O My Most Condescending Lord

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O my most condescending Lord

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: FILLMORE (Ingalls)
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O My most condescending LORD,
He humbly stoops to ask my love!
'Tis no impracticable word;
I may, I will obedient prove,
His grace accept, His power exert,
And serve my God with all my heart.

2 Full of Thy holy love I rise,
To worship spiritual and true,
On eagle's wings my spirit flies,
Whatever my LORD commands to do,
To answer all my Saviour's will,
And perfectly His law fulfil.

AMEN.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #480

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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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First Line:	O my most condescending Lord
Title:	O My Most Condescending Lord
Author:	Charles Wesley
Meter:	8.8.8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain