Charles Wesley wrote over 6,000 hymns. Like most hymn­ists, his works were fre­quent­ly al­tered. In the pre­face to the 1779 Col­lection of Hymns for the Use of the Peo­ple called Meth­od­ists, his bro­ther John wrote:

I beg leave to men­tion a thought which has been long up­on my mind, and which I should long ago have in­sert­ed in the pub­lic pa­pers, had I not been un­will­ing to stir up a nest of horn­ets. Ma­ny gen­tle­men have done my bro­ther and me (though with­out nam­ing us) the hon­our to re­print ma­ny of our hymns. Now they are per­fect­ly wel­come to do so, pro­vid­ed they print them just as they are. But I de­sire they would not at­tempt to mend them, for they are real­ly not able. None of them is able to mend ei­ther the sense or the verse. There­fore, I must beg of them these two fa­vours: ei­ther to let them stand just as they are, to take things for bet­ter or worse, or to add the true read­ing in the mar­gin, or at the bot­tom of the page, that we may no long­er be ac­count­a­ble ei­ther for the non­sense or for the dog­ger­el of other men.

In addition to hymn writ­ing, Charles and John found­ed the move­ment which be­came the Meth­od­ist de­nom­in­a­tion.

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Hymns

1. Ah! Whither Should I Go?
2. All Glory to God
3. All Glory to God in the Sky
4. All Wise, All Good, Almighty Lord
5. All Praise to Him Who Dwells in Bliss
6. All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord
7. All Ye That Pass By
8. All Ye That Seek the Lord Who Died
9. Ambassadors of God
10. And Am I Only Born to Die?
11. And Are We Yet Alive?
12. And Can I Yet Delay?
13. And Can It Be That I Should Gain?
14. And Let Our Bodies Part
15. And Let This Feeble Body Fail
16. And Must I Be to Judgment Brought
17. Angels Your March Oppose
18. Arise, My Soul, Arise
19. Arm of the Lord, Awake, Awake!
20. Author of Faith, Eternal Word
21. Awake, Jerusalem, Awake!
22. Away with Our Fears!
23. Away with Our Sorrow and Fear
24. Be Merciful, O God, to Me
    • My Heart Is Fixed, O God
25. Because Thou Hast Said
26. Behold the Servant of the Lord
27. Being of Beings
28. Blest Be Our Everlasting Lord
29. Blest Be the Dear Uniting Love
30. Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow
31. By Faith We Find the Place Above
32. Captain of Israel’s Host
33. Celebrate Immanuel’s Name
34. Charge to Keep I Have, A
35. Christ from Whom All Blessings Flow
36. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
37. Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
38. Clap Your Hands, Ye People All
39. Come Away to the Skies
40. Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join
41. Come, Divine Interpreter
42. Come, Father, Son, and Ho­ly Ghost
43. Come, Ho­ly Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire
44. Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue
45. Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above
46. Come, Let Us Rise with Christ
47. Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine
48. Come, Let Us Who in Christ Believe
49. Come, O Thou All Victorious Lord
50. Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown
51. Come On, My Partners in Distress
52. Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast
53. Come, Thou Almighty King
54. Come, Thou Conqueror of the Na­tions
55. Come, Thou Everlasting Spirit
56. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
    • Come, O Savior, Long Expected
    • Come, Thou Savior, Long Expected
    • Hail, Thou Long Expected Jesus
57. Come, Ye Weary Sinners, Come
58. Depth of Mercy
59. Earth with All Her Fullness Owns, The
60. Eternal Beam of Light Divine
61. Eternal Son, Eternal Love
62. Eternal Sun of Righteousness
63. Father, God, We Glorify
64. Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
65. Father, in Whom We Live
66. Father of All, Whose Powerful Voice
    • Eternal Son, Eternal Love
67. Father of Everlasting Grace
68. Father of Jesus Christ, My Lord
69. Father of Me, and All Mankind
70. Father, Our Hearts We Lift
