Christian Love

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Love is the strongest tie
Title: Christian Love
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. THOMAS (Williams)

ST. THOMAS is actually lines 5 through 8 of the sixteen-line tune HOLBORN, composed by Aaron Williams (b. London, England, 1731; d. London, 1776) and published in his Collection (1763, 1765) as a setting for Charles Wesley's text "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (570). The harmonization is by Lowell Maso…

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SILVER STREET

Although this tune is widely attributed to Isaac Smith and was published in Smiths Collection of Psalm Tunes, London, ca. 1780, Smith does not claim to be the composer. The tune also appeared in other books of similar or earlier date. Southern Harmony, 1835 attributes the tune to J. Street. - From T…

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Timeline

Instances

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #739

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Christian Hymns #278

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Christian Life Songs #186

Conference Hymns and Tunes #d64

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d174

Hymns for Christian Worship #d51

Melodies of Heaven #d80

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d275

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #529

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #84

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Songs of Zion Enlarged #263

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Songs of Zion #151

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Sunday-School Hymns #149

The Association Hymn Book #d75

The Choralist #d207

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The Christian Melodist #232

The Christian Psalmist #d421

The Church Hymn Book #d596

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #343

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #343

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The Sacred Lyre #286

Universalist Hymn Book #d309

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Vestry Harmonies #50a

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Year of Worship for Sunday Schools and Homes #142

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Young Men's Christian Association Hymn and Tune Book #58

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