Wesley wrote over 6,000 hymns; as with most hymn­ists, his works were fre­quent­ly al­tered. In the pre­face to the 1779 Col­lection of Hymns for the Use of the Peo­ple called Meth­od­ists, his bro­ther John wrote:

I beg leave to men­tion a thought which has been long up­on my mind, and which I should long ago have in­sert­ed in the pub­lic pa­pers, had I not been un­will­ing to stir up a nest of horn­ets. Ma­ny gen­tle­men have done my bro­ther and me (though with­out nam­ing us) the hon­our to re­print ma­ny of our hymns. Now they are per­fect­ly wel­come to do so, pro­vid­ed they print them just as they are. But I de­sire they would not at­tempt to mend them, for they are real­ly not able. None of them is able to mend ei­ther the sense or the verse. There­fore, I must beg of them these two fa­vours: ei­ther to let them stand just as they are, to take things for bet­ter or worse, or to add the true read­ing in the mar­gin, or at the bot­tom of the page, that we may no long­er be ac­count­a­ble ei­ther for the non­sense or for the dog­ger­el of other men.

In ad­di­tion to hymn writ­ing, Charles & John found­ed the move­ment which be­came the Meth­od­ist de­nom­in­a­tion.

• Hatfield, pp. 647-58
• Julian, pp. 1257-66
• Robinson, pp. 17-18

