Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735)

thumb| Samuel Wesley (17 December 1662 – 25 April 1735) was a clergyman of the Church of England, a poet, and a writer. He was the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism. Quotes Beneath, a sleeping infant lies,    To earth whose ashes lent, More glorious shall hereafter rise,    Though not more innocent. When the arch-angel's trump shall blow,    And souls and bodies join, What crowds will wish, their lives below    Had been as short as thine! "Epitaph on an Infant", in James Montgomery (ed.) The Christian Poet; or, Selections in Verse, on Sacred Subjects, 3rd ed. (Glasgow, 1828), p. 429 Let sickness blast, and death devour,    If heaven must recompense our pains Perish the grass, and fade the flower,    If firm the word of God remains. "Hymn 46", st. 6, in John Wesley (ed.) A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists (London, 1830), p. 49 External links Category:1662 births Category:1735 deaths Category:Church of England clergy Category:Hymnwriters Category:Poets from England Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:University of Oxford alumni