Enjoy these forgotten Charles Wesley Hymns with lyrics that are very rareโ€ฆ written in the 18th Century. You can jump to a certain โ€ฆ

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  1. Love these hymns I grew up with in South Africa. 1950's, boarding school twice a Sunday and Religious instruction as a school subject. Psalm and short verse hymn to start school day. Precious memories.

  2. I know the hymns but not to those tunes (which I also know).

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  3. I love the speed you guys sing. I was in choir for over 20 yrs. Our choir director would always avoid letting songs drag on. It was a large church with a lot of musical talent and a full orchestra.

  4. Thanks for putting this together. I grew up in a Methodist church in the UK where we sang most of these, but only one (Christ the Lord is risen today) to the same tune as this collection! These are the tunes we used:

    O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing: Richmond or Lyngham

    1:37 Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus: Stuttgart (Anglicans prefer 'Cross of Jesus')

    3:21 Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending: Helmsley

    5:47 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling: Blaenwern

    9:18 Rejoice, the Lord is King: Gopsal

    10:47 Christ the Lord is Risen Today

    13:09 Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild: Innocents

    15:40 A Charge to Keep I Have: Cambridge

    18:10 Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies: Heathlands (Anglicans use Ratisbon, as here)

    20:08 Depth of Mercy! Can There Be: don't know this one. We sang the tune, 'Simplicity' to 'Lord that I may learn of thee'

    22:59 Ye Servants of God: Laudate Dominum (Parry)

    25:47 Soldiers of Christ, Arise: From Strength to Strength

    28:12 Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Aberystwyth (Anglicans often use 'Hollingside')

    So what was missing (for me) from this collection?

    O Thou who camest from above (Hereford or Wilton)
    Forth in thy Name (Antwerp)
    Jesus we thus obey (St Augustine)
    My heart is full of Christ (Worsley)
    Father of everlasting grace (Stamford)
    Glory be to God on high (Amsterdam)
    Christ from whom all blessings flow (Vienna)

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