Behold the servant of the Lord. C. Wesley. [Submission.] First published by J. Wesley in Pt. i. of his Further Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, Dec. 22, 1744, and subsequently, by C. Wesley, in his Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, where it is entitled "An Act of Devotion" (vol. i. p. 120). It was embodied in the Wesleyan Hymn Book 1780, No. 417, and thence has passed into various hymnals in Great Britain and America. Original text, Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. v. p. 10.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >
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