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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 6 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 strength, O Lord, we go, Forth in Thy steps and loving mind, To pay the gospel-debt we owe, (The word of grace for all mankind,) To sow the’ incorruptible seed, And find the lost, and wake the dead. 2 The wandering sheep of England’s fold Demand our first and tenderest care, Who under sin and Satan sold Usurp the Christian character, The Christian character profane, And take Thy church’s name in vain, 3 Or shameless advocates for hell, Their crimes they Sodom-like confess;