"Almighty God, Eternal Lord" is a pre-sermon cento constructed primarily from hymns by Charles Wesley as printed in the Wesleyan Hymn Book (1780). The first stanza is drawn from "Come, O Thou all victorious Lord," the second from "Thou Son of God, Whose flaming eyes," and the fourth from "Father of all in whom alone." The third and fifth stanzas were likely written by the compiler.
The compilation first appeared in Thomas Cotterill's Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1805, No. 71) and was probably arranged by Cotterill himself. Although rarely found in modern British hymnals, it achieved significant adoption across American collections.
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