Charles Wesley

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Life

Born: De­cem­ber 18, 1707, Ep­worth, Lin­coln­shire, Eng­land.

Died: March 29, 1788, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Biography
Charles Wesley was a famous English hymn writer, composing over 6000 hymns in his lifetime. He was the father of Charles Wesley, Jr.. Like most hymnists, his works were frequently altered. In the preface to the 1779 Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Peo­ple called Methodists his brother, John, railed against the reprinting of their hymns with no credit given. In addition to hymn writing, Charles and his brother founded the Methodist movement.

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Hymns

  • A charge to keep I have
  • A thousand oracles divine
  • Ah! Whither Should I Go?
  • All-conquering Lord, whom sinners adore
  • All Glory to God
  • All Glory to God in the Sky
  • All Praise to Him Who Dwells in Bliss
  • All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord
  • All Wise, All Good, Almighty Lord
  • All Ye That Pass By
  • All Ye That Seek the Lord Who Died
  • Ambassadors of God
  • And am I only born to die
  • And Are We Yet Alive?
  • And Can I Yet Delay?
  • And Can It Be That I Should Gain?
  • And Let Our Bodies Part
  • And let this feeble body fail
  • And Must I Be to Judgment Brought
  • Angels Your March Oppose
  • Arise, My Soul, Arise
  • Arm of the Lord, Awake, Awake!
  • Author of Faith, Eternal Word
  • Author of life divine
  • Awake, Jerusalem, Awake!
  • Away with Our Fears!
  • Away with Our Sorrow and Fear
  • Be Merciful, O God, to Me
  • Because Thou Hast Said
  • Behold the Servant of the Lord
  • Being of Beings
  • Blest Be Our Everlasting Lord
  • Blest Be the Dear Uniting Love
  • Blow ye the trumpet, blow‎
  • By Faith We Find the Place Above
  • Captain of Israel’s Host
  • Celebrate Immanuel's name
  • Christ from Whom All Blessings Flow
  • Christ the Lord is risen today
  • Christ, whose glory fills the skies
  • Clap Your Hands, Ye People All
  • Come Away to the Skies
  • Come On, My Partners in Distress
  • Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join
  • Come, Divine Interpreter
  • Come, Father, Son, and Ho­ly Ghost
  • Come, Ho­ly Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire
  • Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue
  • Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above
  • Come, Let Us Join with One Accord
  • Come, Let Us Rise with Christ
  • Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine
  • Come, Let Us Who in Christ Believe
  • Come, O Savior, Long Expected
  • Come, O Thou All Victorious Lord
  • Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown
  • Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast
  • Come, Thou Almighty King
  • Come, Thou Conqueror of the Na­tions
  • Come, Thou Everlasting Spirit
  • Come, thou long-expected Jesus
  • Come, Thou Savior, Long Expected
  • Come, Ye Weary Sinners, Come
  • Depth of Mercy
  • Earth with All Her Fullness Owns, The
  • Eternal Beam of Light Divine
  • Eternal Son, Eternal Love
  • Eternal Sun of Righteousness
  • Father of All, Whose Powerful Voice
  • Father of Everlasting Grace
  • Father of Jesus Christ, My Lord
  • Father of Me, and All Mankind
  • Father, God, We Glorify
  • Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
  • Father, in Whom We Live
  • Father, Our Hearts We Lift
  • Father, Son and Holy Ghost
  • Father, Supply My Every Need
  • Father, Whose Everlasting Love
  • Forever Here My Rest Shall Be
  • Forth in Thy Name, O Lord
  • Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
  • Give Me a New, a Perfect Heart
  • Give Me the Enlarged Desire
  • Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove
  • Glorious God, Accept a Heart
  • Glory Be to God on High (1)
  • Glory Be to God on High (2)
  • Glory to God, Whose Sovereign Grace
  • God Is Gone Up on High
  • God of All Power and Truth and Grace
  • God Only Wise, and Great, and Strong
  • Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost
  • Great Archangel’s Trump, The
  • Great God! To Me the Sight Afford
  • Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
  • Hail, Co-Essential Three
  • Happy Magdalene, to Whom
  • Happy Soul, That, Free from Harms
  • Happy the Man That Finds the Grace
  • Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined
  • Hark! A Voice Divides the Sky
  • Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
  • Hark, How the Watchmen Cry
  • He comes, he comes, the judge severe
  • Head of Thy Church Triumphant
  • Head of Thy Church, Whose Spirit Fills
  • Hearken to the solemn voice
  • Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord
  • Ho, everyone that thirsts, draw nigh
  • Holy as Thou, O Lord, Is None
  • Holy Jesus, Savior Mild
  • Holy Lamb, Who Thee Confess
  • Holy, and True, and Righteous Lord
  • Holy, Ho­ly, Lord
  • Hosanna in the Highest
  • How Can We Sinners Know
  • How Glorious Is the Life Above
  • How Happy Are the Little Flock
  • How Happy Are They
  • How Happy Are Thy Servants, Lord
  • How Happy Every Child of Grace
  • How Lovely Are Thy Tents, O Lord!
  • I Call the World’s Redeemer Mine
  • I Know That My Redeemer Lives
  • I the Good Fight Have Fought
  • I Want a Principle Within
  • If Death My Friend and Me Divide
  • In Age and Feebleness Extreme
  • Infinite God, to Thee We Raise
  • Jehovah, God the Father, Bless
  • Jesu, My Savior, Brother, Friend
  • Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
  • Jesus! the Name High over All
  • Jesus, Faithful to His Word
  • Jesus, from Whom All Blessings Flow
  • Jesus, Let All Thy Lovers Shine
  • Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee
  • Jesus, Lover of My Soul
  • Jesus, My Advocate Above
  • Jesus, My Savior, Brother, Friend
  • Jesus, My Strength, My Hope
  • Jesus, the All-Restoring Word
  • Jesus, the Conqueror, Reigns
  • Jesus, the Rising Lord of All
  • Jesus, the Sinner’s Friend
  • Jesus, the Truth and Power Divine
  • Jesus, Thine All Victorious Love
  • Jesus, Thou All Redeeming Lord
  • Jesus, Thou Soul of All Our Joys
  • Jesus, United by Thy Grace
  • Jesus, We Look to Thee
  • Join All Ye Joyful Nations
  • Join, All Ye Ransomed Sons of Grace
  • Lamb of God I Look to Thee
  • Leader of Faithful Souls
  • Let All That Breathe, Jehovah Praise
  • Let Angels and Archangels Sing
  • Let Earth and Heaven Combine
  • Let Him to Whom We Now Belong
  • Let Not the Wise His Wisdom Boast
  • Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing
  • Let the World Their Virtue Boast
  • Let Us Plead for Faith Alone
  • Lift Your Heads
  • Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling
  • Lo, he comes with clouds descending
  • Lord of the Church, We Humbly Pray
  • Lord of the Harvest, Hear
  • Lord, I Believe a Rest Remains
  • Lord, I Believe Thy Work of Grace
  • Lord, in the Strength of Grace
  • Lord, Whom Winds and Waves Obey
  • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
  • Lovers of Pleasure More Than God
  • Loving Jesus, Gentle Lamb
  • Meet and Right It Is to Sing
  • Messiah, Prince of Peace
  • My God, I Am Thine
  • My God, I Know, I Feel Thee Mine
  • My Heart Is Fixed, O God
  • My Heart Is Full of Christ
  • My Soul, Inspired with Sac­red Love
  • O Astonishing Grace, That the Reprobate Race
  • O Come and Dwell in Me
  • O for a Heart to Praise My God
  • O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
