"The Spirit breathed His life into / Our animated clay, / And He begets our souls anew, / And seals us to that day"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Date
1767
Metaphor
"The Spirit breathed His life into / Our animated clay, / And He begets our souls anew, / And seals us to that day"
Metaphor in Context
Father, and Son, and Spirit join'd
  In the creating plan,
Each is the Maker of mankind,
  And doth His work sustain:
The Spirit breathed His life into
  Our animated clay,
And He begets our souls anew,
  And seals us to that day.

Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/19/2005

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