1. Ah, My Dear Lov­ing Lord
   • My Gra­cious, Lov­ing Lord
2. Ah! Whi­ther Should I Go?
3. All Glo­ry to God
4. All Glo­ry to God in the Sky
5. All Glo­ry to Our Gra­cious Lord
6. All Things Are Poss­i­ble
7. All Wise, All Good, Al­mighty Lord
8. All Praise to Him Who Dwells in Bliss
9. All Praise to Our Re­deem­ing Lord
10. All Ye That Pass By
11. All Ye That Seek the Lord Who Died
12. Ambassadors of God
13. And Am I On­ly Born to Die?
14. And Are We Yet Alive?
15. And Can I Yet De­lay?
16. And Can It Be That I Should Gain?
17. And Let Our Bo­dies Part
18. And Let This Fee­ble Body Fail
19. And Must I Be to Judg­ment Brought?
20. Angels Your March Op­pose
21. Arise, My Soul, Arise
22. Arm of the Lord, Awake, Awake!
23. Author of Faith, Eter­nal Word
24. Author of Faith, We Seek Thy Face
25. Awake, Je­ru­sa­lem, Awake!
26. Away with Our Fears!
27. Away with Our Fears
28. Away with Our Sor­row and Fear
29. Be Mer­ci­ful, O God, to Me
    • My Heart Is Fixed, O God
30. Because Thou Hast Said
31. Behold, How Good a Thing
32. Behold the Ser­vant of the Lord
33. Being of Be­ings
34. Blest Be Our Ev­er­last­ing Lord
35. Blest Be the Dear Unit­ing Love
36. Blow Ye the Trump­et, Blow
37. Break Forth into Praise
38. Brethren in Christ, and Well Be­loved
39. By Faith We Find the Place Above
40. Captain of Is­rael’s Host
41. Captain of My Sal­va­tion, Hear!
42. Celebrate Im­man­u­el’s Name
43. Center of Our Hopes Thou Art
44. Charge to Keep I Have, A
45. Christ from Whom All Bless­ings Flow
46. Christ the Lord Is Rise­n Today
47. Christ, Whose Glo­ry Fills the Skies
48. Clap Your Hands, Ye Peo­ple All
49. Come Away to the Skies
50. Come, and Let Us Sweet­ly Join
51. Come, Di­vine In­ter­pre­ter
52. Come, Fa­ther, Son, and Ho­ly Ghost
53. Come, Ho­ly Ghost, All-Quick­en­ing Fire
54. Come, Ho­ly Ghost, Our Hearts In­spire
55. Come, Let Us Anew Our Jour­ney Pur­sue
56. Come, Let Us As­cend
57. Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above
58. Come, Let Us Rise with Christ
59. Come, Let Us Use the Grace Di­vine
60. Come, Let Us Who in Christ Be­lieve
61. Come, O Thou All Vic­tor­ious Lord
62. Come, O Thou Tra­vel­er Un­known
63. Come On, My Part­ners in Dis­tress
64. Come, Sin­ners, to the Gos­pel Feast
65. Come Then, Thou Pro­phet of the Lord
66. Come, Thou Al­mighty King
67. Come, Thou Con­quer­or of the Na­tions
68. Come, Thou Ev­er­last­ing Spir­it
69. Come, Thou Long Ex­pect­ed Je­sus
    • Come, O Sav­ior, Long Ex­pect­ed
    • Come, Thou Sav­ior, Long Ex­pect­ed
    • Hail, Thou Long Ex­pect­ed Je­sus
70. Come, Thou Om­nis­ci­ent Son of Man
71. Come to Judg­ment
72. Come, Wis­dom, Pow­er, and Grace Di­vine
73. Come Ye That Seek the Lord
74. Come, Ye Wea­ry Sin­ners, Come
75. Depth of Mercy
76. Earth with All Her Full­ness Owns, The
77. Enslaved to Sense, to Plea­sure Prone
78. Eternal Beam of Light Di­vine
79. Eternal Son, Eter­nal Love
80. Eternal Spir­it, Come
81. Eternal Sun of Right­eous­ness
82. Father, Glor­i­fy Thy Son
83. Father, God, We Glor­i­fy
84. Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
85. Father, if Thou My Fa­ther Art
86. Father, in Whom We Live
87. Father of All, Whose Pow­er­ful Voice
    • Eternal Son, Eter­nal Love
    • Eternal, Spot­less Lamb of God
    • Son of Thy Sire’s Eter­nal Love
88. Father of Ev­er­last­ing Grace
89. Father of Faith­ful Abra­ham
90. Father of Je­sus Christ, My Lord
91. Father of Me, and All Man­kind
