My soul and all its powers

My soul and all its powers

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: WARSAW (Clark)
Published in 7 hymnals

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: My soul and all its powers
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

My soul and all its powers. A cento from "God of my life, to Thee," p. 435, ii.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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David's Harp #137

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #340

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #472

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #472

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #200

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #267

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d467

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