Date: 1862

"Through all our proceedings let reason bear rule"

— Mather, Joseph (1737-1804)

Date: 1868

"When Satan rules the simple heart / Jesus alone can drive him thence."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

"The fiend out of my soul to chase, / And plant Thy kingdom in its place."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

"Set up Thy kingdom now, and seal / My heart Thine everlasting throne."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

God's "Spirit in [His] kingdom given / Makes our hearts [His] humble throne"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

People may "yield their hearts the sordid throne / Of pride or base desire."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

"And make my heart Thy peaceful throne."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

God may "in my humble heart maintain / [His] everlasting throne"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: April, 1871

"In cases like the Caliph Omar's, it governs all other desires, absorbs the whole nature, and rules the whole life."

— Bagehot, William (1826-1877)

Date: April, 1871

"When the inability to prevent the recurrence of the idea is very great, so that the reason is powerless on the mind, the consequent "conviction" is an eager, irritable, and ungovernable passion."

— Bagehot, William (1826-1877)