The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated/Original Sources of the Wesley Hymns
ORIGINAL SOURCES OF THE WESLEY HYMNS IN THE METHODIST HYMN- BOOK 1
��(The following notes indicate the works in which the several hymns were first printed.)
I. Poems on Several Occasions. By Samuel Wesley, M.A. [Jim.]. 1736.
Nos. 635, 822.
II. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns. (Charlestown) 1737. Nos. 38, 39, 158, 475, 571.
III. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns. (London) 1738. No. 429.
IV. Hymns and Sacred Poems. 1739.
Nos. 16, 36, 63, 69, 115, 122, 135, 170, 181, 21 r, 214, 219, 234,
245, 306, 307, 312. 358, 360, 414, 4 5 421, 427, 459- 467, 474. 475, 480, 481, 502, 521, 524, 526, 531, 547, 564, 583, 584, 653.
V. Hymns and Sacred Poems. 1740.
Nos. I, 31, 93, 106, 142, 194, 212, 250, 256, 257, 271, 308, 310, 311, 321, 328, 333, 345, 351, 352, 362, 365, 366, 370, 381, 419, 422, SIS. 5!6, S3 2 , 533. 534. 535, 537, 552, 630, 688, 689, 691, 713, 740, 741, 742, 743, 771, 904, 912, 965, 968.
VI. Hymns on God s Everlasting Love, 1741 and N.D.
Nos. 65, 99 (n.d.), 136, 159, 272, 273, 274 (n.d.), 283, 291 (n.d.), 325, (n.d.), 340,435 (n.d.).
1 This list has been put into my hands by the Rev. Richard Green: It represents an enormous amount of research, and will be of real service to students of the Wesley Hymns.
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��VII. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns. 1741, 2nd Ed. 1743. Nos. 350 (1741), 26, 76, 176, 186, 210, 399, 654, 675, 677, 905,
928.
VIII. Hymns and Sacred Poems. 1742.
Nos. 12, 42, 43, 44, 160, 232, 236, 285, 323, 334, 337, 341, 344,
353. 355. 3 6 3. 367, 37*, 393. 397. 420, 424, 4 2 5. 436, 437. 438, 445> 446, 449, 450, 468, 477, 498, 503, 529, 536, 543, 544, 545, 548, 549, 553. 554, 555. 55$. 57. 574, 597, 676, 683, 685, 690, 694, 711, 726, 744, 752, 753, 787, 791, 827, 828, 839, 879, 880, 935.
IX. Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution. 1 744. No. 388. Ditto, 2nd Ed. 1745. No. 386.
X. A Short Vierv of the Difference between the Moravian Brethren, lately in England, and the Reverend Mr. John and Charles Wesley. 1745. (Six hymns appended.)
No. 348.
XL Hymns on the Lord s Supper. 1745.
Nos. 167, 190, 562, 592, 593, 701, 727, 729, 730, 731, 732, 801, 802, 849.
XII. Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord. 1745. Nos. 133, 134, 198, I99t 979-
XIII. Hymns for our Lord s Resurrection. 1746. Nos. 213, 259.
XIV. Hymns for Ascension Day. 1746. Nos. 185, 191.
XV. Hymns for the Watchnight. 1746. Nos. 11,201, 840, 936.
XVI. Hymns of Petition and Thanksgiving for the Promise of the Father. (Hymns for Whit Sunday.) 1746.
Nos. 230, 231, 239, 240, 241, 342, 346, 707.
XVII. Funeral Hymns. (First Series, 1746.)
Nos. 831, 848. (Second Series, 1759.) Nos. 618, 805, 857.
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XVIII. Hymns for those that seek and t/iose thai have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ. 1747.
Nos. 30, 33, 216, 217, 270, 277, 279, 282, 295, 296, 303, 320, 426, 465, S OI > 5 8 7 610, 612, 681, 714, 793, 794, 830.
XIX. Hymns and Sacred Poems. 2 vols. 1749.
Nos. 64, 66, 98, 107, 116, 140, 143, 161, 218, 275, 276, 281, 284, 297. 3S 309, 314, 318, 319, 322, 335, 338, 339, 349, 359, 364, 368, 382, 390, 391, 411, 416, 433, 434, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 447, 464, 469, 470, 471, 482,496, 499, 500, 512, 517, 519, 546, 550, 551, 563, 565, 585, 586, 594, 595, 598, 601, 613, 614, 656, 6S6, 687, 692, 693. 6 95. 6 97> 698, 699, 7oo, 2 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 3 710, 712, 724, 772, 777>t 7S5, 786, 788, 789, 790, 792, 795, 829, 832, 842, 895, 896, 913. 932.
XX. Hymns for Xe\j Year s Dav. 1750. Nos. 226, 930, 931.
XXI. Hymns occasioned l>y the Earthquake. 1750. No. 847.
XXII. Hymns of Intercession for all l\[ankind. 1758. Xi-s. 2OO, 715.
XXIII. Hymns on the Expected Invasion. 1759. No. 227.
XXIV. Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. 2 vols. 1762.
Nos. 15, 46, 55, 67, 121, 179, 192, 258, 260, 264, 313, 336, 354, 387, 392, 408, 423, 448, 513, 523, 527, 528, 530, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 556, 557, 5 6 , 5 6l > 572, 573. 5 80 . 5 Sl i 5 82 , 5 8 8, 589, 590, 591, 596, 604, 611, 631, 745, 773, 775, 776, 796, 823, 825, 973.
Some of these were aftcnvards extended by verses left in manuscript by Charles Wesley.
1 First published in A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion. Part I. 1745.
2 First published in An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion. 1743, 2nd Ed.
3 First published at the end of the first edition of the Rules of the United Societies. 1743.
�� � XXV. Hymns for Children. 1763.
Nos. 32, 40, 47, 56, 73, 77, 82, 315, 634, 841, 893, 894.
XXVI. Hymns for the Use of Families and on Various Occasions. 1767.
Nos. 18, 151, 301, 302, 324, 472, 473, 525, 559, 599, 600, 682, 684, 696.
XXVII. Hymns on the Trinity. 1767. Nos. 34, 35, 61, 261, 278.
XXVIII. Hymns left in Manuscript by the Author.
Nos. 53, 88, 120, 126, 137, 141, 153, 196, 215, 222, 224, 266, 289, 290, 292, 326, 372, 373, 394, 451, 452, 457, 483, 617, 651, 672, 678, 722, 755. 756, 75 8 759. 821, 966.
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