Sermons & Devotionals by Charles Wesley Hymns

et earth and heaven combine, Angels and men agree, To praise in songs divine The incarnate Deity, Our God contracted to a span, Incomprehensibly made Man. He laid His glory by, He wrapped Him in our clay; Unmarked by human eye, The latent Godhead lay; Infant of days He here became, And bore the mild... Read More

Let saints on earth in concert sing With those whose work is done; For all the servants of our King In Heav’n and earth are one. One family, we dwell in Him, One Church, above, beneath; Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. One army of the living God, To His command we bow; P... Read More

Let us plead for faith alone Faith which by our works is shown; God it is Who justifies, Only faith the grace applies. Active faith that lives within, Conquers hell and death and sin, Hallows whom it first made whole, Forms the Savior in the soul. Let us for this faith contend, Sure salvation is the... Read More

Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus, Partners in His sufferings here; Christ, to all believers precious, Lord of lords, shall soon appear: Mark the tokens of His heavenly kingdom near! Close behind the tribulation Of the last tremendous days, See the flaming revelation, See the universal blaze! Ear... Read More

Light of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death, Come, and by Thy love’s revealing Dissipate the clouds beneath. The new heaven and earth’s Creator, In our deepest darkness rise, Scattering all the night of nature, Pouring eyesight on our eyes. Still we wait for Thine appearing; ... Read More

Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God appears on earth to reign. Every eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced and ... Read More

Lord, in the strength of grace, With a glad heart and free, Myself, my residue of days, I consecrate to Thee. Thy ransomed servant, I Restore to Thee Thy own; And, from this moment, live or die To serve my God alone.... Read More

Lord, Whom winds and waves obey, Guide us through the watery way; In the hollow of Thy hand Hide, and bring us safe to land. Jesus, let our faithful mind Rest, on Thee alone reclined; Every anxious thought repress, Keep our souls in perfect peace. Keep the souls whom now we leave, Bid them to each o... Read More

Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down; Fix in us thy humble dwelling; All thy faithful mercies crown! Jesus, Thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love Thou art; Visit us with Thy salvation; Enter every trembling heart. Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit, Into every ... Read More

Lovers of pleasure more than God, For you He suffered pain; Swearers, for you He spilt his blood; And shall He bleed in vain? Misers, for you his life He paid, Your basest crime He bore: Drunkards, your sins on Him were laid, That you might sin no more. The God of love, to earth He came, That you mi... Read More

Messiah, Prince of peace! Where men each other tear, Where war is learned, they must confess, Thy kingdom is not there. Who, prompted by Thy foe, Delight in human blood, Apollyon is their king, we know, And Satan is their god. But shall he still devour The souls redeemed by Thee? Jesus, stir up Thy ... Read More

My God! I know, I feel Thee mine, And will not quit my claim, Till all I have is lost in Thine, And all renewed I am. I hold Thee with a trembling hand, But will not let Thee go, Till steadfastly by faith I stand, And all Thy goodness know. When shall I see the welcome hour, That plants my God in me... Read More

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart Is fixed to triumph in Thy grace: Awake, my lute, and bear a part My glory is to sing Thy praise, Till all Thy nature I partake, And bright in all thine image wake. Thee will I praise among thine own; Thee will I to the world extol, And make Thy truth and goodness ... Read More

My heart is full of Christ, and longs Its glorious matter to declare! Of Him I make my loftier song, I cannot from His praise forbear; My ready tongue makes haste to sing The glories of my heavenly King. Fairer than all the earth-born race, Perfect in comeliness Thou art; Replenished are Thy lips wi... Read More

My soul, inspired with sacred love, The Lord thy God delight to praise; His gifts I will for Him improve, To Him devote my happy days; To Him my thanks and praises give, And only for His glory live. Long as my God shall lend me breath, My every pulse shall beat for Him; And when my voice is lost in ... Read More

O come and dwell in me, Spirit of power within, And bring the glorious liberty From sorrow, fear, and sin. Hasten the joyful day Which shall my sins consume, When old things shall be done away, And all things new become. I want the witness, Lord, That all I do is right, According to Thy mind and Wor... Read More

O for a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free, A heart that always feels Thy blood So freely shed for me. A heart resigned, submissive, meek, My great Redeemer’s throne, Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone. A humble, lowly, contrite, heart, Believing, true and c... Read More

O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace! My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honors of Thy name. Jesus! the name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows ce... Read More

O how happy are they Who the Savior obey, And have laid up their treasure above! Tongue cannot express The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love. That comfort was mine, When the favor divine I first found in the blood of the Lamb; When my heart it believed, What a joy it received, W... Read More

O Jesus my hope, for me offered up, Who with clamor pursued Thee to Calvary’s top, The blood Thou hast shed, for me let it plead, And declare Thou hast died in Thy murderer’s stead. Come then from above, its hardness remove, And vanquish my heart with the sense of Thy love; Thy love on the tree disp... Read More