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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 4 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 GLORY be to God on high, And peace on earth descend; God comes down: He bows the sky, And shows Himself our Friend! God the’ invisible appears, God, the blest, the great I AM, Sojourns in this vale of tears, And Jesus is His name. 2 Him the angels all adored, Their Maker and their King: Tidings of their humbled Lord They now to mortals bring: Emptied of His majesty, Of His dazzling glories shorn, Being’s Source begins to be, And God Himself is born! 3 See the’ eternal Son of God A mortal