Charles Wesley

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 6,000 hymns in his lifetime. He was the father of Charles Wesley, Jr.. Like most hymnists, his works were frequently altered; he also altered earlier hymns. 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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For a complete list of Charles Wesley's hymns, see Hymns of Charles Wesley

Publications

Year Publication(s) 1739 Hymns and Sacred Poems, Universal Redemption 1740 Means of Grace, Life of Faith, Hymns and Sacred Poems 1741 Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Hymns on God’s Everlasting Love, Promise of Sanctification 1742 Hymns on God’s Everlasting Love 2nd series, Hymns and Sacred Poems, Whole Armour of God, Taking of Jericho, Elegy on Robert Jones, Fourteenth Chapter of Isaiah, Thanksgiving for Colliers, Hymn for Condemned Prisoners 1743 Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Prayer for Those Convinced of Sin, Primitive Christianity, Hymn for Christmas Day 1744 Moral and Sacred Poems, Hymns for Times of Trouble, Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution, Bloody Issue, Hymns for Christmas Day 1745 Act of Devotion, Hymns on the Lord’s Supper, Hymns in Difference with Moravians, Hymns from Jeremiah, Hymns in Word in Season, Nativity Hymns, Hymns in Word to a Protestant, Hymns for 1745 1746 Funeral Hymns, Resurrection Hymns, Ascension Hymns, Whitsunday Hymns, Festival Hymns, Thanksgiving Hymns, Gloria Patri, Graces 1747 Hymn at the Sacrament, Person Bearing Testimony, Redemption Hymns 1749 Hymns and Sacred Poems Vol. 1, Hymns and Sacred Poems Vol. 2, New Year’s Hymns 1750 Earthquake Hymns Pt. I, Earthquake Hymns Pt. II, Death of Thomas Hogg

Year Publication(s) 1755 Epistle to the Rev. John Wesley, Catholic Love 1756 Hymn on the Lisbon Earthquake, Hymns for the Year 1756, Additional Hymns for 1756 1758 Intercession Hymns 1759 Intercession Hymns, Funeral Hymns, Invasion Hymns, Hymn for the People of Custrin, Thanksgiving Hymns 1760 Hymns for the Methodist Preachers 1762 Scripture Hymns Vol. 1, Scripture Hymns Vol. 2 1763 Hymns for Children 1767 Family Hymns, Trinity Hymns 1770 Hymn for Mary Langson, Hymn for Whitefield 1771 Elegy on Whitefield, Epistle to Whitefield 1772 Preparation for Death 1778 Arminian Magazine 1779 Ode on Dr. Boyce, Hymn for John Wesley 1780 Tumult Hymns 1781 Protestant Association, Hymns for the Nation 1782 Hymns for the National Fast 1785 Prayers for Condemned Malefactors

External links

• Charles Wesley’s hymns at the Cyber Hymnal.
• Charles Wesley's Published Verse website at Duke Divinity School
• Wesley Center Online at Northwest Nazarene University

