Duty of a Master to His Family

I and my house will serve the Lord

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: WILLOUGHBY
Published in 65 hymnals

Representative Text

1 I and my house will serve the Lord:
But first obedient to thy word
I must myself appear:
By actions, words, and tempers, slow
That I my heavenly Master know,
And serve with heart sincere.

2 I must the good example set
To those that on my pleasure wait;
The stumbling-block remove;
Their duty by my life explain,
And still in all my works maintain
The dignity of love.

3 Easy to be entreated, mmild,
Quickly appeas'd and reconcil'd,
A foll'wer of my God:
A saint indeed I long to be,
And wish to lead my family
In the celestial road.

4 A sinner sav'd myself from sin,
I strive my family to win,
That they may be forgiven;
The children, Lord, and servants bless,
And through the paths of righteousness
Conduct us all to heaven.



Source: Hymns, Selected and Original: for public and private worship (1st ed.) #660

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: I and my house will serve the Lord
Title: Duty of a Master to His Family
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d235

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Including the Whole Collection of the Rev. J. Wesley #ad235

A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d99

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d353

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d354

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d353

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #1020

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #626

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #516

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #516

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d246

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d231

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #472

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #472

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A Collection of Hymns #516

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A Collection of Hymns #468

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #558

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #906

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Baptist Hymn Book #a421

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d320

Family and Social Melodies #d155

Family Hymns #d116

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Free Methodist Hymnal #685

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #752

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #752

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #573

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #573

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Hymns for Christian Melody #546

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d208

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #626

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #660

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d341

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Hymns, Selected and Original #660

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Hymns #660

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Hymns #660

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Hymns #660

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Hymns #660

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d334

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Methodist Hymn-Book #795

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New Hymn and Tune book #307d

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New Hymn and Tune Book #307d

Seamen's Devotional Assistant and Mariners' Hymns (American Seamen's Friend Society) #d193

Spiritual Melodies #d134

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d152

Spiritual Songs and Hymns, for Use in All Gospel Services #d195

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d185

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The Baptist Harp #77

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The Baptist Hymn Book #421

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The Harp #890

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a890

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The Heart and Voice #285c

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #370

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #550

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #776

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d111

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d113

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

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H466

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #685

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