Sermons & Devotionals by Charles Wesley Hymns

Hark! A voice divides the sky, happy are the faithful dead! In the Lord who sweetly die, they from all their toils are freed; Them the Spirit hath declared blessed, unutterably blessed; Jesus is their great reward, Jesus is their endless rest. Followed by their works, they go where their Head has go... Read More

Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th’angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Refrain Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn... Read More

He comes! He comes! the Judge severe! The seventh trumpet speaks Him near; His lightnings flash, His thunders roll; How welcome to the faithful soul! From Heav’n angelic voices sound; See the almighty Jesus crowned, Girt with omnipotence and grace! And glory decks the Savior’s face. Descending on Hi... Read More

Head of Thy Church triumphant, We joyfully adore Thee; Till Thou appear, Thy members here Shall sing like those in glory. We lift our hearts and voices With blest anticipation, And cry aloud, and give to God The praise of our salvation. While in affliction’s furnace, And passing through the fire, Th... Read More

Head of Thy church, whose Spirit fills And flows through every faithful soul, Unites in mystic love, and seals Them one, and sanctifies the whole; “Come, Lord,” Thy glorious Spirit cries, And souls beneath the altar groan; “Come, Lord,” the bride on earth replies, “And perfect all our souls in one.”... Read More

Hearken to the solemn voice, the awful midnight cry; Waiting souls, rejoice, rejoice, and see the Bridegroom nigh; Lo! He comes to keep His Word, light and joy His looks impart; Go ye forth to meet your Lord, and meet Him in your heart. Ye who faint beneath the load of sin, your heads lift up; See y... Read More

Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord, Ever faithful to Thy word, Humbly we our seal set to, Testify that Thou art true. Lo! for us the wilds are glad, All in cheerful green arrayed, Opening sweets they all disclose, Bud and blossom as the rose. Hark! the wastes have found a voice, Lonely deserts now rejo... Read More

Holy as Thou, O Lord, is none; Thy holiness is all Thine own; A drop of that unbounded sea Is ours—a drop derived from Thee. And when Thy purity we share, Thine only glory we declare; And, humbled into nothing, own, Holy and pure is God alone. Sole, self-existing God and Lord, By all Thy heav’nly ho... Read More

Holy Lamb, who Thee confess, Followers of Thy holiness, Thee they ever keep in view, Ever ask, “What shall we do?” Governed by Thy only will, All Thy words we would fulfill, Would in all Thy footsteps go, Walk as Jesus walked below. While Thou didst on earth appear, Servant to Thy servants here, Min... Read More

Hosanna in the highest To our exalted Savior, Who left behind for all mankind These tokens of His favor: His bleeding love and mercy, His all redeeming Passion; Who here displays, and gives the grace Which brings us our salvation. Louder than gathered waters, Or bursting peals of thunder, We lift ou... Read More

How can we sinners know Our sins on earth forgiven? How can my gracious Savior show My name inscribed in heaven? What we have felt and seen, With confidence we tell, And publish to the ends of earth The signs infallible. We who in Christ believe That He for us hath died, We all His unknown peace rec... Read More

How glorious is the life above Which in this ordinance we taste, That fullness of celestial love, That joy which shall for ever last! That heavenly life in Christ concealed These earthen vessels could not bear; The part which now we find revealed No tongue of angels can declare. The light of life et... Read More

How happy are the little flock, Who, safe beneath their guardian Rock, In all commotions rest! When war’s and tumult’s waves run high, Removed above the storm they lie, They lodge in Jesus’ breast, They lodge in Jesus’ breast. Such happiness, O Lord, have we, By mercy gathered into Thee, Before the ... Read More

ow happy are they Who the Savior obey, And have laid up their treasure above! Tongue can never express The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love. That sweet comfort was mine, When the Father divine I first found in the blood of the Lamb; When my heart first believed, What a joy I re... Read More

How happy every child of grace, Who knows his sins forgiven! “This earth,” he cries, “is not my place, I seek my place in Heaven— A country far from mortal sight, Which yet by faith I see, The land of rest, the saints’ delight, The heaven prepared for me.” O what a blessèd hope is ours! While here o... Read More

I call the world’s Redeemer mine; He lives Who died for me, I know; Who bought my soul with blood divine, Jesus, shall re-appear below, Stand in that dreadful day unknown, And fix on earth His heavenly throne. Then the last judgment-day shall come; And though the worms this skin devour, The Judge sh... Read More

I know that my Redeemer lives, And ever prays for me; A token of His love He gives, A pledge of liberty. I find him lifting up my head, He brings salvation near, His presence makes me free indeed, And He will soon appear. He wills that I should holy be, What can withstand His will? The counsel of Hi... Read More

I want a principle within of watchful, godly fear, A sensibility of sin, a pain to feel it near. I want the first approach to feel of pride or wrong desire, To catch the wandering of my will, and quench the kindling fire. From Thee that I no more may stray, no more Thy goodness grieve, Grant me the ... Read More

If death my friend and me divide, Thou dost not, Lord, my sorrow chide, Or frown my tears to see; Restrained from passionate excess, Thou bidst me mourn in calm distress For them that rest in Thee. I feel a strong immortal hope, Which bears my mournful spirit up Beneath its mountain load; Redeemed f... Read More

In age and feebleness extreme, Who shall a helpless worm redeem? Jesus, my only hope Thou art, Strength of my failing flesh and heart: O could I catch one smile from Thee, And drop into eternity!... Read More