John and his brother Charles found­ed the movement which be­came the Meth­od­ist de­nom­in­a­tion. Charles was the main hymn­ist in the fam­i­ly, but John trans­lat­ed a num­ber of hymns (most­ly Ger­man) him­self. He be­gan stu­dy­ing the German lan­guage on board the ship Sim­mons, which car­ried him and Charles to Georg­ia in 1735. Al­so on the ship were 26 Ger­man Mo­ra­vian col­o­nists, and Wesley want­ed to be able to talk with them and share in their wor­ship servi­ces.

Wesley’s works in­clude:

• A Collect­ion of Psalms and Hymns. Charles­town, 1737
• A Collect­ion of Psalms and Hymns. Lon­don: print­ed in the year 1738
• A Collect­ion of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Meth­od­ists, 1780
• Pocket Hymn­book for the Use of Christ­ians of All De­nom­in­a­tions, 1785

Sources

Hymns

1. Author of Life Di­vine
2. How Happy Is the Pil­grim’s Lot
3. We Lift Our Hearts to Thee
4. Ser­vant of God, Well Done!

Translations

1. All Glory to the Eternal Three
2. Commit Thou All Thy Griefs
3. Eternal Depth of Love Di­vine
4. Extended on a Cursèd Tree
5. Give to the Winds Thy Fears
6. High on His Ev­er­last­ing Throne
   • What Shall We Offer Our Good Lord?
7. High Praise to Thee, All Gra­cious God
8. Ho­ly Lamb, Who Thee Re­ceive
9. I Thank Thee, Uncreated Sun
10. I Thirst, Thou Wound­ed Lamb of God
11. Into Thy Gra­cious Hands I Fall
12. Jesu, Thy Soul Renew My Own
13. Jesu, to Thee My Heart I Bow
14. Jesu, Whose Glory’s Streaming Rays
15. Jesus, Thy Blood and Right­eous­ness
16. Jesus, Thy Bound­less Love to Me
17. Lo, God Is Here!
18. Meek, Patient Lamb of God, to Thee
19. Monarch of All, with Low­ly Fear
20. My Soul Be­fore Thee Pros­trate Lies
21. Now I Have Found the Ground Where­in
22. O God, My God, My All Thou Art!
23. O God of God, in Whom Combine
24. O God, of Good the Un­fa­thomed Sea
25. O God Thou Bottomless Abyss
26. O God, What Offering Shall I Give
27. O Jesu, Source of Calm Repose
28. O Thou to Whose All Search­ing Sight
29. O Thou Who All Things Canst Control
30. O Thou Whom Sinners Love, Whose Care
31. Regardless Now of Things Below
32. Shall I, for Fear of Fee­ble Man
33. Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tow­er
34. Thine, Lord, Is Wis­dom, Thine Alone
35. Thou Hid­den Love of God
36. Thou, Je­su, Art Our King
37. Thou Lamb of God, Thou Prince of Peace
38. Thou, True and Only God
39. To Thee with Heart and Mouth I Sing
40. What Shall We Of­fer Our Good Lord