368 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED
forth his rich store of anecdotes, and generally closed the conversation with two or three verses of some hymn strikingly appropriate to the occasion. This faculty often astonished those who knew him best. His memory was a rich repository of his brother s hymns. That habit illustrates the heading, To be sung at the tea-table.
Hymn 685. Jesus is our common Lord.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 218. Receiving a Christian Friend.
These are the first two verses
1. Welcome friend, in that great name
Whence our every blessing flows, Enter, and increase the flame \Vhich in all our bosoms flows.
2. Sent of God, we thee receive :
Hail the providential guest ! If in Jesus we believe,
Let us on His mercies feast.
Then begins the hymn as given here.
In ver. 3 Charles Wesley wrote, Till we join the host above.
Hymn 686. Our friendship sanctify and guide. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749; Works, v. 409. Hymns for Christian Friends, No. 4 in a series of fifty-five. It begins
Author of friendship s sacred tie, Regard us with a gracious eye, Two souls whom Thou hast joined in one.
Half of the hymn is given here. In ver. 4 the original reading is In both Thy glorious self reveal, Both with the fire of love baptize.
Hymn 687. Come, let us ascend CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749; Works, v. 457. Hymns for Christian Friends, No. 41.
The last two verses are omitted.
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