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The poetical publications of John and Charles Wesley originally appeared at various intervals during a span of fifty-three years. G. Osborn has collected, arranged, and provided notes for all of these important poems and hymns. Many of these works, especially those of Charles Wesley’s (whose work makes up the bulk of this collection), were never before published or published anonymously. Charles...

From the same.† 1 SHALL I, for fear of feeble man, Thy Spirit’s course in me restrain? Or, undismay’d, in deed and word Be a true witness to my Lord? 2 Awed by a mortal’s frown, shall I Conceal the word of God Most High? How then before Thee shall I dare To stand, or how Thy anger bear? 3 Shall I, to soothe the’ unholy throng, Soften Thy truths, and smooth my tongue? To gain earth’s gilded toys, or flee The cross, endured, my God, by Thee? 4 What then is he whose scorn I dread,