God may "reign in all our hearts alone."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by E. Farley
Date
1762
Metaphor
God may "reign in all our hearts alone."
Metaphor in Context
Discouraged at our wayward ways,
  We trust Thee, that Thou wilt not fail,
But carry on Thy work of grace,
  Till mercy over sin prevail,
And fix on earth Thy righteous throne,
And reign in all our hearts alone.
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
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>

More than 5,100 hymns written by Wesley, with six books of material left (over 1,000 hymns) in manuscript. Unpublished were the hymns on the "Four Gospels and the Acts of Apostles."
Date of Entry
08/09/2004

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