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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 8 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 THOU, Lord, our dwelling-place hast been, Thy faithful people rest within Thine everlasting arms secure; Them Thou hast kept in ages past, And still their guardian-Rock stands fast, Thy mercies like Thyself endure. 2 Ere at Thy word the mountains rose, Or nature felt her earliest throes, Or all things out of nothing came; Thou wast from all eternity, Thou art the God, and still shalt be To all eternity the same. 3 Thy word dispenses life and death: The creature rendering up his breath