Wesley, John and Charles

1157. Thou tell'st me, O most gracious Lord. [from Hymns on the Four Gospels, and Acts of the Apostles. Including Such "Short Hymns" as Were Published in 1762.]

1868

"This unbelief remove, / And pardon on my conscience seal"

Jesus, I wait till Thou display
  In me Thy mercy's power;
Take mine iniquities away,
  And think of them no more:
Thou all Thy promises fulfil,
  This unbelief remove,
And pardon on my conscience seal
  And fill my soul with love.

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Text from The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>

More than 5,100 hymns written by Wesley for Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, with six books of material left (over 1,000 hymns) in manuscript. Unpublished were the hymns on the "Four Gospels and the Acts of Apostles."

04/19/2005