Delight in the Word

When quiet in my house I sit

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 92 hymnals

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1 When quiet in my house I sit,
Thy book be my companion still;
My joy Thy sayings to repeat,
Talk o'er the records of Thy will,
And search the oracles divine,
Till every heart-felt word be mine.

2 O may the gracious words divine
Subject of all my converse be;
So will the Lord his follower join,
And walk and talk himself with me.
So shall my heart his presence prove,
And burn with everlasting love.

3 Oft as I lay me down to rest,
O may the reconciling word
Sweetly compose my weary breast;
While on the bosom of my Lord
I sink in blissful dreams away,
And visions of eternal day.

4 Rising to sing my Saviour's praise,
Thee may I publish all day long;
And let thy precious word of grace
Flow from my heart, and fill my tongue;
Fill all my life with purest love,
And join me to the Church above.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #351

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: When quiet in my house I sit
Title: Delight in the Word
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d625

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d951

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d958

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d958

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #1006

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d380

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #687

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #499

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #499

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d655

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #328

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A Collection of Hymns #L312

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A Collection of Hymns #499

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A Collection of Hymns #327

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #572

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #572

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #139

A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d324

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A Pocket Hymn Book #HXVIII

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #CCXLVIII

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A Pocket Hymn-book #248

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #CCXLVIII

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #723

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #826

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #299

Family and Social Melodies #d389

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Free Methodist Hymnal #131

Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d365

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d556

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #728

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #728

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #291

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #291

Hymnal of the United States Artillery Corps #d103

Hymnal of the United States Infantry #d115

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d485

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #927

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #927

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Hymns for Christian Melody #551

Hymns for Schools and Families #d552

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #534

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d539

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #687

Hymns of the Christian Life. Rev. ed. #d532

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d858

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #187

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Methodist Hymn-Book #641

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New Hymn and Tune book #277a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #277a

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d268

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d271

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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs #74

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Sacred Poetry #366

Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part I #d268

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Songs of Pilgrimage #231

Spiritual Melodies #d355

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d418

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #435

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #351

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d463

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #723

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The Baptist Harp #16

The Bible Hymn Book #d279

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The Centenary Singer #205

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d412

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d404

The Choral #d251

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The Christian Hymnal #360

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The Cyber Hymnal #7649

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #97

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The Gospel Psalmist #625

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d359

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The Heart and Voice #261b

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #185

The Latter-Day Saint's Psalmody. lst ed. #d60

The Latter-Day Saints' Psalmody. 2nd ed. #ad60

The Latter-Day Saints' Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aad60

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #310

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d290

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d295

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #CCCIII

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The New Harmonia Sacra #181a

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The Song Companion to the Scriptures #120

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #131

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