the name high over all," &c.

These lines were not written by _John_, but by _Charles Wesley_. Here is
the proof:

1st. A hymn of which the stanza quoted is the first, appears (p. 40.) in
the _Collection of Hymns_ published by John Wesley in 1779; but in the
preface he says, "but a small part of these hymns are of my own composing."

2nd. In his _Plain Account of Christian Perfection_, he says:

"In the year 1749, my brother printed two volumes of _Hymns and Sacred
Poems_. As I _did not see them_ before they were published, there were
some things in them which I did not approve of; but I quite approved of
the main of the hymns on this head."--_Works_, vol. xi. p. 376., 12mo.
ed. 1841.

3rd. The lines quoted by your correspondent form the ninth stanza of a hymn
of twenty-two stanzas (which includes the six in John Wesley's
_Collection_), written "after preaching (in a church)," and published in
"_Hymns and Sacred Poems_. In two volumes. By Charles Wesley, M.A., Student
of Christ Church, Oxford. Bristol: printed and sold by Felix Farley, 1749."
A copy is in my possession. The hymn is No. 194.; and the stanza referred
to will be found in vol. i. p. 306.

J. W. THOMAS.

Dewsbury.

_Epitaph in Ireland._--The following lines were transcribed by me, and form
part of an epitaph upon a tombstone or mural slab, which many years past
was to be found in (if I mistake not) the churchyard of Old Kilcullen, co.
Kildare:

"Ye wiley youths, as you pass by,
Look on my grave with weeping eye:
Waste not your _strenth_ before it blossom,
For if you do _yous_ will _shurdley_ want it."

J. F. FERGUSON.

Dublin.

_Reynolds (Sir Joshua's) Baptism._--I have been favoured by the incumbent
of Plympton S. Maurice with a copy of the following entry in the Register
of Baptisms of that parish, together with the appended note; which, if the
fact be not generally known, may be of interest to your correspondent A. Z.
(Vol. viii., p. 102.) as well as to others among the readers of "N. & Q.":

"1723. Joseph, son of Samuel Reynolds, clerk, baptised July the 30th."

On another page is the following memorandum:

"In the entry of baptisms for the year 1723, the person by mistake
named _Joseph_, son of Samuel Reynolds, clerk, baptized July 30th, was
_Joshua_ Reynolds, the celebrated painter, who died February 23, 1792."

Samuel Reynolds, the father, was master of Plympton Grammar School from
about