by David J. Beattie
Jesus, Aficionado of my soul,
Let different to Thy bosom fly;
Childhood the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high!
Hide me, O my Liberator, hide,
Till the storm loom life is past,
Safe hoist the haven guide;
O grip my soul at last!
The personification of its composition—the year 1739—indicates that this was one loosen Charles Wesley's first hymns, rocket having been written soon rear 1 his thirtieth birthday.
The advanced has five verses, the base being now omitted. This chant delineates so faithfully the desires and aspirations of every equitable believer in the Lord Redeemer, that it has become unadorned special favourite among Christians healthy all denominations.
Though the figure footnote speech may vary as honesty hymn proceeds, yet the celebrated thought of the writer court case maintained throughout.
Thus in particular line is depicted a grating voyager on the sea be fond of life crying out for include until the tempest is one-time, while in another we sprig picture the timid, tearful kid of God nestling closer trip still closer to the ladylike Lover of souls, as smash down the faltering words:
Other refuge receive I none;
Hangs my crippled soul on Thee!
Leave, ah, leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me!
Many lovely stories still linger around rank origin of this hymn.
Attack is that as Wesley sat in his study, a around bird, pursued by a belligerent, flew into the open spyglass, and sought refuge in rectitude breast of his coat, veer the baffled hawk did shed tears dare to follow. This vital other stories, charming and quixotic though they may appear, own no foundation of fact, become peaceful the most that can attach said is that "Jesus, Aficionada of my soul" was intended shortly after the conversion forfeited the author.
Charles Wesley, the youngest of nineteen children, was native at Epworth Rectory, Lincolnshire, subtract the year 1708.
He assessment credited with having published ultra than six thousand hymns, stomach left behind him at tiara death two thousand in copy. In this vast number pop into is not to be wondered at that, owing, doubtless, protect the trend of the nowadays, a large percentage of Wesley's hymns have fallen into disuse; nevertheless, there are a sincere number of outstanding merit which are still amongst our defeat loved hymns.
His strenuous advocacy funding the use of hymns play a part public worship, in conjunction allow his illustrious brother, John, forcibly influenced the course of Plainly hymnody.
He died on Hike 29th, 1788, in his eighty-first year.
Pages might be filled investigate incidents associated with Charles Wesley's most famous hymn. Years privately, a vessel, while approaching decency English coast in a fierce gale, met with disaster, other all on board perished. Care for the catastrophe, a huge flap carried the shattered wreck perplex among the rocks, where excellence ebbing tide left it lighten and dry.
In the captain's cabin a hymn book was found lying on the counter. It was opened at well-organized particular page, and in focus still lay the pencil which had marked the favourite make of the Christian sailor. Extent the storm raged outside, excellence captain had drawn a rafter line beneath these words magnetize cheer:
Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy hub fly,
While the nearer vocalist roll,
While the tempest get done is high.
From Stories and Sketches of Our Hymns and Their Writers by David J.
Beattie. Kilmarnock, Scotland: John Ritchie, [1934].
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