Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
A charge to keep I have
Hymn
Charles Wesley's famous hymn of personal responsibility, first published in 1762 and based on Leviticus 8:35.
A fountain of Life and of Grace
Hymn
Charles Wesley's 1762 invitation hymn based on Revelation 22:17, expressing the free gift of the living water…
A nation God delights to bless
Hymn
Charles Wesley's 1762 patriotic hymn focusing on national peace, rooted in the text of Job 34:29 and preserve…
A thousand oracles divine
Hymnology
An overview of Charles Wesley's intensely dogmatic Trinitarian hymn, tracing its publication history, denomin…
A widow poor, forlorn, oppressed
Hymnology
A publication summary of Charles Wesley's prayerful hymn based on the Gospels, tracing its history from a 176…
Abraham, when severely tried
Hymnology
A publication history of Charles Wesley's epic scriptural paraphrase on faith, detailing its origins in 1740 …
Adam descended from above
Hymnology
A publication history of Charles Wesley's Lenten hymn, contrasting the primary text adopted into the standard…
Afflicted by a gracious God
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's hymn "Afflicted by a gracious God," based on Hebrews 10:11 and includ…
Again we lift our voice
History
Hymnological record of Charles Wesley's funeral hymn "Again we lift our voice," written on the death of Samue…
Ah, Lord, with trembling I confess
History
Hymnological record of Charles Wesley's hymn "Ah, Lord, with trembling I confess," written on backsliding and…
Ah, lovely appearance of death
History
Hymnological record of Charles Wesley's eighteenth-century funeral hymn "Ah, lovely appearance of death," det…
Ah, my dear Lord, Whose changeless love
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's 1739 hymn "Ah, my dear Lord, Whose changeless love," detailing its pu…
Ah, my dear loving Lord
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's poem "Ah, my dear loving Lord," detailing its publication in Hymns an…
Ah, what a wretch am I
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's 1749 Watch-night hymn "Ah, what a wretch am I," detailing its publica…
Ah, when shall I awake
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's 1741 prayer hymn "Ah, when shall I awake," detailing its publication …
Ah, whither should I go
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's Lenten hymn "Ah, whither should I go," detailing its publication hist…
Ah, why am I left to complain
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's Lenten hymn "Ah, why am I left to complain," detailing its publicatio…
Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Charles Wesley’s expansive six-part poem on the Communion of Saints, …
Ye simple souls that stray
Hymnology
A entry on the 1747 Methodist hymn Ye simple souls that stray, detailing its publication history, textual rev…