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Resurrection," by C. Wesley, 1746 ; "Hymns of Petition and Thanksgiving for the promise of the Father," J. and C. Wesley, 1746 ; " Hymns for the Public Thanksgiving Day, October 9th, 1716," by C. Wesley; " Hymn to the Trinity," by C. Wesley, 1746; "Graces before and after Meat," by C. Wesley, about 1746 ; " Hymns for New Years Day," J. and C. Wesley, 1750, and several other years to 1788 ; " Hymns occasioned by the Earthquake in 1750," by C. Wesley ; " Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of real Christians of every denomination," by J. and C. Wesley, 1753 ; " Hymns of Intercession for all man kind, by C.Wesley, 1758 ; " Hymns on the Expected Invasion," by C. Wesley, 17-39 ; " Funeral Hymns," by C. Wesley, 1759; " Hymns for those to whom Christ is All in All," by C. W T esley, 1761 ; " Hymns to be used on the Thanksgiving day, November 29th, 1759," by C. Wesley ; " Hymns for the use of the Metho dist Preachers," by C. Wesley, given in J. Wesley s " Reasons against a Separation from the Church of England," 1760; " Short Hymns on select passages of the Holy Scriptures, by C. Wesley, 1762. This is an extensive work. In the first edition there were 2,145 hymns, and some of considerable length, though the majority are in accordance with the title of the work. This work is said to have been revised by the author eight times after it was finished. " Hymns for Children and others of riper years," by J. and C. Wesley, 1763 ; "Elegy on the late Rev. George Whitefield," by C. Wesley, J771 ; " Preparation for Death," by C. Wesley, 1772; " Hymns for Families," by C. Wesley ; " Hymns written in the time of the Tumults, June, 1780, by C. Wesley ; " Hymns for the Nation, in 1782;" "Prayers for Condemned Malefactors," 1785, this was the last work he sent from the press, the prayers are given in hymns ; and also, a " Poetical Version of nearly the whole of the Psalms of David," by C. Wesley, recently discovered, and re-published in 1854.
Some of the above works consist of only a few pages, others of several hundred. They show that the poet was continually pro ducing new works, and it is recorded that he died almost in the
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