Charles Wesley · CatalogCharles WesleyCharles Wesley · CatalogCharles Wesley (1707–1788) wrote thousands of hymns for the Methodist revival; several early hymns from Hymns and Sacred Poems remain in church and school use for singing or spoken recitation.
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Charles Wesley (1707–1788) wrote thousands of hymns for the Methodist revival; several early hymns from Hymns and Sacred Poems remain in church and school use for singing or spoken recitation.
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“O for a thousand tongues to sing My dear Redeemer’s praise! The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace.”
For the Anniversary of One’s Conversion by Charles Wesley (1739–1740) is presented here as a complete poem for reading aloud and memorization. The hosted edition preserves stanza spacing for recitation practice.
Free Grace by Charles Wesley (1739–1740) is presented here as a complete poem for reading aloud and memorization. The hosted edition preserves stanza spacing for recitation practice.
Hymn for Christmas Day by Charles Wesley (1739–1740) is presented here as a complete poem for reading aloud and memorization. The hosted edition preserves stanza spacing for recitation practice.
Hymn for Easter Day by Charles Wesley (1739–1740) is presented here as a complete poem for reading aloud and memorization. The hosted edition preserves stanza spacing for recitation practice.
This selection gathers five hymns by Charles Wesley (1707–1788) as they were first printed in Hymns and Sacred Poems, the volumes he and his brother John published in London in 1739 and 1740, at the start of the Methodist revival. Charles recorded an evangelical conversion in May 1738, a few days before John's experience at Aldersgate Street, and he began writing hymns almost at once; over his life he wrote some six thousand.
In Temptation by Charles Wesley (1739–1740) is presented here as a complete poem for reading aloud and memorization. The hosted edition preserves stanza spacing for recitation practice.