71. Father, Son and Holy Ghost
72. Father, Whose Everlasting Love
73. Forever Here My Rest Shall Be
74. Forth in Thy Name, O Lord
75. Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
    • Holy Jesus, Savior Mild
    • Loving Jesus, Gentle Lamb
76. Give Me a New, a Perfect Heart
77. Give Me the Enlarged Desire
78. Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove
79. Glorious God, Accept a Heart
80. Glory Be to God on High (1)
81. Glory Be to God on High (2)
82. Glory to God, Whose Sovereign Grace
83. God Is Gone Up on High
84. God of All Power and Truth and Grace
    • Father, Supply My Every Need
    • Holy, and True, and Righteous Lord
85. God Only Wise, and Great, and Strong
86. Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost
87. Great Archangel’s Trump, The
88. Great God! To Me the Sight Afford
89. Hail, Co-Essential Three
90. Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
91. Happy Magdalene, to Whom
92. Happy Soul, That, Free from Harms
93. Happy the Man That Finds the Grace
94. Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined
95. Hark! A Voice Divides the Sky
96. Hark, How the Watchmen Cry
97. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
98. He Comes! He Comes! the Judge Severe!
99. Head of Thy Church Triumphant
100. Head of Thy Church, Whose Spirit Fills
101. Hearken to the Solemn Voice
102. Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord
103. Ho! Every One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh
104. Holy as Thou, O Lord, Is None
105. Holy, Ho­ly, Lord
106. Holy Lamb, Who Thee Confess
107. Hosanna in the Highest
108. How Can We Sinners Know
109. How Glorious Is the Life Above
110. How Happy Are the Little Flock
111. How Happy Every Child of Grace
112. How Happy Are Thy Servants, Lord
113. How Lovely Are Thy Tents, O Lord!
114. I Call the World’s Redeemer Mine
115. I Know That My Redeemer Lives
116. I the Good Fight Have Fought
117. I Want a Principle Within
118. If Death My Friend and Me Divide
119. In Age and Feebleness Extreme
120. Infinite God, to Thee We Raise
121. Jehovah, God the Father, Bless
122. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
123. Jesus, Faithful to His Word
124. Jesus, from Whom All Blessings Flow
125. Jesus, Let All Thy Lovers Shine
126. Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee
127. Jesus, Lover of My Soul
128. Jesus, My Advocate Above
129. Jesus, My Savior, Brother, Friend
     • Jesu, My Savior, Brother, Friend
130. Jesus, My Strength, My Hope
131. Jesus, the All-Restoring Word
132. Jesus, the Conqueror, Reigns
133. Jesus! the Name High over All
134. Jesus, the Rising Lord of All
135. Jesus, the Sinner’s Friend
136. Jesus, the Truth and Power Divine
137. Jesus, Thine All Victorious Love
138. Jesus, Thou All Redeeming Lord
139. Jesus, Thou Soul of All Our Joys
140. Jesus, United by Thy Grace
141. Jesus, We Look to Thee
142. Join All Ye Joyful Nations
143. Join, All Ye Ransomed Sons of Grace
144. Lamb of God I Look to Thee
145. Leader of Faithful Souls
146. Let All That Breathe, Jehovah Praise
147. Let Angels and Archangels Sing
148. Let Earth and Heaven Combine
149. Let Him to Whom We Now Belong
150. Let Not the Wise His Wisdom Boast
151. Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing
     • Come, Let Us Join with One Accord
152. Let the World Their Virtue Boast
153. Let Us Plead for Faith Alone
154. Lift Your Heads
155. Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling
156. Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
157. Lord, I Believe a Rest Remains
158. Lord, I Believe Thy Work of Grace
     • O Joyful Sound of Gospel Grace
159. Lord, in the Strength of Grace
160. Lord of the Harvest, Hear
161. Lord, Whom Winds and Waves Obey
162. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
163. Lovers of Pleasure More Than God
164. Meet and Right It Is to Sing
165. Messiah, Prince of Peace
166. My God, I Am Thine
167. My God, I Know, I Feel Thee Mine
168. My Heart Is Full of Christ
169. My Soul, Inspired with Sac­red Love
