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Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley
English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer, who, with his elder brother John, started the Methodist movement in the Church of England. The evangelical revival of the mid-18th century under John and Charles Wesley established hymnody in England and America.
Charles published more than 9,000 hymns and and sacred poems, hundreds of which became hymns for Christian worship. George Friederic Handel wrote music specifically for three of them. Among Wesley's best known hymns are "Love divine, all loves excelling"; "Hark, the herald angels sing"; "Christ the Lord is ris'n today"; "Soldiers of Christ, arise"; "Rejoice, the Lord is king"; and "Jesu, lover of my soul." Hymns of Charles Wesley appear in the hymnals of most English speaking denominations and have been translated into many other languages.
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O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (UMH 57)
Maker in Whom We Live (UMH 88)
Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above (UMH 96)
Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose (UMH 153)
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Sky (UMH 173)
Jesus! the Name High over All (UMH 193)
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (UMH 196)
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