Charles Wesley - 1707

Charles Wesley is best known for writing about 9,000 hymns, including Hark the herald angels sing; Love Divine, all loves excelling; Hail the day that sees him rise; and And can it be.

Listen to an extract from 'O Thou Who Camest From Above' Click Here
words by Charles Wesley, tune 'Hereford' by Samuel Sebastian Wesley. Copyright Westminster College Oxford Trust.

BBC ONE produced two Songs of Praise episodes on Charles Wesley and his hymn writing. One was screened on Sunday 14 October and the other on Sunday 21 October. More information by searching the factsheets for those episodes from: www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/songsofpraise/

Charles Wesley's original version of 'Hark the herald...' "Hark how all the welkin* rings"      *welkin - celestial sphere

Charles and his brother John were among the leaders of the ‘Methodist’ movement of religious renewal. Like many other early Methodists, Charles remained a lifelong member of the Church of England.

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