Settings of his literary work at CPDL

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list below

• Benjamin Milgrove — Ah lovely appearance of death! (Benjamin Milgrove) Charles Wesley
• Benjamin Milgrove — All ye that pass by (Benjamin Milgrove) Charles Wesley
• Thomas Clark — All-conquering Lord, whom sinners adore (Thomas Clark) Charles Wesley
• John Fawcett — And am I only born to die (John Fawcett) Charles Wesley
• John Stainer — And let this feeble body fail (John Stainer) Charles Wesley
• Samuel Holyoke — Andover (Samuel Holyoke) Charles Wesley
• Oliver Holden — Anstruther (Oliver Holden) Charles Wesley
• Jacob French — Ascension (Jacob French) Charles Wesley
• Jacob French — Aspiration (Jacob French) Charles Wesley
• Jacob French — Attention (Jacob French) Charles Wesley
• Chris Dell — Author of life divine (Chris Dell) Charles Wesley
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley — Author of life divine (Samuel Sebastian Wesley) Charles Wesley
• Amos Pilsbury — Autumn (Amos Pilsbury) Charles Wesley
• William Hauser — Baldwin (William Hauser) Charles Wesley
• Daniel Read — Barnstable (Daniel Read) Charles Wesley
• James P. Carrell — Bethlehem (James P. Carrell) Charles Wesley
• William Moore — Bethlehem (William Moore) Charles Wesley
• Andrew Sims — Blaenwern (Andrew Sims) Charles Wesley
• Thomas Clark — Blow ye the trumpet, blow (Dunstable) (Thomas Clark) Charles Wesley
• William Billings — Bolton (William Billings) Charles Wesley
• Jeremiah Ingalls — Born to Die (Jeremiah Ingalls) Charles Wesley
• John Fawcett — Branch of Jesse's stem, arise (John Fawcett) Charles Wesley
• James P. Carrell — Broomsgrove (James P. Carrell) Charles Wesley
• Benjamin Milgrove — By me, O my saviour stand (Benjamin Milgrove) Charles Wesley
• Amos Pilsbury — Canaan (Amos Pilsbury) Charles Wesley
• Joel Thorne — Celebrate Immanuel's name (Joel Thorne) Charles Wesley
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley — A charge to keep I have (Samuel Sebastian Wesley) Charles Wesley
• William Henry Monk — A charge to keep I have (William Henry Monk) Charles Wesley
• Samuel Arnold — Cheshunt New (Our Lord is risen from the dead) (Samuel Arnold) Charles Wesley
• J. Ashley Hall — Christ the Lord is risen today (J. Ashley Hall) Charles Wesley
• Douglas Walczak — Christ, whose glory fills the skies (Douglas Walczak) Charles Wesley
• Ronald McVey — Christ, whose glory fills the skies (Ronald McVey) Charles Wesley
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley — Christ, whose glory fills the skies (Samuel Sebastian Wesley) Charles Wesley
• William Henry Havergal — Christ, whose glory fills the skies (William Henry Havergal) Charles Wesley
• Daniel Read — Christian Soldier (Daniel Read) Charles Wesley
• Bruce Michez — The Church triumphant (Bruce Michez) Charles Wesley
• Jeremiah Ingalls — Columbia (Jeremiah Ingalls) Charles Wesley
• Simon Biazeck — Come, Desire of Nations, come (Simon Biazeck) Charles Wesley
• Thomas Clark — Come, let us anew our journey pursue (Honiton) (Thomas Clark) Charles Wesley
• William Marsh — Come, Lord, from above, the mountain remove (William Marsh) Charles Wesley
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley — Come, O thou traveller unknown (Samuel Sebastian Wesley) Charles Wesley
• Traditional — Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Traditional) Charles Wesley
• William Henry Havergal and Charles H. Giffen — Come, thou long-expected Jesus (William Henry Havergal and Charles H. Giffen) Charles Wesley
• Daniel Read — Complaint (Daniel Read) Charles Wesley
• Anonymous — Consolation (Anonymous) Charles Wesley
• Jeremiah Ingalls — Delay (Jeremiah Ingalls) Charles Wesley
• Anonymous — Derby ("Come let us anew") (Anonymous) Charles Wesley
• Jacob French — Dissolution (Jacob French) Charles Wesley
• Amos Pilsbury — Dover (Amos Pilsbury) Charles Wesley
• William Henry Monk — Easter Hymn (William Henry Monk) Charles Wesley

Abbreviations for Publications FAH – Family Hymns FEH – Festival Hymns FUH – Funeral Hymns HC – Hymns for Children HGEL – Hymns on God's Everlasting Love HLS – Hymns on the Lord's Supper

HSP – Hymns and Sacred Poems HTTP – Hymns for Times of Trouble and Pestilence IH – Intercession Hymns NH – Nativity Hymns NYH – New Year's Hymns

PS – Psalms RDH – Redemption Hymns REH – Resurrection Hymns SCH1 – Scripture Hymns, Vol. 1 SCH2 – Scripture Hymns, Vol. 2 WA – Whole Armour WHH – Whitsunday Hymns

Other Abbreviations H – Hymn Pt. – Part st. – stanza(s) vo. – voice(s) Standard Abbreviations for Meters

