Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God, &c. C. Wesley. [For Spiritual Peace.] First published in his Short Hymns, &c.,
1762. In the form in which it was given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book in 1780, No. 243, and continued in later editions, it embodied Nos. 200, 201 and 202 of the Short Hymns, these being based on Numb. vi. 24-26 (Poetical Works, 1868-1872, vol. ix. p. 65). From this cento, No. 661 in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, "Eternal Sun of Righteousness," is taken. It is composed of stanzas iii.-vi. slightly altered.
--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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