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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 FORTH in Thy name, O Lord, I go, My daily labour to pursue, Thee, only Thee resolved to know In all I think, or speak, or do. 2 The task Thy wisdom hath assign’d O let me cheerfully fulfil, In all my works Thy presence find, And prove Thine acceptable will. 3 Preserve me from my calling’s snare, And hide my simple heart above, Above the thorns of choking care, The gilded baits of worldly love. 4 Thee may I set at my right hand, Whose eyes mine inmost substance