Many of those hymns are still in hymnals the world over today. Though not a doctor of medicine, John Wesley invented many cures for diseases he had, wrote a book on medicinal cures for the masses, and started clinics for the poor. If this were not enough to show him interested in medicine, he also experimented on the effects of electric shock to treat nervous disorders and treated thousands this way—none had adverse side effects from the treatments!
John Wesley preached in the open air to audiences estimated in the tens of thousands after Anglican pulpits were closed to him. Sometimes he began preaching at daybreak or even before daybreak, and regularly he preached three times a day.
In turn, Wesley read everything Franklin wrote on the physics of electricity , then wrote his own treatise on electricity. The two men never met! For all the power of his eyes and voice, John Wesley measured five-feet-three inches tall and weighed pounds! Click here for reprint information on Christian History. Sections Home. Bible Coronavirus Prayer. How happy is the pilgrim's lot.
How weak the thoughts and vain. I call the world's Redeemer mine. I come, thou wounded Lamb of God. I thirst, thou wounded Lamb of God. I'll praise my Maker with my breath. Into thy gracious hands I fall. Is there a thing beneath the sun. Jesus, be endless praise to thee. Jesus, I know, hath died for me. Jesus, let thy sufferings ease us. Jesus, my Savior, Brother, Friend. Jesus, the Lord, our righteousness.
Jesus, thou source of calm repose. Jesus, thou wounded Lamb of God. Jesus, Thy boundless love to me. Jesus, thy blood and righteousness. Jesus, thy spotless righteousness. Jesus, what offering shall I give. Jesus, whose glory's streaming rays. He comes with clouds descending, Once for guilty sinners slain.
Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Bid us now depart in peace. Lord, I am not mine, but yours alone. Lord, I believe thy precious blood. Lord, I believe were sinners more. Lord, take my heart, and let it be. Lord, thy imputed righteousness. Meek, patient Lamb of God, to thee.
Monarch of all, with humble fear. More hard than marble is my heart. My God, the spring of all my joys. My Savior, how shall I proclaim. My soul before thee prostrate lies. Now I have found the ground wherein. Now I have found the sure foundation. Now, O my God, thou hast my soul. Now to the Lord a noble song! Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue. O come, thou stricken Lamb of God. O come, thou wounded Lamb of God. O glorious hope of perfect love. O God of good, the unfathomed sea.
Our God, our help in ages past. O God, thou sovereign Lord of all. O God, what offering shall I give. O Jesus, we adore Thee, Upon the cross our King. O King of glory, thy rich grace.
O Lord, enlarge our scanty thought. O Lord, within thy sacred gates. O love, how cheering is thy ray. O love, thy sovereign aid impart. O Sun of righteousness, arise With healing in thy wing.
O Thou, to whose all-searching sight. O thou who all things canst control. On all the earth thy Spirit shower. Our Lord is risen from the dead, Our Jesus is gone up on high. Parent of good, Thy bounteous hand. Regardless now of things below. Riches unsearchable in Jesu's love we know. He suffered from mental illness. Many early hymns contained more than a dozen stanzas. Brother John Wesley included only 12 of these in his hymnbook—and he divided them into 3 separate hymns.
In eighteenth-century England, many hymns contained rhyming words that no longer rhyme today. For example, join could rhyme with divine or thine ; and convert could rhyme with art. And it contained no texts by Charles Wesley. His Psalms of David went through 31 editions in its first 50 years, including a reprinting issued by Benjamin Franklin. But Charles Wesley wrote 8, Though not usually known for writing hymns, John Wesley did write several original hymns, and he translated many from German.
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