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• My Heart is Full of Christ, by John Wesley

  
  Sun and Shield — Authority: 124
  My heart is full of Christ, and longs Its glorious matter to declare! Of Him I make my loftier song, I cannot from His praise forbear; My ready tongue makes haste to sing The glories of my heavenly King. Fairer than all the earth-born race, Perfect in comeliness Thou art; Replenished are Thy lips with grace, And full ...
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• A Mostly Forgotten Christmas Hymn, by Charles Wesley

  
  Sun and Shield — Authority: 124
  Where is the holy Heav’n-born Child, Heir of the everlasting throne, Who Heav’n and earth hath reconciled, And God and man rejoined in one? Shall we of earthly kings inquire, To courts or palaces repair? The nation’s Hope, the world’s Desire, Alas! we cannot find Him there. Shall learning show the sinner’s ...
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• Advent: Liszt and the death of Death

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Culture Blog — Authority: 587
  Of the four pieces discussed over the past four weeks only Franz Liszt’s Ave Maria has a specifically religious title – or even two, because its subtitle ‘The Bells of Rome‘ reminds us of the denominational flavour of Liszt’s faith. Indeed, he was a personal friend of Pope Pius IX and wrote to a [...]
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• When children are happy and lonely and good

  
  TCM's Classic Movie Blog — Authority: 497
  There are a sackful of ways to celebrate, or at least appreciate, Christmas but as I grow older and less dependent on the acquisitive bells and whistles of the Yuletide I grow more interested in the holiday as a popular meditation on the challenges presented to our collective sense of perception.  Hymns and carols ...
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• Hark the What?

  
  NineteenTeen — Authority: 114
  Christmas is only a week away! My thoughts are turning to cookies and stockings and presents. And music! There’s nothing quite like a Christmas carol, whether sung off-key by a group of three-year-olds at a church pageant or in soaring harmony by a talented multi-voice choir in a major concert hall. But for the ...
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• Hark The Herald Angels Sing

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 553
  Charles Wesley would have been 302 today. He wrote the lyrics for this:
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• December 18 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 553
  On December 18: 1271  Kublai Khan renamed his empire “Yuan” (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and China . 1620 – The Mayflower landed in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts with 102 Pilgrims on board. Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William ...
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• More than a Hymn-Writer: Charles Wesley the Evangelist

  
  Lex Loizides' Blog — Authority: 115
  Charles Wesley, Hymn-writer and Evangelist Charles Wesley is mainly remembered for his excellent poetic gift. This gift, thoroughly saturated in Scripture, produced some of the church’s best-loved hymns. If you are in an English speaking church context it is quite likely that you recognize these well known ...
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• Father, God, We Glorify by Charles Wesley

  
  Sun and Shield — Authority: 124
  Father, God, we glorify Thy love to Adam’s seed; Love that gave Thy Son to die, And raised Him from the dead: Him, for our offenses slain, That we all might pardon find, Thou hast brought to life again, The Savior of mankind. By Thy own right hand of power Thou hast exalted Him, Sent the mighty Conqueror Thy people ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hymn of the day

  
  connexions — Authority: 527
  Let earth and heaven combine,Angels and men agree,To praise in songs divineThe incarnate Deity,Our God contracted to a span,Incomprehensibly made Man.He laid His glory by,He wrapped Him in our clay;Unmarked by human eye,The latent Godhead lay;Infant of days He here became,And bore the mild Immanuel’s ...
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• Eucharist in the Wesleys hymns

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 965
  The notion of sacrifice in Holy Communion was of profound significance to the Methodist brothers, says Christopher Howse.
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• Sundays Hymn

  
  Rebecca Writes — Authority: 127
  Hark the Herald Angel’s Sing Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th’angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Refrain Hark! the ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Hymn to the Trinity, by Charles Wesley

  
  Sun and Shield — Authority: 124
  Hail, co-essential Three, In mystic Unity! Father, Son, and Spirit, hail! God by Heaven and earth adored, God incomprehensible; One supreme, almighty Lord, One supreme, almighty Lord. Thou sittest on the throne, Plurality in One; Saints behold Thine open face, Bright, insufferably bright; Angels tremble as they gaze, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hymn of the day

  
  connexions — Authority: 527
  Jesus comes with all his grace,Comes to save a fallen race,Object of our glorious hope,Jesus comes to lift us up!Alleluia!Let the living stones cry out!Let the sons of Abraham shout!Praise we all our lowly King,Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing!Alleluia!He hath our salvation wrought,He our captive souls hath ...
  3 weeks ago

• Glory to God, Whose Sovereign Grace

  
  Sun and Shield — Authority: 124
  Glory to God, whose sovereign grace Hath animated senseless stones; Called us to stand before His face, And raised us into Abraham’s sons! The people that in darkness lay, In sin and error’s deadly shade, Have seen a glorious gospel day, In Jesus’ lovely face displayed. Thou only, Lord, the work hast done, And ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hymn of the day

  
  connexions — Authority: 527
  Come, Thou long expected JesusBorn to set thy people free;From our fears and sins release us,Let us find our rest in thee.Israel’s strength and consolation,Hope of all the earth thou art;Dear desire of every nation,Joy of every longing heart.Born thy people to deliver,Born a child and yet a King,Born to reign in us ...
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• In View of God’s Mercy

  
  GRACE & PEACE — Authority: 123
  Source: Red Mountain Music       Words: Depth of Mercy Written by: Charles Wesley , 1740
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• Hymn of the day

  
  connexions — Authority: 527
  Jesus — the name high over all,in hell or earth or sky;angels and men before it fall,and devils fear and fly.Jesus — the name to sinners dear,The name to sinners given!It scatters all their guilty fear,it turns their hell to heaven.Jesus — the prisoner’s fetters breaks,And bruises Satan’s head;Power into ...
  5 weeks ago

• Depth of Mercy

  
  The Ramblings of Hughbo — Authority: 116
  Have you heard of Red Mountain Music ? They’re based in the States and put old hymns, often not very well known ones to new music… Here’s what they say: The title for our cd, “Depth of Mercy” comes from one of our favorite songs. Our hope is that Christ continues to pour out His mercy over us every ...
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