Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Charles Wesley (1707 -1788)

English hymnist and leader of the English Methodist movement, with his older brother John Wesley (1703 – 1791). They were the son’s of an Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley (1662 – 1735).  He was the father of composer Samuel Wesley (1766 – 1837).

Charles Wesley was educated at Oxford, and went on to write over 6,000 hymns.

 

 

Glory Be To God On High
Carols - Favourite Christmas Carols (90 And Rising) / 76 76 D / Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900) / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Christmas / Descant / Hymn / Noël / Traditional English / Year A Advent 4 / Year A Christmas 1 / Year B Advent 4 / Year B Christmas 1 / Year C Advent 4 / Year C Christmas 1

Glory Be To God On High (Noël, Organ with Descant, 4 Verses)

Glory Be To God On High : Recording Tune: Noël, a traditional tune arranged by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900). Meter:

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Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus / 87 87 / Advent / Carols - Favourite Christmas Carols (90 And Rising) / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Christmas / Epiphany / Halton Holgate / Hymn / William Boyce (1711-1779) / Year A Advent 1 / Year A Advent 2 / Year A Proper 28 / Year C Advent 1 / Year C Advent 2 / Year C Advent 3 / Year C Advent 4 / Year C Epiphany 3 - Third Sunday of Epiphany / Year C Feast Of Christ The King

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus (Halton Holgate, Organ, 4 Verses)

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus (Halton Holgate) : Recording Tune: Halton Holgate, composed by William Boyce (1711-1779). Public Domain. Meter: 87 87.

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Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
Hymn / 77 77 and Alleluias / Anonymous / Ascension Day / Baroque / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Complete Psalmodist (1749)  / Easter Hymn / Easter Sunday / Easter Vigil / Hymns For Easter / Jesus Christ Is Risen Today / Lyra Davidica / Video / William Henry Monk (1823-1889) / Year A Easter 2 / Year B Easter 2 / Year B Easter 4 / Year B Easter 5 / Year C Easter 2 / Year C Easter 3

Christ The Lord Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn, Organ, 6 Verses)

This hymn is interchangeable with Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, which uses the same tune:  Easter Hymn. Christ The Lord

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O For A Heart To Praise My God
Hymn / Ash Wednesday / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Classic Hymns for Lent and Passiontide / CM / Lent / Stockton / Thomas Wright (1763 - 1829) / Video / Year A Easter 6 / Year A Lent 3 / Year A Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 9 / Year A Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 16 / Year A Proper 7, Ordinary 12, Trinity 2 / Year B Christmas 1 / Year C Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 14 / Year C Proper 24, Ordinary 29, Trinity 18

O For A Heart To Praise My God (Stockton, Organ, 5 verses)

O For A Heart To Praise My God : Recording Tune: Stockton, composed by Thomas Wright (1763 – 1829). Public Domain.

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Ye Servants Of God
Hymn / 10 10 11 11 / Ash Wednesday / Book Of Revelation / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Classical / Easter Eve / Easter Vigil / General / Holy Week Tuesday / Paderborn / Paderborn Gesangbuch (1765) / Year A Ascension / Year A Easter 5 / Year A Epiphany 2 / Year A Epiphany 3 / Year A Palm Sunday - Liturgy of The Palms and Liturgy of The Passion / Year A Proper 18, Ordinary 23, Trinity 13 / Year A Proper 26, Ordinary 29, Trinity 19 / Year A Proper 8, Ordinary 13, Trinity 2 / Year A Trinity Sunday / Year B Ascension / Year B Epiphany 2 / Year B Epiphany 4 / Year B Lent 2 / Year B Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 16 / Year B Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 19 / Year B Proper 27, Ordinary 32, Third Sunday Before Advent / Year B Proper 7, Ordinary 12, Trinity 3 / Year C 2nd Sunday Before Advent / Year C Advent 3 / Year C All Saints' Day / Year C Ascension Day / Year C Easter 3 / Year C Easter 4 / Year C Easter 6 - Sixth Sunday of Easter / Year C Epiphany 5 / Year C Proper 26, 4th Sunday Before Advent / Year C Proper 28, Ordinary 33, 2nd Sunday Before Advent / Year C Proper 9, Ordinary 14, Trinity 3

Ye Servants Of God (Paderborn, Organ, 4 Verses)

Ye Servants Of God : Recording Tune: Paderborn, traditional from Paderborn Gesangbuch (1765). Public Domain. Performance ℗ 2019 Richard Irwin

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Soldiers Of Christ Arise
66 86 / Ash Wednesday / Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Easter Eve / General / Hymn / St Ethelwald / William Henry Monk (1823-1889) / Year A Advent 1 / Year A Proper 12 Ordinary 17 Trinity 7 / Year A Proper 18, Ordinary 23, Trinity 13 / Year A Proper 28 / Year A Proper 9, Ordinary 14, Trinity 3 / Year B Advent 3 / Year B Proper 16, Ordinary 21, Trinity 12 / Year B Proper 6, Ordinary 11, Trinity 2 / Year B Proper 7, Ordinary 12, Trinity 3 / Year B Proper 9, Ordinary 14, Trinity 5 / Year C Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 4 / Year C Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 17 / Year C Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 19

Soldiers Of Christ Arise (St Ethelwald, Organ, 6 Verses)

Soldiers Of Christ Arise : Recording Tune: St Ethlewald, composed by William Henry Monk (1823 – 1889). Public Domain. Performance

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O Thou Who Camest From Above
Hymn / 1 Thessalonians 1 / Ascension Day / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Hereford / LM / Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) / Year A Epiphany 1 (Baptism of The Lord) / Year A Pentecost, Whit Sunday / Year A Proper 16, Ordinary 21, Trinity 11 / Year A Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 17 / Year A Proper 24, Ordinary Time 29, Trinity 19 / Year A Proper 6, Ordinary 11, Trinity 1 / Year B Advent 3 / Year B Easter 5 / Year B Epiphany 3 / Year B Lent 3 / Year B Pentecost, Whit Sunday / Year B Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 13 / Year B Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 19 / Year B Proper 27, Ordinary 32, Third Sunday Before Advent / Year B Trinity Sunday / Year C Advent 3 / Year C Epiphany 1, Baptism of The Lord / Year C Epiphany 5 / Year C Pentecost, Whit Sunday / Year C Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 4 / Year C Proper 12, Ordinary 17, Trinity 6 / Year C Proper 15, Ordinary 20, Trinity 9 / Year C Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 16 / Year C Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 17 / Year C Proper 24, Ordinary 29, Trinity 18 / Year C Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 19 / Year C Proper 26, 4th Sunday Before Advent

O Thou Who Camest From Above (Hereford, Organ, 4 Verses)

O Thou Who Camest From Above : Recording Tune: Hereford, composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 – 1876). Public Domain.

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Author Of Life Divine (Gweedore, Organ, 2 Verses)
Hymn / 66 66 88 / Anonymous / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Communion/Eucharist / Corpus Christi / Gweedore / Maundy Thursday / Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) / Year A Easter 4 / Year A Lent 4 / Year A Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 8 / Year A Proper 26, Ordinary 29, Trinity 19 / Year B Easter 4 / Year B Proper 12, Ordinary 17, Trinity 8 / Year B Proper 15, Ordinary 20, Trinity 11 / Year C Easter 4 / Year C Easter 5 / Year C Epiphany Transfiguration Sunday, Sunday Next Before Lent

Author Of Life Divine (Gweedore, Organ, 2 Verses)

Author Of Life Divine Lyrics 1. Author of life divine, who hast a table spread, furnished with mystic wine and

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