301

The Choice #H301

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #68

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D407

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