Although both John and Charles wrote hymns, Charles was the most prolific. One commentator says of Charles, "He found occasion for a hymn in every event of private or public life—his own conversion, his marriage, the earthquake panic, ... every festival and every doctrine of the church, countless Bible passages, and the experiences of all his friends!" Concordance to Christian Science Hymnal and Hymnal Notes, Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1975, p. 222.
The Christian Science Hymnal features a number of hymns by the Wesleys. This one is by Charles:
Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the perfect Light,
Sun of righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near,
Daystar, in my heart appear.
Dark and cheerless is the morn
Uncompanioned, Lord, by thee;
Joyless is the day's return,
Till thy mercy's beams I see;
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
Visit then this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, radiancy divine,
Scatter all my unbelief;
More and more thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day. Hymnal, No. 35 .
