"JESUS makes our Hearts his Throne, / There he lives, and reigns alone."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Author

Wesley, John and Charles

Work Title

Hymn After the Sacrament [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by William Strahan
Date
1739
Metaphor
"JESUS makes our Hearts his Throne, / There he lives, and reigns alone."
Metaphor in Context
V.
Sin shall tyrannize no more,
Purg'd its Guilt, dissolv'd its Pow'r;
JESUS makes our Hearts his Throne,
There he lives, and reigns alone.
VI.
Grace our ev'ry Thought controuls,
Heav'n is open'd in our Souls,
Everlasting Life is won,
Glory is on Earth begun.
(p. 191)
Categories
Government::Throne Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of God
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); text from ECCO-TCP.
Citation
More than 9 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1740, 1742, 1743, 1747, 1749). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original.

3 editions in 1739. See John and Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems. Published by John Wesley, M. A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; and Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. (London: Printed by William Strahan, 1739). <Link to first edition in ESTC><Link to ECCO><Link to ECCO-TCP>

Found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
Date of Entry
08/09/2004
Date of Review
02/09/2014

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.