"An Heart resign'd, submissive, meek, / My dear Redeemer's Throne, / Where only Christ is heard to speak, / Where Jesus reigns alone."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Bristol, Bath, and London
Publisher
Felix Farley, W. Frederick, T. Harris
Date
1742
Metaphor
"An Heart resign'd, submissive, meek, / My dear Redeemer's Throne, / Where only Christ is heard to speak, / Where Jesus reigns alone."
Metaphor in Context
O For an Heart to praise my God,
An Heart from Sin set free!
An Heart that always feels Thy Blood,
So freely spilt for Me!
An Heart resign'd, submissive, meek,
My dear Redeemer's Throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.
(p. 30)
An Heart from Sin set free!
An Heart that always feels Thy Blood,
So freely spilt for Me!
An Heart resign'd, submissive, meek,
My dear Redeemer's Throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.
(p. 30)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); text from in Google Books
Citation
At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1742, 1745, 1756, 1776). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original.
See 1742 edition of Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, in Castle-Green; J. Wilson in Wine-Street; and at the School-Room in the Horse-Fair: in Bath, by W. Frederick, Bookseller: and in London, by T. Harris on the Bridge; also, at the Foundery in Upper-Moor-Fields, 1742). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found in Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1745). <Link to ECCO>
First 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>
See 1742 edition of Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, in Castle-Green; J. Wilson in Wine-Street; and at the School-Room in the Horse-Fair: in Bath, by W. Frederick, Bookseller: and in London, by T. Harris on the Bridge; also, at the Foundery in Upper-Moor-Fields, 1742). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found in Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1745). <Link to ECCO>
First 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
02/10/2014
