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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...

1612. In the beginning was the Word, and the word,&c.—1:1–3. 1 THE Word, the uncreated Son, When finite things began to be, Existing, God with God alone, Thou wast from all eternity! There, in Thy Father’s bosom laid, Ineffably begot by Him, Thou wast, before the worlds were made, God independent and supreme. 2 All-wise, all-good, almighty Lord, God over all Thou always art, Jehovah’s everlasting Word, Spoken into Thy creature’s heart; With God essentially the same, Distinct in personality,