A charge to keep I have (SCH1 1762, H.188, 2 st., S.M.D) Samuel Sebastian Wesley William Henry Monk A thousand oracles divine Ah lovely appearance of death! (FUH 1746, H.5, 6 st., L.M.D) Benjamin Milgrove 1768 Ah! whither should I go (HGEL 1742, H.16, 16 st., S.M.D) Jeremiah Ingalls 3 vo. 1805 All glory to God in the sky {NH 1745, H.18, 5 st., L.M.D) James P. Carrell 4 vo. 1821 William Moore 4 vo. 1826 All honor and praise (FUH 1746, H.6, st.2 of 5, 55.55.65.65) Timothy Swan 1801 All ye that pass by (FEH 1746, H.4, 7 st., 55.11.55.11) Benjamin Milgrove 1781 All-conquering Lord, whom sinners (HTTP 1744, H.3, 4 st., 10.10.11.11) Thomas Clark 1809 And am I born to die (HC 1763, H.59, 6 st., S.M.D) Amzi Chapin 4 vo. 1813 And am I only born to die (HC 1763, H.64, 6 st., 886.886) Daniel Read 1785 John Fawcett 1814 And is the lovely shadow fled (RDH 1747, H.26, 6 st., 88.88.88) Jacob French 3 vo. 1802 Jeremiah Ingalls 3 vo. 1805 And let this feeble body fail (FUH 1759, H.3, 9 st., C.M.D) Samuel Holyoke 1791 Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 William Walker 4 vo. 1835 John Stainer 4 vo. And must I be to judgment brought (HC 1763 H.35 8 st. C.M.) Jeremiah Ingalls 3 vo. 1805 Author of life divine (HLS 1745, H.40, 2 st., 66.66.88) Chris Dell 1984 Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1984 Awake, Jerusalem, awake (HLS 1742, Pt.2, H.1, 32 st., L.M) James P. Carrell 4 vo. 1821 Be merciful, O God, to me (CPH 1743, H.9, 9 st., 88.88.88) Jacob French 4 vo. 1789 Blow ye the trumpet, blow (NYH 1749, H.3, 6 st., 66.66.88) Oliver Brownson 1779 Thomas Clark Branch of Jesse's stem, arise (SCH1 1762 v. 1 H.983-985 3 st. 76.76.78.76.) John Fawcett 4 vo. 1833 By me, O my saviour stand (HSP 1742, Pt.1, H.45, st.3 of 6, 76.76.78.76) Benjamin Milgrove 1781 Captain of Israel’s host Celebrate Immanuel's name (SCH2 1762, Pt.2, H.6, 1 st., 77.77.D) Joel Thorne 1833 Center of our hopes thou art (HSP 1749, H.206, st.2 of 4, 77.77.77) G Knowles 1808 Christ from whom all blessings flow Christ the Lord is risen today (HSP 1739, Pt.2, H.31, 11 st., 77.77) J. Ashley Hall 2009 Andrew Sims S (st.10) 2016 Christ, whose glory fills the skies (HSP 1740, Pt.1, H.6, 3 st., 77.77.77) Douglas Walczak Samuel Sebastian Wesley William Henry Havergal Ronald McVey 4 vo. 2011 Come away to the skies (FAH 1767, H.165, 8 st., 669.669) Jeremiah Ingalls 3-4 vo. 1805 Come, Desire of Nations, come (HSP 1739, Pt.2, H.29, st.7 of 10, 77.77) Simon Biazeck 2011 Come, let us anew our journey (HSP 1749, H.100, 8 st., 555.11) Thomas Clark Anonymous

Come, let us ascend (HSP 1749, vol.2, H.231 8 st., 668.669) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Come, Lord, and help me to rejoice (HSP 1742, Pt. 2, H.1, 8 st., 886.886) Jeremiah Ingalls 3 vo, 1805 Come, Lord, from above (REH 1747, H.5, 6 st. 55 11.55 11.) William Marsh 4 vo. 1816 Come on, my partners in distress (HSP2 1749, H.22, 8 st., 886.886) James P. Carrell 4 vo. 1821 Come, O thou traveler unknown (HSP 1742, Pt.2, H.4, 14 st., 88.88.88) Samuel Sebastian Wesley Come, sinners, to the gospel feast Come then and dwell with me (SCH2 1762 H.569-578-713 S.M.) William Hauser 4 vo. 1848 Come, Thou almighty King (Not C. Wesley lyrics?) Felice Giardini 1917 Come, thou long-expected Jesus (NH 1745, H.10, 2 st., 87.87.D) Traditional William Henry Havergal and Charles H. Giffen Alexander Johnson 1818 Anonymous 1760 Father, to thee my soul I lift (HSP 1749, H.168, 3 st., C.M.D) Joel Thorne 1833 For ever here my rest shall be (HSP 1740, Pt.2, H.4, st.3 of 6, C.M.) Thomas Clark God of my salvation, hear (HSP 1742, Pt.2, H.23, 8 st., 76.76.78.76) Oliver Brownson 1782 James P. Carrell 4 vo. 1821 Hail the day that sees him rise (HSP 1739, Pt.2, H.32, 10 st., 77.77) Amos Bull 1779 Daniel Read 1785 Amos Bull 1795 Jacob French 1802 Mark Liversidge 2014 William Henry Monk 2014 Happy the souls to Jesus joined (HLS 1745, H.96, 4 st., C.M.) Thomas Jarman 1840 Hark! The herald angels sing Oliver Holden 1793 Felix Mendelssohn 1840 H. E. Wooldridge 1875 He comes, he comes, the judge (IH 1758, H.37, 4 st., L.M.) Benjamin Milgrove 1768 Head of thy church triumphant (H. for 1745, H.15, 5 st., 77.447.D.) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Jeremiah Ingalls 3-4 vo. 1805 Hearken to the solemn voice (HSP 1742, Pt.2, H.17, 6 st., 76.76) Thomas Clark 1811 Hearts of stone, relent, relent (HLS 1745, H.23, 3 st., 77.77.77) Benjamin Milgrove 1771 Samuel Babcock 1795 Stephen Jenks 1803 Ho, everyone that thirsts (HSP 1740, Pt.1, H.1, 31 st., L.M.) Benjamin Milgrove 1768 Zechariah Whelpdale 1832 Hosanna to Jesus on high (FUH 1746, H.4, 6 st., L.M.D) Timothy Swan 1801 How happy are they Who the Savior obey (HSP 1749, Vol.1, H.65, 16 st., 669.669) William Walker 4 vo. 1835 How happy every child of grace (FUH 1759, H.2, 8 st., C.M.D) James P. Carrell 1821 How happy is the pilgrim's lot (RH 1747, H.50, 9 st., 886.886) Jesus, lover of my soul (HSP 1740, Pt.1, H.36, 5 st., 77.77.D) John Bacchus Dykes Thomas Clark (Marshfield) 1807 Thomas Clark (Leveland) 1837 Jesus drinks the bitter cup (HLS 1745, H.27, st.4 of 9, 76.76.D) Samuel Babcock 1779

