"Absorb whate'er is I in Thine, / And stamp the image on our heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Absorb whate'er is I in Thine, / And stamp the image on our heart"
Metaphor in Context
Made by the Father's gift and grace
  Our Wisdom true, O Christ, appear,
Our meritorious Righteousness,
  From guilt and curse and wrath to clear;
Our Holiness, Thyself impart,
  Absorb whate'er is I in Thine,
And stamp the image on our heart
,
  The nature, and the name Divine.
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/07/2005

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