May 16 Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Hebrews 1:3) This text by Charles Wesley is another of the more than 6,500 hymns written by the “Sweet Bard of Methodism.” Wesley wrote on hundreds of scriptural passages as well as on every conceivable phase of Christian experience and doctrine. This text was developed by Wesley to encourage his followers to have a more spontaneous joy in