Come, ye followers of the Lord, In Jesus' service join

Come, ye followers of the Lord, In Jesus' service join

Alterer: W. S.; Alterer: H. B.; Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 23 hymnals

Alterer: W. S.

Sanders, William, a Primitive Methodist minister, who was alive in 1881, but concerning whom we have no later information, left the home connexion after some years of labour, and undertook pastoral duty at Pottsville, U.S.A., in 1838. In the early days of the Primitive Methodist movement Sanders assisted H. Bourne (p. 165, i.) in compiling the hymn-books for the use of the Connexion. In hymn-writing they often worked together, and numerous hymns in the old collections of the denomination are signed jointly as, "H. B. & W. S.," and again as “W. S. & H. B." In the Primitive Methodist Hymnal of 1887 the following hymns are by him from the Collection of Hymns for Camp Meetings, &c, 1821, in which they are signed "W. S.":— 1. Behold, what… Go to person page >

Alterer: H. B.

Bourne, Hugh, the principal founder of the Primitive Methodist Society, and the editor of their first hymn-books, was born at Fordhays, Stoke-on-Trent, April 3, 1772. His father, Joseph Bourne, a person in humble circumstances, was a member of the Church of England, whilst his mother belonged to the Wesleyan Society. His education, for his circumstances, was fairly good; and by earnest application to study he acquired some knowledge of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. His mind was of a strongly devotional cast, and the Methodist movement of those days had such attractions for him that he joined himself thereto in 1709. The following year he went to reside near the Mow Cop Colliery, near Burslem, where he had secured an engagement. There, with two… Go to person page >

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Come, ye followers of the Lord, In Jesus' service join
Author: Charles Wesley
Alterer: W. S.
Alterer: H. B.
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Come, ye followers of the Lord. C. Wesley. [Prayer.] One of six hymns which were first published in 1745, at the end of a Tract entitled, A Short View of the Difference between the Moravian Brethren lately in England, and the Rev. Mr. John & Charles Wesley. It was also given in Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1749, vol. ii., No. 28, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines. When included in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, No 286, the last stanza was omitted. In this form it is found in several collections. Original text in Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. v. p. 177.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d106

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Including the Whole Collection of the Rev. J. Wesley #ad106

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d151

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d152

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d151

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #915

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #171

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #171

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d106

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #295

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A Collection of Hymns #L284

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A Collection of Hymns #171

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A Collection of Hymns #294

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d44

A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, Designed as a Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 3rd ed. #d46

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d84

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #389

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #389

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d141

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Methodist Hymn-Book #413

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Methodist Tune Book #257

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #513

The Sacred Lyre #d65

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