"And fill up all Thy human shrine, / And seal our souls for ever Thine"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by William Pine
Date
1767
Metaphor
"And fill up all Thy human shrine, / And seal our souls for ever Thine"
Metaphor in Context
In presence of Thy heavenly host
  Thyself we faithfully require;
Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
  By blood, by water, and by fire,
And fill up all Thy human shrine,
And seal our souls for ever Thine.

(p. 64 in 1767 ed.)
Provenance
Searching "seal" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1767, 1776).

See Hymns for the Use of Families, and on Various Occasions. By Charles Wesley, M. A. Late Student of Christ-Church. (Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1767). <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
04/19/2005

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