226 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED
wandering from your God ? " The answer was, " Yes, indeed I am." Thereupon I had the great privilege of dealing with an anxious soul.
Next Sunday we not only sang the hymn, but I preached specially to weary wanderers. The following day an old man grasped my hand as I entered his cell, and in an earnest and solemn voice said, "When the great day comes there will be found a soul among the redeemed, brought there through that hymn we sang yesterday, for, he continued, " when you read out, Weary of wandering from my God, I said, That s me. I m weary, and I m made ready to return, and," he added, " come back to my God I have."
Hymn 339. Jesus, I believe Thee near ! CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749 ; Works, iv. 416. For one fallen from grace. Ver. 3 is omitted.
In ver. 3 Charles Wesley wrote, Monument of Thy power to save.
Hymn 340. O tis enough, my God, my God !
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns on God s Everlasting Love, Bristol, 1741 ; Works, iii. 18. Eleven verses. Nine verses were given in No. I of the Arminian Magazine, headed Salvation depends not on absolute decrees.
Hymn 341. I will hearken what the Lord. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 264. Waiting for Christ the Prophet. The last verse is omitted.
Hymn 342. Come, holy celestial Dove.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns of Petition and Thanksgiving for the Promise of the Father, 1746; Works, iv. 195. Two verses omitted.
Hymn 343. O for a closer walk with God.
WILLIAM COWPER (60).
In Conyers Collection, 1772. It is based on Gen. v. 24, and in Olney Hymns is headed Walking with God.
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