Wesley Corpus

Collection of Psalms and Hymns - Charles Wesley Verse (1741)1 Baker list, 44 Editorial Introduction: In January 1741 John Wesley issued his third offering with the title Collection of Psalms and Hymns. Nearly two-thirds of the items in this offering were drawn from the earlier works: fortyfour selections from CPH (1737), 50 selections from CPH (1738). This is the first volume in this series that Wesley issued with explicit claim of being the editor. He was clearly the one responsible both for selecting from the earlier editions and for gathering the new material that comprises the remaining third of this volume. As in the earlier works, Wesley turned to other authors for the majority of the sixty new items included. He drew at least forty-five of these new hymns and psalms from published sources. This leaves fifteen new items in this collection which may be the first inclusion in the CPH series of original work by John or Charles Wesley. As with HSP (1739), this is a bit uncertain because John occasionally fails to identify the source when drawing on other writers. We have tried to exclude below all items by other writers, but a few may remain unidentified. Since we have excluded translations, Charles Wesley would be the presumed author of most of the works below, as explained in the introduction to HSP (1739). A complete text of Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1741) can be found on this website in the subsection devoted to John Wesley's collections of hymns. Editions: John Wesley. Collection of Psalms and Hymns. London: Strahan, 1741. John Charles Wesley. Collection of Psalms and Hymns. 2nd edn., enlarged. London: Strahan, 3rd London: Strahan, 1744. 4th Bristol: Farley, 1748. 5th London: Cock, 1751. 6th London, 1756. 5th Bristol: Grabham, 1760. 6th Bristol: Pine, 1762. 7th Bristol: Pine, 1765. 8th Bristol: Pine, 1771. 8th Bristol: Pine, 1773. 9th London: Hawes, 1776. 10th London: Hawes, 1779. 11th London: New Chapel, 1789. Table of Contents giving only items likely by Charles Wesley God's Love and Power A Prayer for the Light of Life Prayer for Faith An Hymn for the Georgia Orphans For Their Benefactors Before Their Going to Work A Hymn for Charity-Children Another Another A Morning Hymn An Evening Hymn A Funeral Hymn, for a Scholar, or Other Young Person