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Tag Archives: Charles Wesley
Grace
Posted in Lent, Timeless Wisdom
Tagged Amazing Love, Charles Wesley, Holy Week, Lent
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Glory, Praise and Love
Posted in Advent, Timeless Wisdom
Tagged Advent, Charles Wesley, glory, O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
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Hark! Angles Say
Imagine this scene (with Charles Wesley’s attention to detail)– Shepherds abide in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night. The sky explodes with ten thousand flashes of lightning. Angels speak in the north … Continue reading
Hark! How All the Welkin Rings
Welkin? According to Websters, welkin is “the vault of the sky, firmament,” or “celestial abode of God.” And when Charles Wesley penned the words of a now familiar carol, he wrote, Hark! How all the welkin rings, … Continue reading
Posted in Advent
Tagged Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, welkin
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Sing an Old Song
Images from some old hymns make my heart soar: My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. (Charles Wesley) Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a … Continue reading
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged And Can It Be?, Charles Wesley, Frederick Lehman, Isaac Watts, The Love of God, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
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Roots and Wings (Thursday)
Charles Wesley (1707-1788) wrote over 6000 hymns (many still being sung). He understood wings: Soar we now where Christ has led, Following our exalted Head, Made like him, like him we rise, Ours the cross, the grave, … Continue reading
Posted in House and home
Tagged Charles Wesley, Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, roots and wings
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