92. Father of Om­ni­present Grace
93. Father, Our Hearts We Lift
94. Father, Son and Ho­ly Ghost
95. Father, Son, and Spir­it, Hear
96. Father, Whose Ev­er­last­ing Love
97. Favor and Peace on Earth
98. Fiery Tri­al, The
99. For One Im­pris­oned for Right­eous­ness’ Sake
100. Forever Here My Rest Shall Be
101. Forth in Thy Name, O Lord
102. Full of Prov­i­den­tial Love
103. Gentle Je­sus, Meek and Mild
     • Holy Je­sus, Sav­ior Mild
     • Loving Je­sus, Gen­tle Lamb
104. Give Me a New, a Per­fect Heart
105. Give Me the En­larged De­sire
106. Give Me the Faith Which Can Re­move
107. Giver of Con­cord, Prince of Peace
108. Glorious God, Ac­cept a Heart
109. Glory Be to God on High (1)
110. Glory Be to God on High (2)
111. Glory to God, Whose Sov­er­eign Grace
112. God Is Gone Up on High
113. God of All Pow­er and Truth and Grace
     • Father, Supply My Ev­ery Need
     • Holy, and True, and Right­eous Lord
114. God of Love That Hear’st the Prayer
     • God Love, That Hear­est Pray­er
115. God On­ly Wise, and Great, and Strong
116. Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost
117. Granted Is the Sav­ior’s Pray­er
118. Great Arch­ang­el’s Trump, The
119. Great God! To Me the Sight A­fford
120. Great Is Our Re­deem­ing Lord
121. Hail, Co-Es­sen­tial Three
122. Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
123. Happy Mag­da­lene, to Whom
124. Happy Soul, That, Free from Harms
125. Happy the Man That Finds the Grace
126. Happy the Souls That First Be­lieved
127. Happy the Souls to Je­sus Joined
128. Hark! A Voice Di­vides the Sky
129. Hark, How the Watch­men Cry
130. Hark! the Her­ald An­gels Sing
131. He Comes! He Comes! the Judge Se­vere!
132. He Wills That I Should Ho­ly Be
133. Head of Thy Church Tri­umph­ant
134. Head of Thy Church, Whose Spir­it Fills
135. Hearken to the So­lemn Voice
136. Hearts of Stone, Re­lent, Re­lent
137. Heavenly Fa­ther, Sov­er­eign Lord
138. Ho! Ev­ery One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh
139. Holy as Thou, O Lord, Is None
140. Holy, Ho­ly, Lord
141. Holy Lamb, Who Thee Con­fess
142. Hosanna in the High­est
143. How Can We Sin­ners Know
144. How Glor­i­ous Is the Life Above
145. How Good and Plea­sant ’Tis to See
146. How Hap­py Are the Lit­tle Flock
147. How Hap­py Are We
148. How Hap­py Ev­ery Child of Grace
149. How Hap­py Are Thy Serv­ants, Lord
150. How Love­ly Are Thy Tents, O Lord!
151. How Ma­ny Pass the Guilty Night
152. Hymn for Mid­night, A
153. I Call the World’s Re­deem­er Mine
154. I Know That My Re­deem­er Lives
155. I the Good Fight Have Fought
156. I Want a Prin­ci­ple With­in
157. If Death My Friend and Me Di­vide
158. In Age and Fee­ble­ness Ex­treme
159. In Ev­ery Time and Place
160. Infinite God, to Thee We Raise
     • Messiah, Joy of Ev­ery Heart
     • Savior, We Now Re­joice in Hope
161. Infinite, Un­ex­haust­ed Love!
162. Inspirer of the An­cient Seers
163. Jehovah, God the Fa­ther, Bless
164. Jesu, Show Us Thy Sal­va­tion
165. Jesu, to Thee Our Hearts We Lift
166. Jesus Christ Is Ris­en Today
167. Jesus, Faith­ful to His Word
168. Jesus, from Whom All Bless­ings Flow
169. Jesus, Great Shep­herd of the Sheep
170. Jesus Is Our Com­mon Lord
171. Jesus, Let All Thy Lov­ers Shine
172. Jesus, Let Thy Pi­ty­ing Eye
173. Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee
174. Jesus, Lov­er of My Soul
175. Jesus, My Ad­vo­cate Above
176. Jesus, My Sav­ior, Bro­ther, Friend
