"Try me then, and try me still / In the furnace of distress, / … I shall at last come forth as gold."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by E. Farley
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Try me then, and try me still / In the furnace of distress, / … I shall at last come forth as gold."
Metaphor in Context
When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
--xxiii. 10.
Try me then, and try me still
In the furnace of distress,
By my own, and others' ill,
By the hidings of Thy face;
Yet will I the promise hold
Which Jesus to my heart hath told,
I shall at last come forth as gold.
(Vol. IX, p. 259, ll. 1-7; Cf. I, 241 in 1762 ed.)
--xxiii. 10.
Try me then, and try me still
In the furnace of distress,
By my own, and others' ill,
By the hidings of Thy face;
Yet will I the promise hold
Which Jesus to my heart hath told,
I shall at last come forth as gold.
(Vol. IX, p. 259, ll. 1-7; Cf. I, 241 in 1762 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry); text from 1868 edition, confirmed in 1762 edition.
Citation
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1762, 1796).
See Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. By Charles Wesley, M. A. and Presbyter of the Church of England., 2 vols. (Bristol: Printed by E. Farley, in Small-Street, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
See also Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. By Charles Wesley, M. A. And Presbyter of the Church of England. (London: Printed by G. Paramore, North-Green, Moorfields; and sold by G. Whitfield, at the Chapel, City-Road; and at the Methodist preaching-houses in town and country, 1794-96). <Link to ESTC>
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 Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. By Charles Wesley, M. A. and Presbyter of the Church of England., 2 vols. (Bristol: Printed by E. Farley, in Small-Street, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
See also Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. By Charles Wesley, M. A. And Presbyter of the Church of England. (London: Printed by G. Paramore, North-Green, Moorfields; and sold by G. Whitfield, at the Chapel, City-Road; and at the Methodist preaching-houses in town and country, 1794-96). <Link to ESTC>
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
05/31/2005
