Peace be to this congregation

Representative Text

1 Peace be to this congregation,
peace to ev'ry soul therein,
peace, which flows from Christ's salvation,
peace, the seal of cancelled sin,
peace that speaks its heavenly Giver,
peace, to earthly minds unknown,
peace divine that lasts forever
here erect its glorious throne.

3 Jesus, Prince of peace, be near us;
fix in all our hearts your home;
with your gracious presence cheer us;
let your sacred kingdom come;
raise to heav'n our expectation,
give our favored souls to prove
glorious and complete salvation,
in the realms of bliss above.

Source: Moravian Book of Worship #556

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 >

Tune

O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE (Thommen)

Originally a folk song ("Sollen nun die grünen Jahre") dating from around 1700, O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE was used as a hymn tune in the Catholic hymnal Bambergisches Gesangbuch (1732). The tune name is the incipit of the text to which it was set in Johann Thommen's Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen…

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BEECHER

John Zundel's BEECHER (named after Henry Ward Beecher, his pastor) was first published in his Christian Heart Songs (1870) as a setting for Charles Wesley's "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" (568). The tune is also known as ZUNDEL. Approximating the shape of a rounded bar form (AA'BA'), BEECHER is…

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A Collection of Divine Hymns from Various Authors #d50

Book of Common Praise #d457

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Christian Science Hymnal #a128

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Christian Science Hymnal #aa128

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Christian Science Hymnal #128

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Christian Science Hymnal #227

Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) #276

Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) #277

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Christian Science Hymnal #128a

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Christian Science Hymnal #128b

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Christian Science Hymnal #128c

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Christian Science Hymnal #128

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #505

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d854

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Evangelical Lutheran hymnal #320

Heavenly Echoes #d24

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #54

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Hymnal Amore Dei #123

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #13

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #382

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #508

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #437

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #508

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Hymnal for Christian Science Church and Sunday School Services #197

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Hymnal, Amore Dei #123

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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a123

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Hymns and Offices of Worship #347

Hymns and Songs #d29

Hymns and Songs IV #107

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Hymns of the Church Universal #526

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Hymns of the Spirit #25

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #24

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Isles of Shoals Hymn Book and Candle Light Service #102

Jubilate Deo #143

Liturgy and Hymnal for the Use of the General Church of the New Jerusalem #d82

Melodies of the Church #d818

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Moravian Book of Worship #556

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #347

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #938

Selected Hymns #d75

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #33

Social Hymns, Original and Selected #d142

Songs for the New Day #d66

The Book of Common Praise #d472

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The Christian Hymn Book #750

The Christian Hymnal #d537

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The Christian Hymnal #513

The Christian Psalmist #d549

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #678

The Saints' Harp #d673

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d358

Unity Hymns and Chorals. Rev and enl. with Service Elements #d239

Universalist Hymn Book #d429

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Worship in Song #S393

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