Charles Wesley

1707-1788

Born: December 28, 1707, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. Died: March 29, 1788, London, England. Buried: Marylebone Parish Church, London.

Charles Wesley wrote over 6,000 hymns. Like most hymnists, his work were frequently altered. In the preface to the 1779 Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists, his brother John wrote:

I beg leave to mention a thought which has been long upon my mind, and which I should long ago have in­sert­ed in the pub­lic pa­pers, had I not been un­will­ing to stir up a nest of horn­ets. Many gen­tle­men have done my bro­ther and me (though without nam­ing us) the hon­our to re­print many of our hymns. Now they are per­fect­ly wel­come to do so, pro­vid­ed they print them just as they are. But I de­sire they would not at­tempt to mend them, for they are real­ly not able. None of them is able to mend ei­ther the sense or the verse. There­fore, I must beg of them these two fa­vours: either to let them stand just as they are, to take things for bet­ter or worse, or to add the true read­ing in the mar­gin, or at the bot­tom of the page, that we may no long­er be ac­count­a­ble either for the non­sense or for the dog­ger­el of other men.

Hymns

1. All Praise to Him Who Dwells in Bliss
2. All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord
3. All Ye That Pass By
4. Ambassadors of God
5. And Am I Only Born to Die?
6. And Are We Yet Alive?
7. And Can It Be That I Should Gain?
8. And Let Our Bodies Part
9. And Let This Feeble Body Fail
10. And Must I Be to Judgment Brought
11. Arise, My Soul, Arise
12. Arm of the Lord, Awake, Awake!
13. Author of Faith, Eternal Word
14. Awake, Jerusalem, Awake!
15. Away with Our Sorrow and Fear
16. Be Merciful, O God, to Me
    • My Heart Is Fixed, O God
17. Because Thou Hast Said
18. Being of Beings
19. Blest Be the Dear Uniting Love
20. Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow
21. By Faith We Find the Place Above
22. Captain of Israel’s Host
23. Celebrate Immanuel’s Name
24. Charge to Keep I Have, A
25. Christ from Whom All Blessings Flow
26. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
27. Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
28. Clap Your Hands, Ye People All
29. Come Away to the Skies
30. Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join
31. Come, Divine Interpreter
32. Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
33. Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire
34. Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above
    • Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing
35. Come, Let Us Join with One Accord
36. Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue
37. Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine
38. Come, Let Us Who in Christ Believe
39. Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown
40. Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast
41. Come, Thou Almighty King
42. Come, Thou Conqueror of the Nations
43. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
44. Come, Ye Weary Sinners, Come
45. Depth of Mercy
46. Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
47. Father, in Whom We Live
48. Father of Jesus Christ, My Lord
49. Father, Whose Everlasting Love
50. Forever Here My Rest Shall Be
51. Forth in Thy Name, O Lord
52. Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
53. Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove
54. Glory Be to God on High
55. God Is Gone Up on High
56. God Only Wise, and Great, and Strong
57. Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost
58. Great Archangel’s Trump, The
59. Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
60. Hark! A Voice Divides the Sky
61. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
62. He Comes! He Comes! the Judge Severe!
63. Head of Thy Church, Whose Spirit Fills
64. Hearken to the Solemn Voice
65. Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord
66. Holy as Thou, O Lord, Is None
67. How Can We Sinners Know
68. How Happy Are the Little Flock
69. How Happy Every Child of Grace
70. I Know That My Redeemer Lives
71. I Want a Principle Within
72. If Death My Friend and Me Divide
73. In Age and Feebleness Extreme
74. Infinite God, to Thee We Raise
75. Jehovah, God the Father, Bless
76. Jesu, My Savior, Brother, Friend
77. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
78. Jesus, Faithful to His Word
79. Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee
80. Jesus, Lover of My Soul
81. Jesus, My Advocate Above
82. Jesus, My Strength, My Hope
83. Jesus, the Conqueror, Reigns
84. Jesus! the Name High over All
85. Jesus, the Sinner’s Friend
86. Jesus, the Truth and Power Divine
87. Jesus, Thine All Victorious Love
88. Jesus, Thou All Redeeming Lord
89. Jesus, Thou Soul of All Our Joys
90. Jesus, United by Thy Grace
91. Jesus, We Look to Thee
92. Join, All Ye Ransomed Sons of Grace
93. Lamb of God I Look to Thee
94. Let Earth and Heaven Combine
95. Let Us Plead for Faith Alone
96. Lift Your Heads
97. Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling
98. Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
99. Lord, in the Strength of Grace
100. Lord, Whom Winds and Waves Obey
101. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
102. Lovers of Pleasure More Than God
103. My God, I Know, I Feel Thee Mine
104. My Heart Is Full of Christ
105. O Come and Dwell in Me
106. O for a Heart to Praise My God
107. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
108. O How Happy Are They Who the Savior Obey
     • How Happy Are They
109. O Jesus, My Hope
110. O Love, Divine, How Sweet Thou Art
111. O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done
112. O Thou Who at Thy Creature’s Bar
113. O Thou Who Camest from Above
114. O Thou, Whom All Thy Saints Adore
115. O What Shall I Do, My Savior to Praise
116. Our Earth We Now Lament to See
117. Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead
118. Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above
119. Prisoners of Hope, Arise
120. Rejoice, the Lord Is King
121. Savior, Whom Our Hearts Adore
122. See How Great a Flame Aspires
123. See, Jesus, Thy Disciples See
124. See, Sinners, in the Gospel Glass
125. Shepherd Divine, Our Wants Relieve
126. Sing to the Great Jehovah’s Praise
127. Sinners, Believe the Gospel Word
128. Sinners, Obey the Gospel Word
129. Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die?
130. Soldiers of Christ, Arise
131. Son of the Carpenter, Receive
     • Servant of All, to Toil for Man
132. Spirit of Faith, Come Down
133. Stand the Omnipotent Decree
134. Surrounded by a Host of Foes
135. Talk with Us, Lord
136. Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
137. This Is Thy Will, I Know
138. Thou God of Glorious Majesty
139. Thou Judge of Quick and Dead
140. Thousand Oracles Divine, A
141. Thy Ceaseless, Unexhausted Love
142. ’Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies
143. To Us a Child of Royal Birth
144. Weary of Wandering from My God
145. Weary Souls That Wander Wide
146. Weep Not for a Brother Deceased
147. What Shall I Do, My God to Love
148. What Shall I Render to My God
149. Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin?
150. Whether the Word Be Preached or Read
151. Woe to the Men on Earth Who Dwell
152. Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die?
153. Ye Neighbors and Friends of Jesus
154. Ye Ransomed Sinners, Hear
155. Ye Servants of God
156. Ye Thirsty for God
157. Ye Waiting Souls, Arise
158. Young Men and Maidens, Raise