"You saw what heart-religion meant [...] true religion is not a negative or an external thing; but the life of God in the soul of man; the image of God stamped upon the heart."

— Wesley, John (1703-1791)


Work Title
Date
1765
Metaphor
"You saw what heart-religion meant [...] true religion is not a negative or an external thing; but the life of God in the soul of man; the image of God stamped upon the heart."
Metaphor in Context
You saw what heart-religion meant [...] true religion is not a negative or an external thing; but the life of God in the soul of man; the image of God stamped upon the heart.
Provenance
Reading J. P. van Noppen's Transforming Words (123).
Citation
Noppen, J. P. van. Transforming Words: The Early Methodist Revival from a Discourse Perspective. Bern and New York: Peter Lang, 1999.
Date of Entry
06/27/2005
Date of Review
06/09/2009

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