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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 5 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 THOU Man of Griefs, I fain would be Perfectly conform’d to Thee: Bestow the patient power, The meekness of my injured Lamb, And arm me for the fiery hour Of suffering for Thy name. 2 Unknown to men, and meanly born, Happy object of their scorn, Content to live obscure, And all things, but Thy favour, need, And want, as my great Master poor, A place to lay my head. 3 When call’d to testify Thy grace, Set as adamant my face, My steadfast heart prepare: Rejected, and abhorr’d of