Love Divine, All Love Excelling one of Charles Wesley's best known hymns - and is considered a prayer. The lyrics ask Jesus to enter our hearts and allow us to be set free from sin.

In the years to follow, ‘Love Divine’ would become one of the nation’s favourite hymns. By the end of the 19th century, it was found in 15 of the 17 hymn books consulted by the authors of Lyric ...