Sermons & Devotionals by Charles Wesley Hymns

O Love divine, what hast thou done! The immortal God hath died for me! The Father’s co-eternal Son Bore all my sins upon the tree. Th’immortal God for me hath died: My Lord, my Love, is crucified! Is crucified for me and you, To bring us rebels back to God. Believe, believe the record true, Ye all a... Read More

O love divine, how sweet thou art! When shall I find my willing heart All taken up by thee? I thirst, I faint, I die to prove The greatness of redeeming love, The love of Christ to me. Stronger His love than death or hell; Its reaches are unsearchable; The first born sons of light Desire in vain its... Read More

O that I could repent! O that I could believe! Thou by Thy voice the marble rent, Thou by Thy voice the marble rent, The rock in sunder cleave! Thou, by Thy two-edged sword, My soul and spirit part, Strike with the hammer of Thy Word, Strike with the hammer of Thy Word, And break my stubborn heart! ... Read More

O Thou who at Thy creature’s bar Thy glorious Godhead didst declare, A true and good confession make; Come in Thy Spirit from above And arm me with Thy faithful love, For Thy own truth and mercy’s sake. Called forth by Thee Thou know’st I am, Thy truth and mercy to proclaim, Thy Godhead, and eternal... Read More

O Thou Who camest from above, The pure celestial fire to impart, Kindle a flame of sacred love Upon the mean altar of my heart. There let it for Thy glory burn With inextinguishable blaze, And trembling to its source return, In humble prayer and fervent praise. Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire To wo... Read More

O Thou, before the world began, Ordained a sacrifice for man, And by th’eternal Spirit made An Offering for the sinner’s stead; Our everlasting Priest art Thou, Pleading Thy death for sinners now. Thy offering still continues new Before the righteous Father’s view; Thyself the Lamb for ever slain, T... Read More

O Thou, Whom all Thy saints adore, We now with all Thy saints agree, And bow our inmost souls before Thy glorious, awful majesty. Thee, King of nations, we proclaim: Who would not our great Sovereign fear? We long to experience all Thy Name, And now we come to meet Thee here. We come, great God, to ... Read More

O what shall I do my Savior to praise, So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace, So strong to deliver, So good to redeem The weakest believer that hangs upon Him! How happy the man whose heart is set free, The people that can be joyful in thee! Their joy is to walk in the light of thy face, And s... Read More

Our earth we now lament to see With floods of wickedness overflowed, With violence, wrong, and cruelty, The killing fields our constant abode, Where men like fiends each other tear, In all the hellish rage of war. As listed on Abaddon’s side, They mangle their own flesh, and slay: Tophet is moved, a... Read More

Our Lord is risen from the dead! Our Jesus is gone up on high! The powers of hell are captive led, Dragged to the portals of the sky. There His triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay: Lift up your heads, you heavenly gates; You everlasting doors, give way! Loose all your bars of ma... Read More

Praise the Lord Who reigns above and keeps His court below; Praise the holy God of love and all His greatness show; Praise Him for His noble deeds; praise Him for His matchless power; Him from Whom all good proceeds let earth and heaven adore. Publish, spread to all around the great Jehovah’s name, ... Read More

Prisoners of hope, arise, and see your Lord appear; Lo! on the wings of love He flies, and brings redemption near; Redemption in His blood He calls you to receive: “Look unto Me, the pardoning God. Believe,” He cries, “believe!” The reconciling word, we thankfully embrace; Rejoice in our redeeming L... Read More

Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore; Mortals give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore; Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! Jesus, the Savior, reigns, the God of truth and love; When He had purged our stains He took His seat above; Lift up your hea... Read More

Righteous God! Whose vengeful phials All our fears and thoughts exceed, Big with woes and fiery trials, Hanging, bursting o’er our head; While Thou visitest the nations, Thy selected people spare; Arm our cautioned souls with patience, Fill our humbled hearts with prayer. If Thy dreadful controversy... Read More

Savior, and can it be That Thou should’st dwell with me? From Thy high and lofty throne, Throne of everlasting bliss, Will Thy majesty stoop down To so mean a house as this? I am not worthy, Lord, So foul, so self-abhorred, Thee, my God, to entertain In this poor polluted heart: I am a frail sinful ... Read More

Savior, Whom our hearts adore, To bless our earth again, Now assume Thy royal power, And o’er the nations reign; Christ, the world’s Desire and Hope, Power complete to Thee is given; Set the last great empire up, Eternal Lord of Heaven. Where they all Thy laws have spurned, Where they Thy Name profa... Read More

See how great a flame aspires, Kindled by a spark of grace! Jesus’ love the nations fires, Sets the kingdoms on a blaze: To bring fire on earth He came; Kindled in some hearts it is: O that all might catch the flame, All partake the glorious bliss! When He first the work begun, Small and feeble was ... Read More

See, Jesus, Thy disciples see, The promised blessing give! Met in Thy Name, we look to Thee, Expecting, to receive. Thee we expect, our faithful Lord, Who in Thy Name are joined; We wait, according to Thy Word, Thee in the midst to find. With us Thou art assembled here, But O Thyself reveal! Son of ... Read More

See, sinners, in the Gospel glass, The friend and Savior of mankind! Not one of all the apostate race But may in Him salvation find! His thoughts, and words, and actions prove, His life and death, that God is love! Behold the Lamb of God, Who bears The sins of all the world away! A servant’s form He... Read More

Servant of all, to toil for man Thou didst not, Lord, refuse; Thy majesty did not disdain To be employed for us. Son of the carpenter, receive This humble work of mine; Worth to my meanest labor give, By joining it to Thine. End of my every action Thou, In all things Thee I see; Accept my hallowed l... Read More