Born: June 28, 1703, Ep­worth, Lin­coln­shire, Eng­land.

Died: March 2, 1791, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: Ci­ty Road Cha­pel, Lon­don, Eng­land.

John and his bro­ther Charles found­ed the move­ment which be­came the Meth­od­ist de­nom­in­a­tion. Charles was the main hymn­ist in the fam­i­ly, but John trans­lat­ed a num­ber of hymns (most­ly Ger­man) him­self. He be­gan stu­dy­ing the German lan­guage on board the ship Sim­mons, which car­ried him and Charles to Georg­ia in 1735. Al­so on the ship were 26 Ger­man Mo­ra­vian col­o­nists, and Wes­ley want­ed to be able to talk with them and share in their wor­ship servi­ces.

Wesley’s works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Author of Life Di­vine
  2. How Hap­py Is the Pil­grim’s Lot
  3. We Lift Our Hearts to Thee
  4. Ser­vant of God, Well Done!

Translations

  1. All Glo­ry to the Eter­nal Three
  2. Commit Thou All Thy Griefs
  3. Eternal Depth of Love Di­vine
  4. Extended on a Cursèd Tree
  5. Give to the Winds Thy Fears
  6. High on His Ev­er­last­ing Throne
  7. High Praise to Thee, All Gra­cious God
  8. Ho­ly Lamb, Who Thee Re­ceive
  9. I Thank Thee, Uncreated Sun
  10. I Thirst, Thou Wound­ed Lamb of God
  11. Into Thy Gra­cious Hands I Fall
  12. Jesu, Thy Soul Re­new My Own
  13. Jesu, to Thee My Heart I Bow
  14. Jesu, Whose Glo­ry’s Stream­ing Rays
  15. Jesus, Thy Blood and Right­eous­ness
  16. Jesus, Thy Bound­less Love to Me
  17. Lo, God Is Here!
  18. Meek, Pa­tient Lamb of God, to Thee
  19. Monarch of All, with Low­ly Fear
  20. My Soul Be­fore Thee Pros­trate Lies
  21. Now I Have Found the Ground Where­in
  22. O God, My God, My All Thou Art!
  23. O God of God, in Whom Com­bine
  24. O God, of Good the Un­fa­thomed Sea
  25. O God Thou Bot­tom­less Abyss
  26. O God, What Of­fer­ing Shall I Give
  27. O Je­su, Source of Calm Re­pose
  28. O Thou to Whose All Search­ing Sight
  29. O Thou Who All Things Canst Control
  30. O Thou Whom Sin­ners Love, Whose Care
  31. Regardless Now of Things Be­low
  32. Shall I, for Fear of Fee­ble Man
  33. Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tow­er
  34. Thine, Lord, Is Wis­dom, Thine Alone
  35. Thou Hid­den Love of God
  36. Thou, Je­su, Art Our King
  37. Thou Lamb of God, Thou Prince of Peace
  38. Thou, True and On­ly God
  39. To Thee with Heart and Mouth I Sing
  40. What Shall We Of­fer Our Good Lord