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Charles Wesley
December 18, 1707 – March 29, 1788
Hymn Writer & Evangelist
Wrote over 6,500 hymns — the poet of Methodism
Biography
English Methodist leader and hymn writer who composed over 6,500 hymns, making him one of the most prolific hymn writers in history. Brother of John Wesley, he was a co-founder of Methodism and a tireless evangelist who preached throughout England.
Faith & Testimony
Charles experienced a definitive conversion on Pentecost Sunday 1738, three days before his brother John's famous Aldersgate experience. His hymns — including 'And Can It Be,' 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,' and 'O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing' — are masterful expressions of evangelical theology set to music.