"Then wilt Thou [God] in the saints reside, / And make their hearts Thy throne."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
London
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Then wilt Thou [God] in the saints reside, / And make their hearts Thy throne."
Metaphor in Context
Then wilt Thou in the saints reside,
  And make their hearts Thy throne
,
And show the world Thy spotless bride,
  And claim them for Thine own:
Then the believing world shall sing,
  "The Lord His right obtains;
Jesus is universal King,
  And God for ever reigns."
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1759, 1779).

See Hymns on the Expected Invasion (London: 1759). <Link to ESTC>

Text from 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

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