Wesley, Charles ___ 1707-1788 ___ British ___ priest

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Charles was born at Epworth, Lincolnshire, and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Like his older brother, John, he was involved with the Holy Club, the Methodists. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1735, and that same year went to Georgia, US, with John. He held the post of secretary to the colonial governor, James Edward Oglethorpe, until ill health forced him to relinquish it, and, eventually, to return to England. After some kind of religious experience in 1738, he began writing hymns and preaching at meetings with his brother and George Whitefield. For the best part of two decades, until the mid-1750s, Charles and John travelled widely together on evangelical missions. Charles married Sarah Gwynne in 1749, and she travelled with them. From 1756, he preached mainly in Bristol and London. He is particularly well remembered for his hymns, many of which are still used in Protestant churches. He is said to have composed over 6,000. The Wesleys held different views on separation from the Church of England, with Charles firmly opposed. All three of the great Methodist preachers were diarists, but, it is said, whereas George Whitefield was Methodism's orator, and John Wesley its organiser, Charles Wesley was its poet.
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Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - Hymn writer in sex scandal

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1736-1756 ___ literary religious social travel US

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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Methodist Archives and Research Centre - possibly

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Journal of Charles Wesley
The Early Journal of Charles Wesley
 

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