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Paul spoke of the "breadth, length, height, and depth" of love, and the love of Christ which "surpasses knowledge." We can almost feel the great apostle reaching, straining to express more than he is able to put into words.
We remember John Wesley who proclaimed the "inexpressible love" of Christ and the doctrine of "free grace," wherever people were willing to hear him: schoolrooms, barns, streets, homes, and open fields. It is claimed that he preached more than forty thousand sermons.
But it remained for Charles Wesley to capture the spirit of the redeemed soul wanting to say more than it is able to express. He wrote sixty-five hundred hymns. However, there is one which conveys a "reach" for praise, perhaps better than any other. Peter Bohler, a Moravian leader, once said in Wesley's presence, "Had I a thousand tongues, I would praise God with them all." Recalling the remark, Charles Wesley wrote:
O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace!
-- Powell