170. O Astonishing Grace, That the Reprobate Race
171. O Come and Dwell in Me
172. O for a Heart to Praise My God
173. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
174. O for That Tenderness of Heart
175. O God, Most Merciful and True
176. O God, Thy Righteousness We Own
177. O How Happy Are They Who the Savior Obey
     • How Happy Are They
178. O Jesus, My Hope
179. O Love, Divine, How Sweet Thou Art
180. O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done
181. O Mercy Divine, O Couldst Thou Incline
182. O That I Could, in Every Place
183. O That I Could Repent
184. O That My Load of Sin Were Gone!
185. O the Depth of Love Divine
186. O Thou Eternal Victim Slain
     • O Thou, Before the World Began
187. O Thou, Our Savior, Brother, Friend
188. O Thou Who at Thy Creature’s Bar
     • Lord of the Church, We Humbly Pray
     • Servants of Christ, His Truth Who Know
     • Thou Jesus, Thou My Breast Inspire
     • Thy Power and Saving Truth to Show
189. O Thou Who Camest from Above
190. O Thou, Whom All Thy Saints Adore
191. O Thou Whose Offering on the Tree
192. O What Shall I Do, My Savior to Praise
193. Object of All Our Knowledge Here
194. Omnipotent Lord, My Savior and King
195. Our Earth We Now Lament to See
196. Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead
197. Peace, Doubting Heart!
198. Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above
199. Prisoners of Hope, Arise
200. Rejoice, the Lord Is King
201. Righteous God! Whose Vengeful Phials
202. Savior, and Can It Be
203. Savior, Prince of Israel’s Race
204. Savior, Whom Our Hearts Adore
205. See How Great a Flame Aspires
206. See, Jesus, Thy Disciples See
207. See, Sinners, in the Gospel Glass
208. Shepherd Divine, Our Wants Relieve
209. Sing to the Great Jehovah’s Praise
210. Sing, Ye Ransomed Nations, Sing
211. Sinners, Believe the Gospel Word
212. Sinners, Dismiss Your Fear
213. Sinners, Rejoice: Your Peace Is Made
214. Sinners, Obey the Gospel Word
215. Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die?
216. Soldiers of Christ, Arise
217. Son of the Carpenter, Receive
     • Servant of All, to Toil for Man
218. Spirit of Faith, Come Down
219. Stand the Omnipotent Decree
220. Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay
221. Surrounded by a Host of Foes
222. Talk with Us, Lord
223. Terrible Thought! Shall I Alone
224. Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
225. This Is Thy Will, I Know
226. Thou God of Glorious Majesty
227. Thou Great Mysterious God Unknown
228. Thou Judge of Quick and Dead
229. Thou Son of God, Whose Flaming Eyes
230. Thou, the Great, Eternal God
231. Thousand Oracles Divine, A
232. Thy Ceaseless, Unexhausted Love
233. Thy Faithfulness, Lord, Each Moment We Find
234. ’Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies
235. To Us a Child of Royal Birth
236. Victim Divine, Thy Grace We Claim
237. Watched by the World’s Malignant Eye
238. Weary of Wandering from My God
239. Weary Souls That Wander Wide
240. Weep Not for a Brother Deceased
241. What Am I, O Thou Glorious God!
242. What Is Our Calling’s Glorious Hope?
243. What Shall I Do, My God to Love
244. What Shall I Render to My God
245. When Quiet in My House I Sit
246. Where Is the Holy Heav’n-Born Child?
247. Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin?
248. Wherewith, O Lord, Shall I Draw Near?
249. Whether the Word Be Preached or Read
250. What Are These Arrayed in White?
     • Who Are These Arrayed in White?
251. With Glorious Clouds Encompassed Round
252. With Solemn Faith We Offer Up
253. Woe to the Men on Earth Who Dwell
254. Worship, and Thanks, and Blessing
255. Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die?
256. Ye Heavenly Choir
257. Ye Neighbors and Friends of Jesus
258. Ye Ransomed Sinners, Hear
259. Ye Servants of God
260. Ye Simple Men of Hearts Sincere
261. Ye That Pass By, Behold the Man
262. Ye Thirsty for God
263. Ye Virgin Souls, Arise
264. Ye Waiting Souls, Arise
265. Young Men and Maidens, Raise