Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >
SCHUMANN is one of many hymn tunes arranged by Lowell Mason (PHH 96). He first published the arrangement in Cantica Laudis (1850), a collection he edited with George J. Webb (PHH 559). First called WHITE, the tune was marked "Arr. from Schumann" and was thus ascribed to the German composer Robert A.…
Display Title: Jesus, my Lord, my God, The God supreme thou artFirst Line: Jesus, my Lord, my God, The God supreme thou artAuthor: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788Date: 1813
Display Title: Jesus, my Lord, my God, The God supreme thou artFirst Line: Jesus, my Lord, my God, The God supreme thou artAuthor: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788Date: 1876
Display Title: Jesus, my Lord, my God, The God supreme thou artFirst Line: Jesus, my Lord, my God, The God supreme thou artAuthor: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788Date: 1908