An Amer­i­can jour­na­list, Wells pub­lished the per­i­od­i­cals The Gold­en Rule and Christ­ian En­dea­vor. His other works in­clude:

• Social Even­ings (Unit­ed So­ci­e­ty of Christ­ian En­dea­vor: 1894)
• The Cax­ton Club, 1902
• Expert En­dea­vor. A Text-book of Christ­ian En­dea­vor Me­thods and Prin­ci­ples (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: In­ter­na­tion­al So­ci­e­ty of Christ­ian En­dea­vor, 1911)
• A Treasure of Hymns (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: In­ter­na­tion­al So­ci­e­ty of Christ­ian En­dea­vor, 1914)
• The Suc­cess­ful Sun­day School Su­per­in­ten­dent, 1915
• Know Your Bi­ble

Hymns

1. God Help Our Country to Be Strong
2. Lord Jesus, Blessed Giver