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  2. Charles Wesley - Wikipedia

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    Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English Anglican cleric and a principal leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. [ 2 ]

  3. Category:Hymns by Charles Wesley - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Hymns by Charles Wesley" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. And Can It Be; C.

  4. Come, O thou Traveller unknown - Wikipedia

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    "Wrestling Jacob", also known by its incipit, "Come, O thou Traveller unknown", is a Christian hymn written by Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley.It is based on the biblical account of Jacob wrestling with an angel, from Genesis 32:24-32, with Wesley interpreting this as an analogy for Christian conversion.

  5. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Wikipedia

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    The Herald Angels Sing" written by Charles Wesley. [12] Wesley had originally envisioned the words being sung to the same tune as his Easter hymn "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today". [13] "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" was regarded as one of the Great Four Anglican Hymns and published as number 403 in The Church Hymn Book (New York and Chicago ...

  6. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - Wikipedia

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    Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley's finest: "justly famous and beloved, better known than almost any other hymn of Charles Wesley." [32] Judging by its distribution, it is also among his most successful: by the end of the 19th century, it is found in 15 of the 17 hymn books consulted by the authors of Lyric Studies. [33]

  7. Charles Wesley Godwin, alongside a rootsy rock era, achieve ...

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    Charles Wesley Godwin's first of two headlining nights at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium ended at the stroke of Friday morning with a solid half-hour of foot-stomping rock revelry solely borne south ...

  8. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today - Wikipedia

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    Most of the stanzas were written by Charles Wesley, and the hymn appeared under the title "Hymn for Easter Day" in Hymns and Sacred Poems by Charles and John Wesley in 1739. The hymn eventually became well known for the " Alleluia " sung as a melisma after each line, which was added by an unknown author, probably to fit the commonly used hymn ...

  9. A Charge to Keep I Have - Wikipedia

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    "A Charge to Keep I Have" is a hymn written by Charles Wesley. It was first published in 1762 in Wesley's Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. The words are based on Leviticus 8:35. It is most commonly sung to the hymn tune Boylston by Lowell Mason.