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Charles Wesley, born on December 18, 1707, and died on March 29, 1788, was a prominent English poet and theologian. He was one of the founders of the Methodist Church and is renowned for his poetry, which has had a profound impact on Christian music.

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Famous Charles Wesley Quotes

“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.”

Stills Soul Lasts Past Life Is Water Havens Lovers Safe Let Me Storm Guides My Soul Bosoms Saviour Tempest Storms Of Life

Author:Charles Wesley

“My soul is all an aching void.”

Soul My Soul Void

Book:Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book

Source: Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book

“A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify; A never dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky.”

Soul Sky Dying Fit Glorify

Book:Charles Wesley : A Reader: A Reader

Source: Charles Wesley : A Reader: A Reader

“Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears; The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears: Before the throne my surety stands, Before the throne my surety stands, my name is written on His hands.”

Soul Hands Names Written Sacrifice Arise Guilty My Soul Shakes Thrones Behalf Bleeding

Book:Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book

Source: Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book

About the Author

Born: December 18, 1707
Died: March 29, 1788
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 44

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Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-BookRelated source material

Charles Wesley seen in his finer and less familiar poems. [A collection of his poems edited by F. M. Bird.]Related source material

Hark! the Herald Angels SingRelated source material

Charles Wesley : A Reader: A ReaderRelated source material

Fifty Hymns by Charles WesleyRelated source material

Memoirs of the Rev. Charles Wesley ... Being an abridgement of his Life in two volumes, octavoRelated source material

Representative Verse of Charles WesleyRelated source material

The Wesleyan Psalter: a poetical version of nearly the whole Book of PsalmsRelated source material

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