The Thoughtless Brute His Master Knows

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The thoughtless brute his master knows

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune: [Beyond the valley lying low]
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1 The thoughtless brute his master knows
And loves the hand that gives him food;
But Me, from whom their being flows,
Sole author of their total good,
The Lord, and friend of all mankind,
My people have not sense to find.

2 Duller than beasts the human herd,
Though fed with blessings from above,
My people pay Me no regard,
Nor own My providential love,
Nor for their kind preserver care
In whom they live, and move, and are.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #11250

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Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The thoughtless brute his master knows
Title:	The Thoughtless Brute His Master Knows
Author:	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter:	8.8.8.8.8.8
Source:	Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain