The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25
output of Charles" They are these.

output or CnarleS. IHey are lheSe' Lo! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas l stand
 Secure, insensible:
 A point Aof time, a moments space
 Removes me to that heavenly place
 Or shuts me up In hell.
 The writer finishes off his generally dis paraging comments by observing that these lines are scarcely sufficient to es- tablish much of a reputation for the sainted John" But both these writers are apparently caught mapping by this one in The Northwestern Christian Ad- vocate Methodist, Chicago, who takes up the cudgels:
 If either the recent writer, or his ed itorial commentator had given the sub ject any serious consideration they would probably have exercised themselves to quote the six lines with accuracy, when too, they might have discovered that the lines were written not by John, but by Charles Wesley That, however, is a minor matter
 ',rhe truth is that nobody knows just how many of the hymns usually credited to Charles actually belong to John. Take the most familiar Wesleyan hymn, Jesus. Lover of My Soul It is universally cred ited to Charles Wesley. But what are the facts? The hymn appears first in the | Hymns and Sacred Poems, by John and Charles Wesley Q7D. In the collections where the names of both brothers ap pear on the title page it was agreed be- tween them that the individual compost | tions should not be designated. It is therefore quite impossible to tell to which of the brothers Jesus, Lover of My Soul should be assigned The Wesleyan Hymn Book of 1875 marked hyn)hs from such | collections w to indicate this doubt. So | far as the critics know, this most beau tiful and popular hymn may belong to John and not to Charles. And so of many | more.
 | "Nor is that all. From the beginning all hymns translated from the German, appearing in the Wesley publications, have been attributed to John. And this for the sufficient reason that Charles had no working knowledge of the German language. These transations are 29 in number Among them are some which have achieved widespread popularity and the recognition of scholars alike for their high poetic quality and their fidelity to the spirit of the original Such are:
 Thou hidden love of God whose height" Commit thou all thy griefs.' | JeSuS, tnN pOuHuleSS lONe AtO Iiic. | Now I have found the ground wherein Jesus, thy blood and righteousness. | High on his everlasting throne "'The translation says Professor Hat l field, who has made the whole church his debtor by his critical essay on John Wesleys Translations of German Hymns the translations are not only
 used throughout the wide circle ol Methodist Sadherents, but I find them in not less than one hundred important col lections, including all phases of religious l confession. with the exception, as far as | I have found, of the Roman Catholic.
 "As to the poetic quality of these trans lations, Professor Hatfield has this dis corning note: The true poetic gift shows itself in creative touches. whereby new and wholly individual vigor is infused into the matter treated raising the prod uct far above that dead, unreal thing, a mere version. There is freshness and spirit in handlingithe original which makes these hymns masterpieces of trans lation.' .