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Charles Wesley
(1707 - 1788)

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English Methodist preacher and hymn writer. As a student at Oxford he devoted himself to systematic study and to the regular practice of religious duties; he and companions whom he persuaded to adopt the same orderly course were taunted as “methodists.” They formed a society, sometimes referred to .. .. more >>

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"And am I born to die?
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?"
Charles Wesley (1707-1788), British hymn-writer. "Hymn XLI," l. 1-4, A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists, London, J. Paramore (1780).

"I rise superior to my pain,
When I am weak then I am strong;"
Charles Wesley (1707-1788), British hymn writer. Wrestling Jacob (l. 33-34). . . Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939) Oxford University Press.

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Charles Wesley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 - 29 March 1788) was a leader of the Methodist movement, the younger brother of John Wesley. Despite their closeness ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wesley

Charles Wesley's Hymns (words and midi music)
Read the words and hear the music to the hymns of Charles Wesley in the United Methodist Hymnal. A Charles Wesley bibliography is also on this page.
http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/hymns/

The Wesleys: John, Charles, Susanna (Free Historical Art Too)
Charles Wesley's Hymns in The United Methodist Hymnal (words and midi music). ... Charles Wesley's Epitaph for Susanna from J. B. Wakeley, Anecdotes of the ...
http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/

The Cyber Hymnal: Charles Wesley
Short biography and a list of hymns together with audio version of them.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/w/e/s/wesley_c.htm

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