Charles Wesley Quotes

• Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favoured sinners slain; Thousand thousand Saints attending Swell the triumph of His train.

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• 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.

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• Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart.

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• 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.

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• Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.

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• Jesu, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high; Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.

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• Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature’s night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray – I woke, the dungeon flamed with light, My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed thee.

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• See the Gospel Church secure, And founded on a Rock! All her promises are sure; Her bulwarks who can shock? Count her every precious shrine; Tell, to after-ages tell, Fortified by power divine, The Church can never fail.

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• To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray.

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• In Fellowship; alone To God, with Faith, draw near, Approach His Courts, besiege His Throne With all the power of Prayer.

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• “Christ the Lord is risen today,” Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.

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• A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify: A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky.

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• Hark the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born king.” Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!

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• Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to that alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.

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Birth:	18th December, 1707
Death:	29th March, 1788
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Leader

About

Charles Wesley was born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. He was a british leader of the Methodist movement. Charles Wesley is mostly remembered for the over 6,000 hymns he wrote. He ministered for part of his life in The New Room Chapel in Bristol. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. After graduating with a Masters' in classical languages and literature, Charles followed his father and brother into the church in 1735.

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