Jesus, great Redeemer, hear (HSP 1742 Pt.1 H.17 76.76.D) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Jesus, my truth, my way (HSP 1749 v. 1 H.128 7 st. S.M.D.) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Lamb of God for sinners slain (HSP 1742, Pt.1, H.31, 6 st., 76.76.86.76) James P. Carrell 1821 Lamb of God, for whom we languish (HLS 1745 H.78 11 st., 866) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Light of those whose dreary (NH 1745, H.11, 3 st., 87.87.D) Oliver Holden 1803 Listed into the cause of sin (HSP2 1749, H.188, 7 st., 87.87.D) Jeremiah Ingalls 3-4 vo. 1805 Lo, he comes with clouds descending (IH 1758, H.39, 4 st., 87.87.47) Samuel Holyoke 1795 Thomas Clark (Driffield) 1806 James P. Carrell 1821 John Fawcett 1836 Thomas Clark (Burland) 1836 Love divine, all loves excelling (REH 1747, H.9, 87.87.D) John Stainer 4 vo. 1889 Andrew Sims S (last st.) 2017 Love's redeeming work is done (HSP 1739, Pt.2, H.31, st.2 of 11, 77.77) James Gibb 2013 Meet and right it is to sing (HSP 1740, Pt.2, H.7, 7 st., 77.77) Timothy Swan 1801 My God, I am thine (HSP 1749, Pt.2, H.129, 6 st., 56.11) Joel Thorne 1833 My present help in trouble (HTT 1744 H.1, 6 st., 77. 447. 77. 447) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 O God of peace and pardoning (SCH2 1762, H.1161, 2 st., L.M.D) Samuel Chapple 1833 O come and dwell in me SEE Come then and dwell in me O glorious hope of perfect love (HSP 1742, Pt.2, H.1, st. 4 of 8, 886.886) Jeremiah Ingalls 3 vo. 1805 James P. Carrell 1821 O Jesus my hope (HSP 1749, Vol.1, H.38, 6 st., 5512.5512) Jacob French 4 vo. 1789 O love divine, how sweet thou art (FEH 1746, H.19, 7 st., 886.886) James Leach 1789 John Fawcett 1789 Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1789 Jeremiah Ingalls 3 vo. 1805 O love divine, what hast thou (HSP 1742, H.16, 4 st., 88.88.88) Benjamin Milgrove 1781 O that I, first of love possessed (FAH 1767, H.112, 6 st., 886.886) Thomas Clark 4 vo. 1837 O thou eternal victim slain (HLS 1745, H.5, 3 st., 88.88.88) Thomas Jarman 1840 O thou who camest from above (SCH1 1762, H.183, 2 st., L.M.D) Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1872 Our Lord is risen from the dead (PS 1743, H.24, st.8 of 13, L.M.) Joseph Barnby Samuel Arnold Praise the Lord, who reigns (PS 1743, H.150, 4 st., 76.76.D) Benjamin Milgrove 1771 Pure baptismal fire divine Jeremy Rawson 1988 Rejoice, the Lord is king (REH 1746, H.8, 6 st., 66.66.88) William Billings 1778 John Fawcett 1818 Rejoice for a brother deceased (FUH 1746, H.2, 3 st., L.M.D) Jeremiah Ingalls 3 vo. 1805 James P. Carrell 4 vo. 1821 Savior, the world's and mine (HSP 1739 Pt.2, 6 st., 66.77.76) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Sing to the great Jehovah's praise (NYH 1749, H.7, 3 st., C.M.D) Thomas Jarman 1840

