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Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley was the youngest son and eighteenth child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley. He was born at Epworth Rectory on December 18, 1707.

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  1. Bristol

    City that was Charles Wesley’s base until 1771. His home and ministry base for decades.

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  2. Charles Wesley

    Charles Wesley, the hymn writer born at Epworth in 1707.

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  3. Epworth

    Lincolnshire parish where both Wesley brothers were born at the rectory.

    Hymnary.org: Charles Wesley (opens a new tab) · Hymnary.org: John Wesley (opens a new tab)

  4. Garth

    The Breconshire home of the Gwynne family, his wife’s father’s estate.

    DNB: Wesley, Charles (1707-1788) (opens a new tab)

  5. Georgia

    American colony of the brothers’ 1735 mission. Charles served there as Oglethorpe’s secretary.

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  6. Gloria Patri

    Charles Wesley’s 1746 collection Gloria Patri, or Hymns to the Trinity, which reprinted the doxology stanza later sung with the Lyra Davidica hymn.

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  7. King's Scholar

    Scholarship place at Westminster School that Charles won in 1721.

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  8. Kingswood

    Area near Bristol with a Methodist schoolroom.

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  9. Marylebone

    London parish where Charles was buried in 1788.

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  10. Oglethorpe

    General Oglethorpe, the Georgia colony leader Charles served as secretary in 1735.

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  11. Samuel Wesley

    Samuel Wesley the elder, rector of Epworth and father of John and Charles.

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  12. Sarah Gwynne

    Charles Wesley’s wife, married April 8, 1749.

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  13. Susanna Wesley

    Mother of Charles and John Wesley.

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  14. Trinity

    Subject of Charles Wesley’s set of seven Trinity hymns (1740).

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  15. Whitsunday

    Whitsunday 1738, the day Charles ‘found rest to his soul’.

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Sources

  1. Charles WesleyHymnary.org
  2. John WesleyHymnary.org
  3. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900: Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1900), via Wikisource
  4. Surrexit Christus hodieHymnology Archive

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