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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 2 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 BLESSING, honour, thanks, and praise, Pay we, gracious God, to Thee; Thou in Thine abundant grace Givest us the victory: True and faithful to Thy word, Thou hast glorified Thy Son; Jesus Christ, our dying Lord, He for us the fight hath won. 2 Lo! the prisoner is released; Lighten’d of his fleshly load, Where the weary are at rest He is gather’d into God! Lo! the pain of life is past, All his warfare now is o’er, Death and hell behind are cast, Grief and suffering are no more. 3 Yes, the