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Text:Where shall my wondering soul begin?
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:CRUCIFIXION (LAMBETH)
Composer:S. Akeroyde

454b. Where shall my wondering soul begin?

Text Information
First Line: Where shall my wondering soul begin?
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter: 88 88 88
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Conversion and New Life
Notes: Written following Charles Wesley's conversion experience on 21st May, 1738
Tune Information
Name: CRUCIFIXION (LAMBETH)
Composer: S. Akeroyde
Meter: 88 88 88
Key: F Major
Source: Divine Companion, 1722
Notes: There is a strong reason to believe that this is the tune sung by John Wesley on the night of his conversion, 24th May, 1738. he subsequently inserted it in his 'Foundery' Collection of Tunes, for the hymn 'And can it be'



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