Hymns are part of the church service, in which hymn singing, Bible reading, prayer and sermon operate together to make the pattern of worship. To write the history of hymnody in relation to the Bible is to write the history of the Christian church. Hymns have always drawn inspiration from the Bible and the Reformation set this in concrete. Charles Wesley's hymns of faith and love sang their way into the consciousness of the Methodist societies and that helped them to grow. The General Hymns section was succeeded by hymns for Holy Communion, Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Matrimony and Ember Days, followed by Missions. The Bible exists in many modern translations that people now have no version that can exist in the mind. This has given new opportunities to hymn-writers, but it has led to loss as well as gain.