Quão insondável é o amor.

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: João Gomes da Rocha

Born in Rio de Janeiro on March 14, 1861, the son of Brazilian parents, he was later adopted by Dr. Robert Reid Kalley and Sarah Poulton, English missionaries to Brazil who founded Igreja Evangélical Fluminense. The Kalley's worked on Salmos e Hinos, the first Brazilian evangelical hymnal. Rocha helped to complete the hymnal. [Source?] Go to person page >

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First Line: Quão insondável é o amor
Title: Quão insondável é o amor.
English Title: O love divine, how sweet thou art!
Author: Charles Wesley (1749)
Translator: João Gomes da Rocha (1898)
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
Source: SH n. 43
Language: Portuguese
Publication Date: 2019
Copyright: Português: João Gomes da Rocha ©1975 Igreja Evangélica Fluminense.Salmos e Hinos. Usado com permissão

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