1760 CHARLES WESLEY. Manuscript Hymn on the Book of Ruth. Owned by Dr. C. C. Ryrie! Presbyterian especially when they have nothing

especially when they have nothing to do

women and children killed

sometimes mixed with a return to an enlivened liturgy

but I shall peg away at it

John Maxwell [d

1760 CHARLES WESLEY. Manuscript Hymn on the Book of Ruth. Owned by Dr. C. C. Ryrie! Presbyterian especially when they have nothingAn absolutely wonderfully provenanced little manuscript entirely in the hand of Charles Wesley (1707 1788). This double sided document contains over 70 words and was written by the hand of the co founder of both Methodism and of modern hymnody. On one side, Wesley has copied out part of Ruth 2: 12 from the King James Bible. On the reverse, he has penned a hymn inspired by this biblical passage on the reverse. This appears to predate the original