The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley

About this book

The Wesley brothers' hymns and poems (reprint)

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. Advertisement
2. Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739
3. The Preface
4. Part 1
5. Solitude
6. The Mystery of Life
7. Epitaph
8. Virtue
9. Upon Listening to the Vibrations of a Clock
10. Doomsday
11. Spiritual Slumber
12. Zeal
13. On Reading M. de Renty’s Life
14. Vanity
15. Farewell to the World
16. Giddiness
17. To a Friend in Love
18. 1 Timothy 5:6
19. John 15:18,19
20. Hymn to Contempt
21. The Agony
22. The Thanksgiving
23. The Reprisal
24. Matins
25. Employment
26. The Elixir
27. Grace Before Meat
28. Another
29. Grace After Meat
30. On Clemens Alexandrian’s Description of a Perfect Christian
31. Affliction
32. Frailty
33. The Collar
34. Grace
35. Gratefulness
36. The Method
37. Grieve not the Holy Spirit
38. The Sigh
39. The Flower
40. Desertion
41. A True Hymn
42. The Temper
43. The Same
44. Bitter-Sweet
45. A Hymn for Midnight
46. After Considering Some of his Friends
47. Religious Discourse
48. Man’s Medley
49. Misery
50. The Sinner
51. Repentance
52. Complaining
53. Home
54. Longings
55. The Search
56. Discipline
57. Divine Love
58. Written in the Beginning of a Recovery from Sickness
59. After a Recovery from Sickness
60. A Prayer Under Convictions
61. The Fifty-Third Chapter of Isaiah
62. Hebrews 12:2
63. Galatians 3:22
64. Hoping for Grace
65. The Dawning
66. Psalm 139:23
67. The Change
68. Christ the Friend of Sinners
69. On the Conversion of a Common Harlot
70. Romans 4:5
71. Acts 1:4
72. Hymn of Thanksgiving to the Father
73. Hymn to the Son
74. Hymn to the Holy Ghost
75. Praise
76. The Glance
77. Desiring to Praise Worthily
78. Free Grace
79. The Call
80. True Praise
81. The Dialogue
82. Subjection to Christ
83. Renouncing All for Christ
84. The Invitation
85. The Banquet
86. Therefore with Angels, &c.
87. Glory be to God on High, &c.
88. Hymn to Christ
89. On the Crucifixion
90. Part of the Sixty-Third Chapter of Isaiah
91. The Magnificat
92. Part 2 · Psalm 46
93. Part 2 · Psalm 113
94. Part 2 · Psalm 116
95. Part 2 · Psalm 117
96. Prayer
97. Trust in Providence
98. In Affliction
99. In Affliction or Pain
100. Another
101. In Desertion or Temptation
102. Another
103. Isaiah 43:1,2,3
104. The Believer’s Support
105. Living by Christ
106. God’s Love to Mankind
107. God’s Greatness
108. Hymn on the Titles of Christ
109. Second Hymn to Christ
110. Third Hymn to Christ
111. Hymn to Christ the King
112. Second Hymn to Christ the King
113. The Saviour Glorified by All
114. A Morning Hymn
115. A Morning Dedication of Ourselves to Christ
116. Christ Protecting and Sanctifying
117. Supplication for Grace
118. Hymn to the Holy Ghost
119. On the Descent of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost
120. Public Worship
121. Prayer to Christ Before the Sacrament
122. Hymn After the Sacrament
123. Acts 2:41, &c.
124. To be Sung at Work
125. Another
126. God With Us
127. God Our Portion
128. Gratitude for Our Conversion
129. Boldness in the Gospel
130. Acts 4:29
131. Congratulations to a Friend, upon Believing in Christ
132. Hymn for Christmas Day
133. Hymn for the Epiphany
134. Hymn for Easter Day
135. Hymn for Ascension Day
136. Hymn for Whitsunday
137. Grace Before Meat
138. Ar Meals
139. Grace After Meat
140. Another
141. John 16:24
142. Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740
143. The Preface
144. The Fifty-Fifth Chapter of Isaiah
145. The Life of Faith
146. Verse 1
147. Verses 2,3
148. Verse 4
149. Verses 5,6
150. Verse 7
151. Verses 8,9,10
152. Verses 11,12
153. Verses 13,14,15,16
154. Verses 17,18,19
155. Verses 20,21,22
156. Verses 23,24,25,26,27,28
157. Verse 29
158. Verses 30–35
159. Verses 35–37
160. Verses 37,38
161. Verses 39,40
162. Business
163. Looking Unto Jesus
164. The Same
165. A Morning Hymn
166. Another
167. An Evening Hymn
168. To the Rev. Mr. Whitefield
169. To the Same, Before His Voyage
170. A Hymn, to be Sung at Sea
171. In a Storm
172. Zechariah 12:10
173. The Means of Grace
174. Waiting for Christ
175. Before Reading the Scriptures
176. Another
177. Another
178. Before Preaching
179. After Preaching
180. Hymn to God the Sanctifier
181. Written in Sickness
182. Part 1 · Part 1
183. Part 1 · Part 2
184. Part 1 · Part 3
185. Part 1 · Part 4
186. Part 1 · Part 5
187. Mourning
188. Romans 7:24,25
189. Romans 7:24
190. Psalm 143:6
191. Longing After Christ
192. Part 1 · Psalm 130
193. In Temptation
194. Matthew 5:3,4,6
195. In Temptation
196. Matthew 1:21
197. Desiring Christ
198. “These Things were Written for our Instruction”
199. I Thirst, Thou Wounded Lamb of God
200. The Resignation
201. A Prayer Against the Power of Sin
202. After a Relapse into Sin
203. Written in Stress of Temptation
204. Micah 6:6, &c.
205. Redemption Found
206. From the Same
207. Christ Our Wisdom
208. Christ Our Righteousness
209. Christ Our Sanctification
210. Christ Our Redemption
211. Hymn for the Kingswood Colliers
212. To be Sung While at Work
213. Isaiah 35
214. For a Minister
215. At Setting Out to Preach the Gospel
216. Acts 4:24, &c
217. To be Sung in a Tumult
218. “Little Children, Love One Another”
219. For the Anniversary of One’s Conversion
220. To be Sung at Meals
221. Before a Journey
222. Another
223. On a Journey
224. After a Journey
225. At Lying Down
226. Groaning for the Spirit of Adoption
227. Universal Redemption
228. Another
229. Hymn to Christ the Prophet
230. The Backslider’s Confession
231. At the Approach of Temptation
232. In a Temptation
233. Job 22:8,9,10
234. After a Relapse into Sin
235. Against Hope, Believing in Hope
236. Matthew 5:4
237. The Just Shall Live by Faith
238. Isaiah 45:22
239. Praise for Redemption
240. On the Admission of Any Person into the Society
241. Seraphic Love
242. The Aspiration
243. Solomon’s Song, ch. 5:15, &c
244. Written After Walking Over Smithfield
245. The Believer’s Triumph
246. Part 2 · Part 1
247. Part 2 · Part 2
248. Part 2 · Part 3
249. Part 2 · Part 4
250. Part 2 · Part 5
251. Part 2 · Part 1
252. Part 2 · Part 2
253. Part 2 · Part 3
254. Part 2 · Part 4
255. Part 2 · Part 5
256. Part 2 · Part 6
257. Isaiah 44
258. Hebrews 4:9