Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >
RICHMOND (also known as CHESTERFIELD) is a florid tune originally written by Thomas Haweis (PHH 270) and published in his collection Carmina Christo (1792). Samuel Webbe, Jr., adapted and shortened the tune and published it in his Collection of Psalm Tunes (1808). It was reprinted in 1853 in Webbe's…
Composed by John B. Dykes (PHH 147), BEATITUDO was published in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1875), where it was set to Isaac Watts' "How Bright Those Glorious Spirits Shine." Originally a word coined by Cicero, BEATITUDO means "the condition of blessedness."
Like many of Dykes's…
Display Title: Come, Let Us Join with One AccordFirst Line: Come, let us join with one accordTune Title: BEATITUDOAuthor: Charles WesleyMeter: CMSource: Hymns for Children, 1763
Display Title: Come, Let Us Join with One AccordFirst Line: Come, let us join with one accordTune Title: BEATITUDOAuthor: Charles WesleyMeter: C.M.Scripture: Hebrews 4:9Date: 1990Subject: Church | Communion of Saints; Church | Triumph of; The Church | The Lord's DaySource: Mod.
Display Title: Come, let us join with one accordFirst Line: Come, let us join with one accordTune Title: SABBATH MORNINGAuthor: Charles WesleyMeter: C.M.Date: 1991
Display Title: Come, Let Us Join with One AccordFirst Line: Come, let us join with one accordTune Title: ELIZABETHTOWNAuthor: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788Meter: CMScripture: Psalm 96Date: 2011Subject: Jesus | Resurrection; Jesus Christ | Resurrection
Display Title: Come, Let Us Join With One AccordFirst Line: Come, let us join with one accordTune Title: CHESTERFIELDAuthor: Charles WesleyMeter: C. M.Scripture: Philippians 1:27Date: 2017Subject: Public Worship | Opening of Service