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Author of friendship's sacred tie

A hymn on Christian friendship by Charles Wesley, first published in 1749.

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Author of friendship's sacred tie. C. Wesley. [Friendship.] First published in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, vol. ii. p. 195, in 6 stanzas of 12 lines, and again in the Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. v. p. 408. In the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, No. 510, a cento from this hymn was given, beginning "Our friendship sanctify and guide." This has been repeated in various collections, and specially in those of the Methodist denominations both in Great Britain and abroad.

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