A Methodist pastor quoted part of John Wesley’s “Directions for Singing” at a service a couple of weeks ago. Along with a whole library of sermons and other Christian writing, the English founder of ...

The less-famous brother of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, Charles nevertheless left a lasting legacy of rich hymnody that churches around the world enjoy to this day. The ...

So wrote John Wesley something over a hundred years ago in the preface to A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists. The outburst is both amusing, as showing the decided ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/weslmethstud.11.2.0166 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/weslmethstud.11.2.0166 Copy URL ABSTRACT Charles Wesley's objection to his ...

The hymns of Charles Wesley were recently featured at The First United Methodist Church of Anniston. Dr. S.T. Kimbrough, a noted scholar on Wesley, gave background on hymns Wesley published for 50 ...

The famous hymn-writer’s understanding of divine love was reflected in his mortal marriage. Christians love to talk about marriage and babies, and sometimes even sex. But our earthly loves—the ...

In the founding of the Methodist movement in 18th-century England, Charles Wesley is usually regarded as “second fiddle” to his older brother, evangelist John Wesley, according to a local church ...

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