     • Jesu, My Sav­ior, Bro­ther, Friend
177. Jesus, My Strength, My Hope
178. Jesus, My Truth, My Way
     • My Lord, My Truth, My Way
179. Jesus, Soft, Har­mon­i­ous Name
180. Jesus, the All-Re­stor­ing Word
181. Jesus, the Con­quer­or, Reigns
182. Jesus! the Name High over All
183. Jesus, the Ris­ing Lord of All
184. Jesus, the Sinn­er’s Friend
185. Jesus, the Truth and Pow­er Di­vine
186. Jesus, Thine All Vic­tor­i­ous Love
187. Jesus, Thou All Re­deem­ing Lord
188. Jesus, Thou Soul of All Our Joys
189. Jesus, Thou Sov­er­eign Lord of All
190. Jesus, Unit­ed by Thy Grace
191. Jesus, We Look to Thee
192. Jesus, We on the Word Depend
193. Join All Ye Joy­ful Na­tions
194. Join, All Ye Ran­somed Sons of Grace
195. Lamb of God I Look to Thee
196. Leader of Faith­ful Souls
197. Let All That Breathe, Je­ho­vah Praise
198. Let An­gels and Arch­an­gels Sing
199. Let Earth and Hea­ven Com­bine
200. Let Ev­ery Tongue My Sav­ior Praise
201. Let God Arise, and Let His Foes
202. Let Him to Whom We Now Be­long
203. Let Not the Wise His Wis­dom Boast
204. Let Saints on Earth in Con­cert Sing
     • Come, Let Us Join with One Ac­cord
205. Let the World Their Vir­tue Boast
206. Let Us Plead for Faith Alone
207. Lift Your Heads
208. Lift Up Your Hearts to Things Above
209. Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwell­ing
210. Lo, He Comes with Clouds De­scend­ing
211. Long Have I Seemed to Serve Thee, Lord
     • Still for Thy Lov­ing-Kind­ness, Lord
212. Lord, I Be­lieve a Rest Re­mains
213. Lord, I Be­lieve Thy Work of Grace
     • O Joy­ful Sound of Gos­pel Grace
214. Lord, in the Strength of Grace
215. Lord of Earth and Sky, The
216. Lord of the Har­vest, Hear
217. Lord Over All, If Thou Hast Made
218. Lord, Whom Winds and Waves Obey
219. Love Di­vine, All Loves Ex­cel­ling
220. Lovers of Plea­sure More Than God
221. Meet and Right It Is to Sing
222. Messiah, Full of Grace
223. Messiah, Prince of Peace
224. Modern Chris­ti­an­i­ty
225. My God, I Am Thine
226. My God, I Know, I Feel Thee Mine
227. My Heart Is Full of Christ
228. My Soul, In­spired with Sac­red Love
229. None Is Like Jerushun’s God
230. O Astonishing Grace, That the Re­pro­bate Race
231. O Come and Dwell in Me
232. O for a Heart to Praise My God
233. O for a Thou­sand Tongues to Sing
234. O for That Ten­der­ness of Heart
235. O God, Most Mer­ci­ful and True
236. O God of Our Forefathers, Hear
237. O God, Thy Right­eous­ness We Own
238. O How Hap­py Are They Who the Sav­ior Obey
     • How Hap­py Are They
239. O Je­sus, My Hope
240. O Je­sus, Our King
241. O Love, Di­vine, How Sweet Thou Art
242. O Love Di­vine, What Hast Thou Done
243. O Mercy Di­vine, O Couldst Thou In­cline
244. O That I Could, in Ev­ery Place
245. O That I Could Re­pent
246. O That My Load of Sin Were Gone!
247. O the Depth of Love Di­vine
248. O Thou Eter­nal Vic­tim Slain
     • O Thou, Be­fore the World Be­gan
249. O Thou, Our Hus­band, Bro­ther, Friend
     • O Thou, Our Sav­ior, Bro­ther, Friend
250. O Thou Who at Thy Crea­ture’s Bar
     • Lord of the Church, We Hum­bly Pray
     • Servants of Christ, His Truth Who Know
     • Thou Je­sus, Thou My Breast In­spire
     • Thy Pow­er and Sav­ing Truth to Show
251. O Thou Who Cam­est from Above
252. O Thou, Whom All Thy Saints Adore
253. O Thou Whose Of­fer­ing on the Tree
254. O What Shall I Do, My Sav­ior to Praise
255. Object of All Our Know­ledge Here
256. Omnipotent Lord, My Sav­ior and King
