Wesley, John and Charles

Prayer to Christ Before the Sacrament. From the Same. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]

London

Printed by William Strahan

1739

"Stamp thy whole Image on our Heart, / And all our Souls be Thine!"

III.
From thy blest Wounds our Life we draw;
Thy all-atoning Blood
Daily we drink with trembling Awe;
Thy Flesh our daily Food.
Come, LORD, thy sov'reign Aid impart,
Here make thy Likeness shine!
Stamp thy whole Image on our Heart,
And all our Souls be Thine!
(p. 190)

Impressions::Stamping::Image

Searching "stamp" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "soul"; text from ECCO-TCP

At least 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>

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>

04/07/2005