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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 1 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The poetical publications of John and Charles Wesley originally appeared at various intervals during a span of fifty-three years. G. Osborn has collected, arranged, and provided notes for all of these important poems and hymns. Many of these works, especially those of Charles Wesley’s (whose work makes up the bulk of this collection), were never before published or published anonymously. Charles...

1 PEACE, doubting heart—my God’s I am! Who form’d me man forbids my fear: The Lord hath call’d me by my name; The Lord protects, for ever near: His blood for me did once atone, And still He loves and guards His own. 2 When passing through the watery deep, I ask in faith His promised aid, The waves an awful distance keep, And shrink from my devoted head: Fearless their violence I dare: They cannot harm, for God is there! 3 To Him my eye of faith I turn, And through the fire pursue