Charles Wesley wrote Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. He was the 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, born DECEMBER 18, 1707, in Epworth, England. Susanna Wesley home-schooled all her 19 children, giving them a classical education which included them learning Latin and Greek. Charles Wesley excelled in his studies, later attending Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he came to the attention of Garret Wesley, or Wellesley, a member of the British Parliament with a large fortune in Daugan, Ireland. Having no child, Garret Wellesley offered to adopt Charles as his heir, but Charles declined. Garret Wellesley then left his estate to his cousin Richard Colley Wellesly, who was the father of Arthur Wellesley-Duke of Wellington, famous for his role in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Charles Wesley graduated from Oxford and sailed to the Colony of Georgia in 1732, serving as secretary to the colonys founder, General James Oglethorpe. General James Oglethorpe had previously fought 200,000 Muslim Ottoman Turks who had captured Belgrade, Serbia. James Oglethorpe served under Austrian Prince Eugene of Savoy, one of the most famous commanders in European history for his part in defeating 200,000 Muslim Ottoman Turks who were laying siege to Vienna, Austria, September 11, 1683, and for his victory over 100.000 Muslim Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Zenta, Serbia, September 11, 1697. Charles Wesley penned Hark! how all the Welkin rings but George Whitefield changed the first line to Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. It was put to the music of Lutheran composer Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the notable Jewish philosopher, Moses Mendelssohn. Around the same time 22-year-old George Washington and 20-year-old Daniel Boone were fighting for the British against the French in the French and Indian War, and miraculously spared, Hark! the Herald Angels sing was published in George Whitefields Collection of Hymns for Social Worship, 1754. Hark, the Herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled. Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Christ by highest heavn adored, Christ the everlasting Lord! Late in time, behold Him come, Offspring of a Virgins womb, Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel, Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Hail the heavn-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Risn with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Source: Bill Federer. American Minute
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:14:07 +0000
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