Ó amor, que aos mais excedes (2)

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 >

Translator: Manuel da Silveira Porto Filho

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Text Information

First Line: Ó amor, que aos mais excedes
Title: Ó amor, que aos mais excedes (2)
English Title: Love divine, all loves excelling
Author: Charles Wesley (1747)
Translator: Manuel da Silveira Porto Filho (1962)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Source: SH n.143
Language: Portuguese
Publication Date: 2019
Copyright: Adapt. Manoel da Silveira Porto Filho ©1975 Igreja Evangélica Fluminense. Salmos e Hinos. Usado com permissão

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BLAENWERN

Composed by William Penfro Rowlands (b. Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1860; d. Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1937) during the Welsh revival of 1904-1905, BLAENWERN was published in Henry H. Jones's Cân a Moliant (1915). The tune's name refers to a farm in Pembroke shire where Rowlands conval…

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