An original manuscript from the 7000 hymns written by Charles Wesley (1707-88), one of the founders of MethodismCharles Wesley, brother to John, wrote this and many similar hymns while in Bristol.

Charles Wesley was buried in St Marylebone churchyard, London, on 5th April 1788. A prolific poet, Charles Wesley wrote more than 6000 hymns (among them 'Hark, the herald angels sing' and 'Love divine ...