Sermons & Devotionals by Charles Wesley Hymns

Come, Thou Conqueror of the nations, Now on Thy white horse appear; Earthquakes, famines, desolations Signify Thy kingdom near: True and faithful! Stablish Thy dominion here. Thine the kingdom, power, and glory; Thine the ransomed nations are. Let the heathen fall before Thee, Let the isles Thy powe... Read More

Come, Thou long expected Jesus Born to set Thy people free; From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in Thee. Israel’s strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth Thou art; Dear desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart. Born Thy people to deliver, Born a child and yet a... Read More

Come, ye weary sinners, come, all who groan beneath your load, Jesus calls His wanderers home, hasten to your pardoning God! Come, ye guilty spirits oppressed, answer to the Savior’s call, “Come, and I will give you rest. Come, and I will save you all.” Jesus, full of truth and love, we Thy kindest ... Read More

Depth of mercy! Can there be Mercy still reserved for me? Can my God His wrath forbear, Me, the chief of sinners, spare? I have long withstood His grace, Long provoked Him to His face, Would not hearken to His calls, Grieved Him by a thousand falls. I have spilt His precious blood, Trampled on the S... Read More

Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord, My Savior and my Head; I trust in Thee, Whose powerful Word Hath raised Him from the dead. I hope, against all human hope, Self desperate, I believe; Thy quickening Word shall raise me up, Thou shalt Thy Spirit give. To Thee the glory of Thy power And faithfulness I ... Read More

Father, God, we glorify Thy love to Adam’s seed; Love that gave Thy Son to die, And raised Him from the dead: Him, for our offenses slain, That we all might pardon find, Thou hast brought to life again, The Savior of mankind. By Thy own right hand of power Thou hast exalted Him, Sent the mighty Conq... Read More

Father, I stretch my hands to Thee, No other help I know; If Thou withdraw Thyself from me, Ah! whither shall I go? What did Thine only Son endure, Before I drew my breath! What pain, what labor, to secure My soul from endless death! Surely Thou canst not let me die; O speak, and I shall live; And h... Read More

ather, in Whom we live, in Whom we are and move, The glory, power and praise receive for Thy creating love. Let all the angel throng give thanks to God on high, While earth repeats the joyful song and echoes to the sky. Incarnate Deity, let all the ransomed race Render in thanks their lives to Thee ... Read More

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, In solemn power come down! Present with Thy heavenly host, Thine ordinance to crown: See a sinful worm of earth! Bless to him the cleansing flood, Plunge him, by a second birth, Into the depths of God. Let the promised inward grace Accompany the sign; On his new-born sou... Read More

Father, Whose everlasting love Thy only Son for sinners gave, Whose grace to all did freely move, And sent Him down the world to save; Help us Thy mercy to extol, Immense, unfathomed, unconfined; To praise the Lamb who died for all, The general Savior of mankind. Thy undistinguishing regard Was cast... Read More

Forever here my rest shall be, Close to Thy bleeding side; This all my hope, and all my plea, For me the Savior died! My dying Savior, and my God, Fountain for guilt and sin, Sprinkle me ever with Thy blood, And cleanse, and keep me clean. Wash me, and make me thus Thine own, Wash me, and mine Thou ... Read More

Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I go, My daily labor to pursue; Thee, only Thee, resolved to know In all I think or speak or do. The task Thy wisdom hath assigned, O let me cheerfully fulfill; In all my works Thy presence find, And prove Thy good and perfect will. Preserve me from my calling’s snare, And... Read More

Lamb of God, I look to Thee; Thou shalt my Example be; Thou art gentle, meek, and mild; Thou wast once a little child. Lord, I would be as Thou art; Give me Thine obedient heart; Thou art pitiful and kind, Let me have Thy loving mind. Let me, above all, fulfill God my heav’nly Father’s will; Never H... Read More

Give me the faith which can remove And sink the mountain to a plain; Give me the childlike praying love, Which longs to build Thy house again; Thy love, let it my heart overpower, And all my simple soul devour. I want an even strong desire, I want a calmly fervent zeal, To save poor souls out of the... Read More

Glory be to God on high, God Whose glory fills the skies; Peace on earth to man forgiv’n, Man, the well beloved of Heav’n. Sovereign Father, heavenly King, Thee we now presume to sing; Glad, Thine attributes confess, Glorious all, and numberless. Hail, by all Thy works adored! Hail, the everlasting ... Read More

God is gone up on high, With a triumphant noise; The clarions of the sky Proclaim the angelic joys! Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; Glory ascribe to glory’s King. God in the flesh below, For us He reigns above: Let all the nations know Our Jesu’s conquering love! Join all on earth, rejoice and ... Read More

God only wise, and great, and strong, Hath made the orbs to run their race: Knowledge and might to God belong, Honor, and majesty, and praise. Jehovah is unchangeable, His ways and thoughts are not as ours; He cheers the languid souls that fail; And quickens all their drooping powers. Gently He lift... Read More

Good Thou art, and good Thou dost, Thy mercies reach to all, Chiefly those who on Thee trust, And for Thy mercy call; New they every morning are; As fathers when their children cry, Us Thou dost in pity spare, And all our wants supply. Mercy o’er Thy works presides; Thy providence displayed Still pr... Read More

The great archangel’s trump shall sound, While twice ten thousand thunders roar Tear up the graves, and cleave the ground, And make the greedy sea restore. The greedy sea shall yield her dead, The earth no more her slain conceal; Sinners shall lift their guilty head, And shrink to see a yawning hell... Read More

Hail the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia! To His throne above the skies, Alleluia! Christ, awhile to mortals given, Alleluia! Reascends His native heaven, Alleluia! There the glorious triumph waits, Alleluia! Lift your heads, eternal gates, Alleluia! Christ hath conquered death and sin, Alleluia! T... Read More