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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 3 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 O THE depth of love Divine, The’ unfathomable grace! Who shall say how bread and wine God into man conveys! How the bread His flesh imparts, How the wine transmits His blood, Fills His faithful people’s hearts With all the life of God! 2 Let the wisest mortal show How we the grace receive, Feeble elements bestow A power not theirs to give. Who explains the wondrous way, How through these the virtue came? These the virtue did convey, Yet still remain the same. 3 How can heavenly spirits