Come, let us join our friends above

One family we dwell in him

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 4 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: One family we dwell in him
Title: Come, let us join our friends above
Author: Charles Wesley
Copyright: Public Domain

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Mother's Hymn Book . New ed. #d104

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d323

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The Mother's Hymn Book #125

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The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #175

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