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Wesley, Charles
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Wesley, Charles (1707–88), brother of John
Wesley. A member of the Oxford
Methodists, he was ordained in 1735. He came under Moravian influence and experienced conversion in 1738. He engaged in itinerant preaching until 1756; he then settled in Bristol and from 1771 in London. He opposed all moves tending to separation from the C of E, especially John's ordinations. He was a gifted and indefatigable hymn-writer; all his collections professed to be the joint work of the two brothers. His hymns include ‘Jesu, Lover of my soul’ and ‘Love divine, all loves excelling’. Together with John, he is commemorated in CW on 24 May; in the American BCP (1979) on 3 May.
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Charles Wesley and the Church of England: A Commemorative Essay
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Charles Wesley (1707-1788) would have been three...lasting value. More than four hundred of Charles Wesley's hymns continue in the hymnbooks...talent for poetry,"2 a reminder that Charles Wesley possessed many remarkable talents...
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Charles Wesley, A Biography/Charles Wesley: Life, Literature and Legacy
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Charles Wesley, A Biography. By Gary Best. (Peterborough...2006, Pp. ix, 390. $24.99.) Charles Wesley: Life, Literature and Legacy. Edited...many years preparing his biography of Charles Wesley, and he was able to complete it in...
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Charles Wesley's Hymns: "Prints" and Practices of Love Divine
Magazine article from: The Hymn; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Charles Wesley's Hymns: "Prints" and Practices...Surprisingly, there were no major studies of Charles Wesley and his unsurpassed productivity as...beautifully produced publications honoring Charles Wesley's tercentenary. The first is the...
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Charles Wesley's voice still sings
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 8/4/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...right down to the present day. Charles Wesley's gift was not his preaching...sons Samuel Sebastian Wesley and Charles Wesley Jr. composed the music needed...my own favorite of the hymns of Charles Wesley is one which we used to sing in...
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Hymns celebrated on Charles Wesley's 300th anniversary.(News)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 9/18/2007; 700+ words
; Hymn writer Charles Wesley, the younger and less celebrated...the Herald: The Life and Music of Charles Wesley," is a special display in the permanent...church sings some of the hymns that Charles Wesley wrote," said Robert Williams, general...
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The Sermons of Charles Wesley: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...C. NEWPORT. The Sermons of Charles Wesley: A Critical Edition with Introduction...All too readily we categorize Charles Wesley as the preeminent hymn writer...complete collection of the sermons of Charles Wesley in the form of twenty-three...
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American Heritage includes John and Charles Wesley biographies.
PR Newswire; 3/27/1984; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- John and Charles Wesley, who founded Methodism (celebrating...an infant Colony..." "Charles Wesley faced even more resentment...Despite this warnings, Wesley fled, arrived in Charles Town, S.C., on Dec. 13...
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Charles Wesley Fitz.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 3/16/2007; 700+ words
; WESTMINSTER Charles Wesley Fitz, 61, of 80 West Main Street...Montana; and his loving son, Charles Wesley Fitz, Jr. of Northbridge, Massachusetts...7, 1945 a son of the late Carl Wesley Fitz, Jr. Charles was a 1963 graduate of Dover High...
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CHARLES WESLEY, 95; WAS SCHOLAR OF BLACK HISTORY, UNIVERSITY LEADER
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/23/1987; ; 613 words
; WASHINGTON - Charles H. Wesley, a noted black history scholar...has died at the age of 95. Mr. Wesley died of pneumonia and cardiac arrest...at Howard University Hospital. "Charles Harris Wesley was a legend in his own time at...
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Charles Wesley's secret diary 'decoded'.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 8/27/2008; 573 words
; Charles Wesley's secret diary 'decoded' London, Aug 27 (PTI) Charles Wesley, the co-founder of the Methodist...code of the 270-year-old diary of Charles Wesley, which has unravelled the fact that...
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Charles Wesley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Charles Wesley The English hymn writer and preacher Charles Wesley (1707-1788) joined his brother John...hymns to express its religious ideals. Charles Wesley was born on Dec. 18, 1707, the eighteenth...
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Wesley, Charles
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Wesley, Charles (1707–88). Hymn...magnificent collection of hymns written by Charles Wesley, perhaps the greatest hymn-writer...discourse for the next 200 years. Charles disapproved of John Wesley's ordinations and remained closer...
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Wesley Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...x2013; 1791) and his brother Charles Wesley (1707 – 1788), leaders...evangelical ministry of John Wesley and Charles Wesley. See also Church of England...Household in Relation to John and Charles Wesley. London, 1949. Maser, Frederick...
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John Wesley Trial: 1737
Book article from: Great American Trials
...1729, two brothers, John and Charles Wesley, were at Oxford University in England, John as a teacher and Charles as a student. Sons of a clergyman...spread among six settlements. Charles Wesley did not find conditions to his...
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Wesley, Dorothy Porter 1905–1995
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Along the way, Wesley received numerous...culminating in the Charles Frankel Award from...1970); married Charles H. Wesley, 1979; (died...ALA), 1990; Charles Frankel Award...history, ” Wesley admitted to McCombs...
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