Charles Wesley was one of the greatest hymn writers of all time—having produced 56 volumes of hymns in 53 years including “And Can it Be. . . O For a Thousand Tongues,” “Christ the Lord is Risen Today,” “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.” John Wesley wrote that the Methodist hymns written by him and his brother, Charles, offered a “distinct and full account of scriptural Christianity. After Charles’ conversion to Christianity, he opened the Bible and put his finger on Psalm 40:3: “And he hath put a