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As many as in Adam die

An entry on a communion hymn cento compiled from Charles Wesley's short hymns.

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This Holy Communion cento, featured as No. 711 in the Methodist Free Churches Hymn Book, is compiled from two selections in Charles Wesley's Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762, Vol. II). Stanza one is drawn from No. 248 (on Matthew 26:28) and stanza two from No. 88 (on Matthew 7:11). The full text is included in his Poetical Works (1868–1872, Vol. X, pp. 201, 400).

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