257. Our Earth We Now La­ment to See
258. Our Friend­ship Sanc­ti­fy and Guide
259. Our Lord Is Ris­en from the Dead
260. Peace, Doub­ting Heart!
261. Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above
262. Prisoners of Hope, Arise
263. Rejoice for a Bro­ther De­ceased
     • Weep Not for a Bro­ther De­ceased
264. Rejoice, Re­joice, Ye Fall­en Race
     • Come, Ho­ly Spir­it, Raise Our Songs
265. Rejoice, the Lord Is King
266. Righteous God! Whose Venge­ful Phi­als
267. Rise, All Who Seek the Cru­ci­fied
268. Savior, and Can It Be
269. Savior, Prince of Is­ra­el’s Race
270. Savior, Whom Our Hearts Adore
271. See How Great a Flame As­pires
272. See, Je­sus, Thy Dis­ci­ples See
273. See, Sin­ners, in the Gos­pel Glass
274. Shepherd Di­vine, Our Wants Re­lieve
275. Shepherd of Souls, with Pi­ty­ing Eye
276. Sing to the Great Je­ho­vah’s Praise
277. Sing, Ye Ran­somed Na­tions, Sing
278. Sinners, Be­lieve the Go­spel Word
279. Sinners, Dis­miss Your Fear
280. Sinners, Re­joice: Your Peace Is Made
281. Sinners, Obey the Gos­pel Word
282. Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die?
283. Sinners, Your Hearts Lift Up
284. Soldiers of Christ, Arise
285. Son of the Car­pen­ter, Re­ceive
     • Servant of All, to Toil for Man
286. Spirit of Faith, Come Down
287. Stand the Om­ni­po­tent Decree
288. Stay, Thou In­sult­ed Spir­it, Stay
289. Stupendous Mys­te­ry!
290. Surrounded by a Host of Foes
291. Talk with Us, Lord
292. Terrible Thought! Shall I Alone
293. Thou Hid­den Source of Calm Re­pose
294. This Is Thy Will, I Know
295. Thou God of Glor­i­ous Ma­jes­ty
296. Thou God of Truth and Love
297. Thou Great Mys­ter­i­ous God Un­known
298. Thou Judge of Quick and Dead
299. Thou Son of God, Whose Flam­ing Eyes
300. Thou, the Great, Eter­nal God
301. Thousand Ora­cles Di­vine, A
302. Thy Cease­less, Un­ex­haust­ed Love
303. Thy Faith­ful­ness, Lord, Each Mo­ment We Find
304. ’Tis Fin­ished! The Mes­si­ah Dies
305. To the Hills I Lift Mine Eyes
306. To Us a Child of Roy­al Birth
307. Tremendous God, with Hum­ble Fear
308. Try Us, O God
309. Victim Di­vine, Thy Grace We Claim
310. Watched by the World’s Ma­lig­nant Eye
311. Weary of Wan­der­ing from My God
312. Weary Souls That Wan­der Wide
313. What Am I, O Thou Glor­i­ous God!
314. What Is Our Call­ing’s Glor­i­ous Hope?
315. What Shall I Do, My God to Love?
316. What Shall I Ren­der to My God
317. When, Gra­cious Lord, When Shall It Be?
318. When Qui­et in My House I Sit
319. Where Is the Ho­ly Heav’n-Born Child?
320. Where Shall My Won­der­ing Soul Begin?
321. Where Shall True Be­liev­ers Go?
322. Wherewith, O Lord, Shall I Draw Near?
323. Whether the Word Be Preached or Read
324. What Are These Ar­rayed in White?
     • Who Are These Ar­rayed in White?
325. Who in the Lord Con­fide
326. Whom Je­sus’ Blood Doth Sanc­ti­fy
327. Wisdom As­cribe, and Might and Praise
328. With Glor­i­ous Clouds En­com­passed Round
329. With Sol­emn Faith We Of­fer Up
330. Woe to the Men on Earth Who Dwell
331. Worship, and Thanks, and Bless­ing
332. Would Je­sus Have the Sin­ner Die?
333. Ye Hea­ven­ly Choir
334. Ye Men of Is­ra­el, Hear
335. Ye Neigh­bors and Friends of Je­sus
336. Ye Ran­somed Sin­ners, Hear
337. Ye Serv­ants of God
338. Ye Sim­ple Men of Hearts Sin­cere
339. Ye That Pass By, Be­hold the Man
340. Ye Thirsty for God
341. Ye Vir­gin Souls, Arise
342. Ye Wait­ing Souls, Arise
343. Young Men and Maid­ens, Raise