192 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED
Hymn 257. Father of all, in whom alone.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740; Works, i. 237. The first of the three hymns Before reading the Scriptures.
Hymn 258. Inspirer of the ancient seers.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1762. Based on 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. Works, xiii. 109. Ver. 2 is omitted.
Hymn 259. Come, O Thou Prophet of the Lord.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns for our Lord s Resurrection, 1746; Works, iv. 136. The last three verses, which deal with the meal at Emmaus, are too prosaic to be included. Sole subject in ver. 2 is happily changed to chief subject.
Hymn 260. Come, divine Interpreter. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1762 ; Works, xiii. 219. Rev. i. 3.
Hymn 261. Spirit of truth, essential God. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns on the Trinity, 1767 ; Works, vii. 249. The Divinity 01 the Holy Ghost. 2 Tim. iii. 16 ; 2 Pet. i. 21. In ver. 2 the original reads, Is still by inspiration given."
Hymn 262. The Spirit breathes upon the word.
WILLIAM COWPER (60).
Olney Hymns, 1779, entitled The Light and Glory of the Word.
In July, 1764, Cowper found a Bible lying on a bench in the garden, and opened it on the eleventh chapter of St. John s
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