Within the vast repertoire of church music the hymns of Charles Wesley (1707-1788) are widely considered as some of the greatest ever written. Many of the hymns which congregations most love to sing came from his pen. The scriptural detail of his writing and his inspired turns of phrase put him up there with the very best designer handbags discount.
The youngest brother of John Wesley, the inspiration behind the founding of Methodism, Charles supported his brother in his evangelical work, writing many great hymns in the process. In his university days at Christ College in Oxford he and John founded the Holy Club which was the embryo of Methodism.
A look at some of the finest hymns of Charles Wesley will demonstrate his genius and reveal why Christians so love to sing his work. All church goers will have their own favourites, but here are five of mine handbags discount.
- On Easter morning churches ring to the words, "Christ the Lord is risen today". This is a great opener for worship on the greatest day in the Christian year. The words, "Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won;" sum up beautifully the full meaning of Easter to all believers in the Christian faith designer handbags.
- On the other great day in the Christian calendar, Christmas Day, Charles Wesley penned one of the greatest of all Christmas carols, "Hark! The herald-angels sing glory to the new-born King." In the first verse of this carol we sing that we, "With the angelic host proclaim: 'Christ is born in Bethlehem.' Usually sung to the great setting by Mendelssohn, this hymn has rattled many a church window on Christmas morning.
- One of the hymns my wife and I chose for our wedding ceremony was another of the great hymns of Charles Wesley, "Love divine, all loves excelling". Because of its theme of love designer handbags cheap has become a very popular choice for weddings. Although the theme is not actually about earthly love but of heavenly love, it refers to Jesus as "Pure, unbounded love thou art.".
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