Sing we to our God above (HSP 1740, Pt.2, H.9, 1 st., 77.77) William Henry Monk Soldiers of Christ, arise (WA 1742, H.1, 16 st., S.M.D) Aaron Williams 1763 Daniel Read 1804 William Henry Monk Sons of men, behold from far (HSP 1739, Pt.2, H.30, 6 st., 77.77) John Massey 1810 Still out of the deepest abyss (RDH 1747 H.46, 3 st, L.M.D.) James P. Carrell 4 vo. 1821 Summoned my labour to renew (HSP 1739, Pt.2, H.26, 4 st., C.M.) Joel Thorne 1833 Talk with me, Lord, thyself (HSP 1740, Pt.2, H.28, st.2 of 6, C.M.) Thomas Clark 1805 Thanks be to God, whose faithful love (FUH 1746 H.9 13 st., L.M) Hezekiah Moors 4 vo. 1809 The church triumphant in thy love (HLS 1745, H.96, st.2 of 4, C.M.) Bruce Michez 4 vo. The judge of quick and dead (WHH 1746, H.23, st.4 of 8, 66.66.86.86) Samuel Sebastian Wesley The voice of my beloved sounds (SCH1 1762, H.934, 1 st., 88.88.77) Timothy Swan 1797 Thou God of glorious majesty (HSP1 1749, H.7, 6 st., 886.886) Jeremiah Ingalls 3,4 vo. 1805 Thou great mysterious God unknown (REH 1747, H.19, 8 st., 886.886) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Thou Lord on whom I still depend (SCH2 1762, H.831, 1 st., 88.88.88) Alan Struck Thou man of griefs, remember me (SCH1 1762, H.686, 5 st., L.M.D.) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Ananias Davisson 4 vo. 1817 William Hauser 4 vo. 1848 Thou shepherd of Israel and mine (SCH1 1762, H.931, 3 st., L.M.D) Benjamin Milgrove 1781 Thou to me, O God, hast sent (SCH1 1762, H.917, 77.78.D) Jacob French 4 vo. 1789 Vain, delusive world, adieu (HSP 1742, Pt.2, H.98, 9 st., 76.76.78.76) Jeremiah Ingalls 3-4 vo. 1805 Visit then this soul of mine (HSP 1740, Pt.1, H.6, 3 st., 77.77.77) Andrew Sims 1 vo. (descant) 2018 Weary of wandering from my God (HSP 1749 Vol.1 H.89 6 st. 88.88.88) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 Weary world, when will it end (REH 1747, H.30, 4 st., 77.77.77) Jacob French 4 vo. 1789 What are these arrayed in white (HLS 1745, H.106, 4 st., 77.77) Samuel Sebastian Wesley Why not now, my God, my God (SCH1 1762, H.850, 2 st., 77.77.77) Amos Pilsbury 4 vo. 1799 With glorious clouds encompassed (FAH 1767, H.156, 8 st., C.M.) James Leach 1789 With solemn faith we offer (HLS 1745, H.125, st.2 of 4, 88.88.88) Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1872 Ye heavens rejoice in Jesus' grace (HSP1 1749, H.3, Pt.2, st.5-6 of 18, 10.10.11.11) Hezekiah Moors 1809 Ye servants of God, your Master (HTTP 1744, Pt.3, H.1, 6 st., 10.10.10.10) William Billings 1770 William Billings 1794 Ye simple souls, that stray (REH 1747, H.16, 7 st., 66.66.86.86) William Walker 1835 Ye that do your Master's will (SHC2 1762, H.1389, 1 st., 77.77.D) Orlando Gibbons Ye that pass by, behold the man (HSP 1742, Pt.1, H.13, 13 st., L.M.) W. J. White 1820 Ye virgin souls, arise (HSP 1749, H.101, 7 st., 66.66.88) Thomas Clark 1805 Young men and maidens, raise