  • O for That Tenderness of Heart
  • O God of peace and pardoning love
  • O God, Most Merciful and True
  • O God, Thy Righteousness We Own
  • O How Happy Are They Who the Savior Obey
  • O Jesus, My Hope
  • O Joyful Sound of Gospel Grace
  • O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done
  • O love divine, how sweet thou art
  • O Mercy Divine, O Couldst Thou Incline
  • O That I Could Repent
  • O That I Could, in Every Place
  • O That My Load of Sin Were Gone!
  • O the Depth of Love Divine
  • O Thou Eternal Victim Slain
  • O Thou Who at Thy Creature’s Bar
  • O Thou Who Camest from Above
  • O Thou Whose Offering on the Tree
  • O Thou, Before the World Began
  • O Thou, Our Savior, Brother, Friend
  • O Thou, Whom All Thy Saints Adore
  • O What Shall I Do, My Savior to Praise
  • Object of All Our Knowledge Here
  • Omnipotent Lord, My Savior and King
  • Our Earth We Now Lament to See
  • Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead
  • Peace, Doubting Heart!
  • Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above
  • Prisoners of Hope, Arise
  • Rejoice, the Lord is king
  • Righteous God! Whose Vengeful Phials
  • Savior, and Can It Be
  • Savior, Prince of Israel’s Race
  • Savior, Whom Our Hearts Adore
  • See How Great a Flame Aspires
  • See, Jesus, Thy Disciples See
  • See, Sinners, in the Gospel Glass
  • Servant of All, to Toil for Man
  • Servants of Christ, His Truth Who Know
  • Shepherd Divine, Our Wants Relieve
  • Sing to the Great Jehovah’s Praise
  • Sing, Ye Ransomed Nations, Sing
  • Sinners, Believe the Gospel Word
  • Sinners, Dismiss Your Fear
  • Sinners, Obey the Gospel Word
  • Sinners, Rejoice: Your Peace Is Made
  • Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die?
  • Soldiers of Christ, Arise
  • Son of the Carpenter, Receive
  • Sons of men, behold from far
  • Spirit of Faith, Come Down
  • Stand the Omnipotent Decree
  • Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay
  • Summoned my labour to renew
  • Surrounded by a Host of Foes
  • Talk with Us, Lord
  • Terrible Thought! Shall I Alone
  • This Is Thy Will, I Know
  • Thou God of Glorious Majesty
  • Thou Great Mysterious God Unknown
  • Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
  • Thou Jesus, Thou My Breast Inspire
  • Thou Judge of Quick and Dead
  • Thou Son of God, Whose Flaming Eyes
  • Thou, the Great, Eternal God
  • Thy Ceaseless, Unexhausted Love
  • Thy Faithfulness, Lord, Each Moment We Find
  • Thy Power and Saving Truth to Show
  • ’Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies
  • To Us a Child of Royal Birth
  • Victim Divine, Thy Grace We Claim
  • Watched by the World’s Malignant Eye
  • Weary of Wandering from My God
  • Weary Souls That Wander Wide
  • Weep Not for a Brother Deceased
  • What Am I, O Thou Glorious God!
  • What Are These Arrayed in White?
  • What Is Our Calling’s Glorious Hope?
  • What Shall I Do, My God to Love
  • What Shall I Render to My God
  • When Quiet in My House I Sit
  • Where Is the Holy Heav’n-Born Child?
  • Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin?
  • Wherewith, O Lord, Shall I Draw Near?
  • Whether the Word Be Preached or Read
  • Who Are These Arrayed in White?
  • With Glorious Clouds Encompassed Round
  • With Solemn Faith We Offer Up
  • Woe to the Men on Earth Who Dwell
  • Worship, and Thanks, and Blessing
  • Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die?
  • Ye Heavenly Choir
  • Ye Neighbors and Friends of Jesus
  • Ye Ransomed Sinners, Hear
  • Ye Servants of God
  • Ye Simple Men of Hearts Sincere
  • Ye that pass by, behold the man
  • Ye Thirsty for God
  • Ye virgin souls, arise
  • Young Men and Maidens, Raise


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