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Charles Wesley, “Jesus, Lover of My Soul”
This hymn is one of the most popular written by the
prolific Charles Wesley (1707–1788). Charles and
John Wesley (1703–1791), the brothers whose evangelical
vision and tireless efforts shaped 18 th -century
Methodism, left a rich legacy of hymns with
enduring appeal. They encouraged congregational
singing and provided their followers with songs
that gave vent to the deepest emotions of participants
in the 18 th -century evangelical awakening.
The vast majority of the Wesleys hymns came from
the pen of Charles.
The brothers were reared in an Anglican manse
and deeply influenced by their capable mother,
Susannah, and their rector father, Samuel. Educated
at Oxford, they took Anglican orders and
sailed to the American colonies to undertake a
mission in Georgia. In Savannah, they compiled
their first hymnal but met with no marked religious
success. They returned to England, deeming their
missionary efforts a failure. In the third week of
May, 1738, both brothers experienced dramatic
awakenings to faith—in John Wesley’s famous description,
their hearts were “strangely warmed.” A
new commitment to evangelism and holiness
marked their future efforts. Charles Wesley immediately
turned to poetry to express his religious
emotions and urge others on to deeper commitment.
He wrote his first hymn a day or two after his
conversion and dictated his last on his deathbed.
“Jesus, Lover of My Soul” first appeared in the
Wesleys’ 1740 publication, Hymns and Sacred Poems.
It is based on a text in the Apocrypha, Wisdom
11:26 (“Thou sparest all things, for they are thine, O
Lord who lovest the living”), and also borrows from
Matthew Prior’s poem, “Solomon,” published in
1718. Its point is simple: Jesus is the soul’s only
satisfaction: “Thou, O Christ, art all I want/More
than all in thee I find.”
Charles Wesley wrote five stanzas for this hymn.
The third is now generally omitted:
Wilt Thou not regard my call
Wilt Thou not accept my prayer
Lo, I sink, I faint, I fall!
Lo, on Thee I cast my care;
Reach me out Thy gracious hand!
While I of Thy strength receive,
Hoping against hope I stand,
Dying, and behold I live!
John Wesley disliked the intimate language of his
brother’s poem, once declaring his effort “in all the
hymns which are addressed to our blessed Lord, to
avoid every fondling expression, and to speak as to
the most-high God.” When he edited the definitive
Collection of Hymns for the People Called Methodists
(1780), he omitted this popular hymn. His
for review only
objections failed to diminish its appeal. Just ten
years later (1790), American Methodists included it
in their hymnal. In 1807, it appeared in an American
hymnal published by Roman Catholics; in 1870, the
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints opted to put it in their hymnal. Well over
2,000 hymnals published in the United States have
included “Jesus, Lover of My Soul.”
This hymn has been set to various tunes. The
most popular in the United States are REFUGE, MARTYN
and ABERYSTWYTH. In Great Britain and the United
States, “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” is perhaps most
often sung today to ABERYSTWYTH, a haunting minor
melody by Joseph Parry (1841–1903). A native of
Wales, Parry was an ironmaster who spent some
time in the United States. He later became a professional
musician and disciplined himself for a time to
compose one hymn tune every week. He wrote
ABERYSTWYTH while visiting the seaside town of that
name in 1879.
John Bowring, “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night”
Sir John Bowring wrote “Watchman, Tell Us of the
Night” in 1825 as a poem rather than for use as a
hymn. He first found it used as a hymn early in the
1830s when he attended a meeting of American
missionaries in Turkey and heard them sing it.
Bowring was born in Exeter, England, in 1792. The
son of a wool manufacturer, he worked briefly with
his father and also studied modern languages. As a
young man, he became a follower of Jeremy
Bentham and a contributor to the Westminster
Review. In 1835, he entered the House of Commons
as a Radical. He began a distinguished career
of government service abroad in 1849, concluding
as Governor, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice-Admiral
of Hong Kong and its dependencies, and Superintendent
of Trade east of the Ganges. Knighted in
1854, he published widely and devoted himself to
reform causes until his death in 1792.
There has been debate about how to classify
Bowring’s religious inclinations. A member of a
Unitarian congregation, he manifested strong affinities
for evangelical piety. While several of his
poems gained wide acclaim as hymns (especially
“Watchman, Tell Us of the Night” and “In the Cross
of Christ I Glory”), others have been used almost
exclusively by Unitarians.
continued on p. 12
This hymn arrangement is sponsored by the
Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals
(ISAE) at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187,
through a grant from The Lilly Endowment. The
ISAE exists to encourage and support research
on evangelical Christianity in North America.

Jesus, Lover of My Soul
or
Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
SATB, organ, brass quartet, timp., and opt. cong.
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Charles Wesley, 1740
John Bowring, 1825
ABERYSTWYTH, Joseph Parry, 1879;
setting by Carl Schalk, 2000
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Carl Scalk
Carl Schalk is Distinguished Professor of Music
Emeritus at Concordia University, in River Forest,
Ill., where he taught graduate courses in church
music since 1965. Previously, he was a teacher and
director of music at Zion Lutheran Church in Wassau,
Wisconsin, and director of music for the International
Lutheran Hour. He was editor of the journal
Church Music from 1966-1980. He has served on
various boards and committees for The Hymn
Scociety, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians,
and the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship,
which prepared the Lutheran Book of Worship.
His choral compositions and hymn settings
for congregational use are widely used. He has
written over 80 hymn tunes and carols.
Schalk was born in Chicago in 1929. He earned
a B.S. in Ed. from Concordia College, River Forest,
Ill., and advanced degrees from the Eastman School
of Music, Rochester , New York, (M.Mus) and Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis (M.A.R.). He has received
several honorary degrees and is a Fellow of The
Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. In
1999 he was honored with the Wittenberg Award
for his contribution to Lutheran church music.
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