The Promised Land of Perfect Love

Author: Charles Wesley

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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Text Information

First Line: If, Lord, I have acceptance found
Title: The Promised Land of Perfect Love
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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PONTIAC (Commuck)


DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d245

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d245

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Including the Whole Collection of the Rev. J. Wesley #ad245

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Including the Whole Collection of the Rev. J. Wesley #ad245

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d371

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d371

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d372

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d372

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d371

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d371
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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #509

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #509

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d157

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d157
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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #809

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #809
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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #355

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #355
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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #355

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #355

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d256

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d256

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d241

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d241
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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #385

A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #385
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A Collection of Hymns #355

A Collection of Hymns #355

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d97

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d97

A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, Designed as a Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 3rd ed. #d98

A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, Designed as a Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 3rd ed. #d98
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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #239

African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #239

Faith Hymns #d61

Faith Hymns #d61
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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #33

Faith Hymns (New ed.) #33
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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #424

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #424
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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #424

Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #424
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Hymnal #239

Hymnal #239

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d216

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d216
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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #809

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #809
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Indian Melodies #33b

Indian Melodies #33b

Indian Melodies #33b

Indian Melodies #33b
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New Hymn and Tune book #159e

New Hymn and Tune book #159e
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New Hymn and Tune Book #159e

New Hymn and Tune Book #159e

Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected #d157

Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected #d157
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Songs of Victory #165

Songs of Victory #165
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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #239

The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #239

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d321

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d321

The American Hymn and Tune Book, Newly Revised and Especially Adapted to Vestry Use #d56

The American Hymn and Tune Book, Newly Revised and Especially Adapted to Vestry Use #d56
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The Heart and Voice #39b

The Heart and Voice #39b
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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #615

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #615
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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.144

The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.144
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The Revival #125

The Revival #125
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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #46

The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #46
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The Tribute of Praise #46

The Tribute of Praise #46
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The Tribute of Praise #46

The Tribute of Praise #46
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