Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesleywas an English leader of the Methodist movement, most widely known for writing more than 6,000 hymns. Wesley was the son of Anglican cleric and poet Samuel Wesley and his wife Susanna Wesley, the younger brother of Methodist founder John Wesley and Anglican cleric Samuel Wesley the Younger, the father of musician Samuel Wesley and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth18 December 1707
church streams divided
One family--we dwell in Him, One church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death.
death workmen carrie
God buries His workmen but carries on His work.
delight mercy spares
... me He now delights to spare.
two long piety
Let us unite the two so long divided, knowledge and vital piety.
kings eye waiting
Hail the day that sees Him rise, Ravished from our wistful eyes! Christ, awhile to mortals given, Re-ascends His native heaven. There the glorious triumph waits, Lift your heads, eternal gates! Wide unfold the radiant scene, Take the King of glory in!
soul void my-soul
My soul is all an aching void.
sleep tears may
When summoned hence to thine eternal sleep, Oh, may'st thou smile while all around thee weep.
thinking names speak
Forth in thy name,O Lord, I go, My daily labour to pursue. Thee, only thee, resolved to know, In all I think or speak or do.
jesus children simplicity
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.
jesus father race
He left His Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite His grace!) Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race.
christmas kings angel
Hark the herald angels sing 'Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled' Joyful, all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies With the angelic host proclaim: 'Christ is born in Bethlehem' Hark! The herald angels sing 'Glory to the newborn King!'
moving night light
Expand Thy wings, celestial Dove, brood o'er our nature's night; on our disordered spirits move, and let there now be light.
life sea land
Lo! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand. Secure, insensible.
kings heart voice
Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore; Mortals, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; Rejoice, again, I say rejoice.