Jesus lover of my soul - Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley was preach­ing in the fields of the par­ish of Killy­leagh, Coun­ty Down, Ire­land, when he was at­tacked by men who did not ap­prove of his doc­trines. He sought re­fuge in a house lo­cat­ed on what was known as the Is­land Barn Farm. The far­mer's wife, Jane Low­rie Moore, told him to hide in the milk­house, down in the gar­den. Soon the mob came and de­mand­ed the fu­gi­tive. She tried to qui­et them by of­fer­ing them re­fresh­ments. Go­ing down to the milk­house, she di­rect­ed Mr. Wesley to get through the rear win­dow and hide un­der the hedge, by which ran a lit­tle brook. In that hid­ing-place, with the cries of his pur­su­ers all about him, he wrote this im­mor­tal hymn. De­scend­ants of Mrs. Moore still live in the house, which is much the same as it was in Wes­ley's time.

The hymn is set to the haunting tune "Aberystwyth."

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[IWantToKnowChrist]

@josephdezordi i was just showing my friend the huge differences between hillsongs stupid stuff to the originals. it's ridiculous, we were talking about how all of these new bands are taking old songs and putting them on their garbage. it's like they won't everyone to forget the old songs. like they want it to be harder to find them. just something about hillsong and these new bands is unsettling with me, i don't like it at all.

[fundancerNrb1]

Beautiful

[josephdezordi]

This is solemn and touching, deep, so much better than the trashy Hillsongs ' version'

I love the harmony,... has a tragic tone... sounds like the buffetting waves of the sea ...

[lucaslokesh22]

Nice old hymn and also the background history.. thanks for uploading :)