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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 5 is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

1 JESU, great Shepherd of the sheep, To Thee for help we fly; Thy little flock in safety keep, For O! the wolf is nigh. 2 He comes of hellish malice full, To scatter, tear, and slay; He seizes every straggling soul, As his own lawful prey. 3 Us into Thy protection take, And gather with Thine arm; Unless the fold we first forsake, The wolf can never harm. 4 We laugh to scorn his cruel power, While at our Shepherd’s side; The sheep he never can devour, Unless he first