Desiring Full Salvation

Representative Text

1 What now is my object and aim?
What now is my hope and desire?
To follow the heavenly Lamb,
And after his image aspire;
My hope is all centered in thee:
I trust to recover thy love;
On earth thy salvation to see,
And then to enjoy thee above.

2 I thirst for a life-giving God;
A God that on Calvary dy'd;
A fountain of water and blood,
Which gush'd from Immanuel's side!
I gasp for the stream of thy love,
The spirit if rapture unknown;
And then to redrink it above,
Eternally fresh from the throne.


Source: Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns: collected from various authors, designed for the worship of God, and for the edification of Christians, recommended to the serious..(4th ed. improved) #S131

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 >

Text Information

First Line: What now is my object and aim?
Title: Desiring Full Salvation
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

VERNON (51712)


CONTRAST (German)

The tune most commonly known as CONTRAST is a German folk tune. In American shape-note tradition the tune is known as GREEN FIELDS or GREENFIELDS. J. S. Bach quoted it in his "Peasant Cantata," but he did not compose it. It has also been misattributed to Maria DeFleury and to Lewis Edson. Edson wrot…

Go to tune page >


MASSASOIT


Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 68 of 68)

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d618

A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Used at Camp and Prayer Meetings #d228

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d925

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d932

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d932

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #539

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #802

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #319

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #319

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d648

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #371

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns #319

Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns #368

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d262

TextPage Scan

A Pocket hymn book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #CV

TextPage Scan

A Pocket Hymn Book #CV

TextPage Scan

A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #CV

Page Scan

A Pocket Hymn-book #105

Page Scan

A Pocket Hymn-Book #CV

Page Scan

A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #254

A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, Supplementary for the Use of Christians. 2nd ed. #d163

TextPage Scan

Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #S131

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d784

Family and Social Melodies #d380

Page Scan

Free Methodist Hymnal #301

Page Scan

Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #S38

Page Scan

Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #S38

Page Scan

Hymns and Songs #125

Page Scan

Hymns for Christian Melody #500

Page Scan

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #802

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d253

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d234

Indian Melodies #101

Page Scan

Methodist Social Hymn Book #158

Page Scan

New Hymn and Tune book #375e

Page Scan

New Hymn and Tune Book #375e

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d265

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d267

Page Scan

Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.38

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d325

Page Scan

Salvation Army Songs #371

Page Scan

Songs of Joy and Gladness No. 2 #220

Supplement to the Advent and Sabbath Hymn Book #d84

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d455

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d860

Page Scan

The Centenary Singer #34b

The Church Hymn Book #d1113

Page Scan

The Heart and Voice #339c

Page Scan

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #581

Page Scan

The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #656

Page Scan

The Latest Collection of Original and Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #66

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d286

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d291

Page Scan

The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #CII

The Sacred Lyre #d318

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #418

The Spiritual Songster. lst ed. #d111

Page Scan

The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #509

Page Scan

The Tribute of Praise #509

Page Scan

The Tribute of Praise #509

Page Scan

The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #301

Page Scan

The Wesleyan Psalmist, or Songs of Canaan #47b

Universalist Hymn Book #d604

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us