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John Wesley (1703-1791)

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John Wesley

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1703 - 1791 ( 87 Years )

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TITLE/First Line/Refrain	SONGWRITERS	DATES	METER	VERSES
ABBA FATHER	Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad John Wesley	1729,1736,1739,1749	8 8 8 8 8 8	13
All that pass by To Jesus draw near	John Wesley		10 11 10 11	6
Author of life divine Who hast a table	John Wesley	1746	6 6 6 6 8 8	2
Before Jehovah's awful throne Ye nations bow with	Isaac Watts tr/ad John Wesley	1719,1737	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
Come O thou Prophet of the Lord Thou	John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	3
Commit thou all thy ways And griefs into	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley	1653,1739	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	6
DOING ALL THINGS TO GOD'S GLORY	George Herbert tr/ad John Wesley	1633,1738	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	6
Eternal depth of love divine In Jesus	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Eternal Power whose high abode Becomes	Isaac Watts tr/ad John Wesley	1706,1743	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Extended on a cursed tree Besmeared with	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley	1648,1740	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	9
Father if justly still we claim To us an	Henry More tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Father of all whose powerful voice Called forth	John Wesley	1742	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	15
Father Saviour of mankind Who hast on me	John Wesley		7 6 7 6 D	3
From all that dwell below the skies Let	Isaac Watts tr/ad John Wesley Robert Nelson Spencer Thomas (Bishop) Ken	1719,1780	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
Give to the winds thy fears Hope and be	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley	1656,1737	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	14
GIVING ALL TO CHRIST	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
GOD EXALTED ABOVE ALL PRAISE	Isaac Watts tr/ad John Wesley	1706,1743	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
God our Hope and Strength abiding	John Wesley		8 7 8 7 4 7 extended	6
Happy the souls that first believed To	John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	9
High on His everlasting throne The King	August Gottlieb Spangenberg tr/ad John Wesley	1737,1742	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6

Holy Lamb who thee receive Who in thee begin to	Anna Schindler Dober tr/ad John Wesley	1735,1740	7 7 7 7	9
How happy is the pilgrim's lot How free	John Wesley	1747	8 8 6 8 8 6	10
How weak the thoughts and vain Of self	Charles Wesley tr/ad John Wesley	1750-03-08	6 6 7 7 7 7	7
I thank Thee uncreated Sun That Thy	Unknown tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	1
I thirst thou wounded Lamb of God	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley	1740	8 8 8 8 (L.M.) extended	8
Into Thy gracious hands I fall	Wolfgang Christoph Dessler (Deszler) tr/ad John Wesley	1692,1739	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
JEHOVAH'S SOVEREIGNTY	John Wesley	1742	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	15
Jesu thy boundless love to me	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	9
Jesu whose glory's streaming rays	Unknown tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Jesus Thy blood and righteousness My beauty are	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley	1739,1740	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	11
Jesus Thy boundless love to me No thought can	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley	1653,1739	8 8 8 8 8 8	17
Jesus Thy robe of righteousness	Leona von Brethorst tr/ad John Wesley		8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)	None
Jesus Your blood and righteousness	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley Jubilate Hymns	©1739,1760 Jubilate Hymns	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	None
Let the beasts their breath resign	John Wesley		7 7 7 7 D	4
Lo God is here let us adore And own how	Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad John Wesley	1729,1739	8 8 8 8 8 8	7
Lo God is here let us adore And own how dreadful	Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad John Wesley	1729	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
Lord Jesus Thy great love to me	John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	3
Lord Thou hast drawn us after Thee	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	None
Messiah Prince of peace Where men each	John Wesley tr/ad Charles Wesley	1762	6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)	3
My Saviour how shall I proclaim How pay the mighty	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4

