428 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED
Wesley held his first watchnight in London on April 9, 1742. He says, There is generally a deep awe upon the congregation, perhaps in some measure owing to the silence of the night, particularly in singing the hymn, with which we commonly conclude
Hearken to the solemn voice.
Hymn 840. Thou Judge of quick and dead.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns for the Watchnighl (1746?), No. 2; Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749 ; Works, v. 260. One verse is omitted.
Hymn 841. O Thou who wouldst not have.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns for Children, 1763; Works, vi. 426. No. 59, And am I born to die. Six verses. The last two are given here in four-line verses.
In ver. 3, Spend my life s short day ; the original is pass.
Hymn 842. Thou God of glorious majesty.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749; Works, iv. 316. Headed An Hymn for Seriousness.
In ver. 2 the original reads a point of life ; ver. 6, the vale j ver. 5, My future bliss.
Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, Twixt two unbounded seas I stand,
is generally regarded as a description of the promontory at the Land s End.
In a letter to his wife, dated October n, 1819, Adam Clarke says, I write this, my dear Mary, in a situation that would make your soul freeze with horror ; it is on the last projecting point of rock on the Land s End, upwards of two hundred feet perpendicular above the sea, which is raging and roaring most tremendously, threatening destruction to myself and the narrow point of rock on which I am now sitting. On my right hand is
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