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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 “CHRIST the Lord is risen to-day,” Sons of men and angels say! Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens; and, earth, reply. 2 Love’s redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won: Lo! our Sun’s eclipse is o’er; Lo! He sets in blood no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Christ has burst the gates of hell! Death in vain forbids His rise: Christ has open’d paradise! 4 Lives again our glorious King: Where, O Death, is now thy sting? Dying once, He