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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Lyrics

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