My Saviour Thou THy love to me In shame	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	5
My soul before Thee prostrate lies To	Christian Friedrich Richter tr/ad John Wesley	1737	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Now I have found the ground wherein Sure my soul’s	Johann Andreas Rothe tr/ad John Wesley	1727,1740	8 8 8 8 8 8	6
O come Thou stricken Lamb of God	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
O glorious hope of perfect love It lifts me up to	John Wesley tr/ad Charles Wesley	1742	8 8 6 8 8 6 extended	5
O God my God my all thou art Ere shines	Spanish tr/ad John Wesley	1738	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	9
O God of God in whom combine The heights	German tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	6
O God of good the unfathomed sea Who	Johann (Angelus Silesius) Scheffler tr/ad John Wesley	1668,1739	8 8 8 8 8 8	8
O God thou bottomless abyss Thee to	Ernst Lange tr/ad John Wesley	1714,1737	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	12
O God Thy being who can sound	Ernst Lange tr/ad John Wesley Rupert E. Davies		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
O God what offering shall I give To Thee	Johann Joachim Lange tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	6
O Jesu source of calm repose Thy like	German tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	6
O Lord enlarge our scanty thought	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad Johann Nitschmann Anna Nitschmann John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
O Lord Thy rich Thy boundless love No	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	3
O Thou before the world began Ordained a	Charles Wesley tr/ad John Wesley	1745	8 8 8 8 8 8	3
O Thou to Whose all searching sight The darkness	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley	1721,1738	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
On all the earth Thy Spirit shower The earth in	Henry More tr/ad John Wesley	1668,1780	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
PERFECT LOVE	John Wesley tr/ad Charles Wesley	1742	8 8 6 8 8 6 extended	5
PRAISE THE LORD	Isaac Watts tr/ad John Wesley Robert Nelson Spencer Thomas (Bishop) Ken	1719,1780	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
PRAYER FOR GRACE	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley	1721,1738	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10

Put thou thy trust in God In duty's path	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley	1656,1739,1836	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	6
Regardless now of things below	German tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	4
Rejoice evermore With angels above	John Wesley		10 11 10 11	5
Saviour the world's and mine Was ever	John Wesley		6 6 7 7 7 7	6
Servant of God well done Thy glorious	John Wesley	1770	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	8
Shall I for fear of feeble man The Spirit’s course	Johann Joseph Winckler tr/ad John Wesley	1708,1739	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
Shrinking from the cold hand of death	John Wesley		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Sinners rejoice your peace is made	John Wesley tr/ad Charles Wesley	1762,1796	8 8 8 8 8 8	6
Stupendous love of God most high	John Wesley		8 8 8 6 D	5
SURELY THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE	Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad John Wesley	1729	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
Surrounded by a host of foes Stormed by	John Wesley tr/ad Charles Wesley	1749	8 8 8 8 8 8	4
Teach me my God and King In all things to see	George Herbert tr/ad John Wesley	1633,1738	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	6
THE LORD IS GOD ALONE	Isaac Watts tr/ad John Wesley	1719,1737	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
Thee will I love my strength my tower Thee will I	Johann (Angelus Silesius) Scheffler tr/ad John Wesley	1657,1739	8 8 8 8 8 8	9
Thou hidden love of God Whose height Whose depth	Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad John Wesley	1729,1736,1739,1749	8 8 8 8 8 8	13
Thou Jesu art our King Thy ceaseless	Unknown tr/ad John Wesley		6 6 7 7 7 7	12
Thou to whose all searching sight	Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad John Wesley	1721,1758	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
Thou true and only God lead'st forth	Ernst Lange tr/ad John Wesley	1714,1737	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	12
Through waves through clouds and	Paul Gerhardt tr/ad John Wesley		6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	5
To God the Father Son And Spirit Three in One	John Wesley	1741	6 6 6 6 6 6	1
Unchangeable all perfect Lord Essential	Ernst Lange tr/ad John Wesley		8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)	3
Unclean of life and heart unclean	John Wesley		8 8 8 8 8 8	3
We lift our hearts to Thee O Day Star	John Wesley	1741	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	9
What could your Redeemer do	John Wesley		7 7 7 7 D	4
What shall we offer our good Lord	August Gottlieb Spangenberg tr/ad John Wesley	1737,1742,1780	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7