THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 275
Dr. Bunting said, in the Conference of 1844, that young Samuel Bradburn tried to puzzle Mr. Wesley by asking him (in open Conference), "Can a man fall from sanctification with out losing his justification?" Mr. Wesley took up the hymn- book, and gave out, O may the least omission pain.
Dr. B. Gregory speaks of the notion he had in his school days that in case of any clouding of conscience, I must receive from heaven a direct and indubitable manifestation, or, as it were, notification of my acceptance ; not, perhaps, so vivid as at first, but yet assuring and enlivening. I had not yet learnt the practical theology of the lines
O may the least omission pain
My well-instructed soul, And drive me to the blood again
That makes the -founded whole!
I had not learnt the art or acquired the habit of a prompt recurrence to, and a perfect rest in, the atonement and advocacy of our blessed Saviour. How truly Luther says, " He is a good (practical) theologian who has firm hold of this truth."
��Hymn 444. Help, Lord, to whom for help I fly.
CHARLKS WKSLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749 ; Works, iv. 476. In Temptation. No. 10 of a series.
In ver. 3 the original reads, "XLy feeble hands.
��Hymn 445. Jesus, my Saviour, Brother, Friend.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works, ii. 271. Watch in all things. 2 Tim. iv. 5. Fifteen verses. The first seven are given here ; the next four in Xo. 446.
Hymn 446. Pierce, fill me with a humble fear. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742; Works % ii. 272. Part of the same hymn as 445.
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