1707-1788. English leader of the Methodist movement along with brother John Wesley.
“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea” – Matthew 2:1
HAPPY the place, but happier still
The heart where Christ is born:
The heart which He vouchsafes to fill
Need neither sin nor mourn;
No city could with Bethlehem share
The honour of His birth,
But every soul by faith may bear
The Lord of heaven and earth.
~Charles Wesley~
The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), 142.
