Most churches today probably sing more of Wesley's hymns than any other single writer. Consider Christmas without "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" or Easter without "Christ the Lord is Risen Today." Other favorites include "Jesus Lover of My Soul," "Rejoice-the Lord is King," "A Charge to Keep I Have," "Love Divine," and "O For a Thousand Tongues."
What gives Wesley's hymns such appeal, even today? Historian Timothy Dudley-Smith shows that the
