This puritan parental influence would be the inspiration for John Wesley’s work, and that of his brother Charles, who went on to write over 6000 hymns.

While John Wesley’s 151 published sermons are considered doctrinal standards of the United Methodist Church, “a lot more people would have sung Charles Wesley’s hymns than have read John ...

"Wesley's hymns are passionate and straightforward," said John Thornburg, a Dallas hymn writer. "They are a wonderful combination of head and heart, the cerebral and the emotional.

However, if you examine Hymn 716 from A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists, John Wesley’s hymnbook first published in 1780, you may notice a conspicuous absence.

The former Bristol home of renowned Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley has reopened to the public after a year of limited ...

Hymn writer Charles Wesley, the younger and less celebrated of two brothers whose work led to the forming of the Methodist Church, is being honored at a London exhibition celebrating the 300th ...

John Tyson lets the “other Wesley,” Methodist hymn writer Charles, take center stage. Listed into the Cause of Sin, Why Should a Good be Evil? Musick, alas! too long has been Prest to obey the ...

Some of Wesley’s instructions lean toward micro-managing; others seem as appropriate as they were when he published them in a 1761 hymn book. “Sing lustily and with a good courage.

The hymn festival “Wonder, Love, and Praise” refers to the final phrase of Charles Wesley’s text, “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.” ...