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Author: Brorson; J. J. Breithaupt Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday Evening Lyrics: 1 Forsøger eder selv, Om I i Troen ere, Om I ved Troens Kraft I Hjertet Jesum bære, Og om I følge ham I Kors taalmodig ind Med kjærlig Ydmyghed Og Troens rene Sind! 2 Vor Tro den er et Lys I Hjertet dybt forborgen, Som bryder deilig frem, Ret som den klare Morgen, Gjør Sjælen frydefuld, Opklaret, deilig rig, Ny, ret forandert og I Sindet Jesu lig. 3 Den øser altid af Sin Jesu rige Gaver, Og deler gjerne med Sin Næste, hvad den haver; I Jesu kan den faa Meer, end den har behov, Og Naaden lyser frem Til Herrens Pris og Lov. 4 Den tviler ei at faa, Hvad Gud i Ordet lover, Og derfor frisk sig ind I Kors og Modgang vover, Thi Troen føder Haab; Af det, den har og ser, Er den forsikret om, At finde altid meer. 5 Af Haab er Kjærlighed, Thi naar man sig paaminder, Hvor sød en Gud vi har, Og evig har og finder, Saa bryder dette ud I Hjertens Kjærlighed Endog mod den, som er Os bitter gram og vred. 6 Hvad Gud os gjør, vi da Vil gjøre mod vor Næste, Naar nogen gjør os ondt, Vi søge deres Bedste, Og bøde Andres Traads, Forfølgelse og Spot Med Forbøn, gode Ord, Og gjør dem altid godt. 7 Naar Gud ved meget Kors Os ret paa Prøve setter, Tro gjør Taalmodighed, Som alt det Tunge letter, Den dæmper Kjødets Knur Og tager bønnen fat, Og veed, at al vor Nød Gud Vei og Maal har sat. 8 Ransag, om Kristus sig Udi din Sjæl forklarer; Thi det er Kristi Liv, Som Troen aabenbarer, Den gjør retfærdig først, Saa hellig, giver Lyst Og Kraft til Gjerning god, Er dette i dit Bryst? 9 O Jesu, styrk du mig I Troen alle Dage! Saa skal et helligt Liv Og Levnet og tiltage; Hvor Lyset er, der maa Og Glansen ytre sig; O lær mig, at jeg ret Og al Tid følger dig!

Op, vaag og beed

Author: Brorson Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday High Mass Lyrics: 1 Op, vaag og beed, Min Sjæl! du veed Dig ellers ikke sikker, At du kunde drages ned I den Ondes Strikker. 2 Brug Ordets Magt, Giv nøje Agt Paa Hjertet, hvor det vanker, Lær at holde hellig Vagt Over dine Tanker! 3 At følge smukt Guds Naades Tugt, Naar Aanden dig vil minde, Holder Verden udelukt, Hjerte-Freden inde. 4 Et lidet Gran d Af Surdeig kan Al Deigen gjemmensyre, Kommer Gnisten først i Brand, Er den ond at styre. 5 En Tanke, som I Hjertet kom, Og som man lidt lod raade, Har saa tidt gjort Sjælen tom Paa Guds søde Naade. 6 De Sjælesaar, Som Satan slaar, Gaar ind ad skjulte Gange, Hvo, som ei paa Vagten staar, Vorder snart hans Fange. 7 Vor onde Art Optændes snart Af det, vi se og høre, Blir en syndig Tanke spart, Er han inden Døre. 8 Et syndigt Ord I Adam for, Det lagde Verden øde, Det haar voldt det Sjælemord, Hvorved alle døde. 9 Alt dette veed Forfarenhed Hos alle Guds Udvalte; Jesus raaber: Vaag og beed, Om du ei vil falde! 10 Op, op paa Vagt Af ganske Magt, Og vaag med alle Fromme! Vaager, som Guds Søn har sagt, Til I se ham komme!

Vor Tro er den Forvisning paa

Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday For Evening Lyrics: 1 Vor Tro er den Forvisning paa, At vi Guds Naade have, Som ingen af sig selv kan saa, Men som er Aandens Gave; Den faste Grund, i Hjertet lagt Ved Ordet om den Naadepagt, Som er i Kristo stiftet. 2 Den er et fast og sterkt Bevis, Som Gud i Hjertet skriver, At han os, sig til evig Pris, I Kristo Naade giver, Saa vi ei meer i Tvilen staa, Men gribe med stor Sjæls Attraa Til Jesu Død og Vunder. 3 Et eget Væsen er vor Tro, Et meget mægtigt Gode, Som kjendes udi Sjælens Ro Og gjør os vel til Mode, Hvad ingen ser, det ser den grant, Og veed, at det er evig sandt, Hvad Gud i Ordet lover. 4 Usynlige og høie Ting Kan Troen se og høre Og midt i Sukke Frydespring Mod Naadens Solskin gjøre: Gud er min Gud! og ved hans Aand Jeg har alt Himlen i min Haand, Thi Jesus i mig lever! 5 Hvad vil nu Satans hele Hær Med mine Synder gjøre? Lad ham den alle, hver især, Mig haardt til Hjertet føre; Jeg veed vel, at min Synd er stor, Men Jesus siger i sit Ord: De ere dig forladte. 6 Det Ord, det Ord mig giver Ro Og er mit faste Anker, Naar Satan stormer mod min Tro Med mange Tvilens Tanker. Hvad agter jeg hans Trusel meer! Min Tro Guds milde Hjerte ser Igjennem Jesu Vunder. 7 Er Troen ofte svag, især Naar jeg af Korset trænges, Saa maa dog Troen være der, Saafremt kun Sjælen længes At finde Hjælp, og merke kan Af Haabet kun det mindste Grand, Saa er der Tro i Hjertet. 8 Imidlertid formerer sig Vor Tro, des meer vi kjæmper, Især naar Gud tidt underlig Vor Fiende slaar og dæmper, Saa vi i Troen haabe kan, Om end i Korsets mørke Stand Vi ingen Hjælp kan skue. 9 Jeg veed, paa hvem min Tro er sat, Ham faar man mig at unde; Den som har Gud til Hjerte-Skat, Skal aldrig gaa til Grunde. Vel den, som bygger fast paa Gud, Lad det end tumles ind og ud, Han staar, naar al Ting falder. 10 Saa vil jeg da i denne Tro Mit ganske Levnet føre, I Jesu Værdskylds søde Ro Mit Hjerte trøstigt gjøre; Hans Aand er mig et Pant derpaa, At endelig min Tro skal faa En sød og salig Ende.

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LOVE DIVINE

Appears in 769 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Zundel Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55653 23217 61654 Used With Text: Love divine, all love excelling

[Den, som mig føder, det er Gud min Herre]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Cl. Goudimel Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday High Mass Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 11155 71211 71321 Used With Text: Den, som mig føder, det er Gud min Herre

[Hvad kan os komme til for Nød]

Appears in 347 hymnals Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday High Mass Tune Sources: Hos. J. Klug, 1535 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11321 22313 45321 Used With Text: Hvad kan os komme til for Nød

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I Kristne, I, som træde

Author: Kingo Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #234 (1919) Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday; Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 I Kristne, I som træde Hver Dag med Hjertens Glæde Til Jesus Kjærlighed, Ifører dog de Dyder, Som sande Kristne pryder, Og Gud kan tækkes ved. 2 I drage dog til Minde, At ingen er at finde, I Verden uden Brøst, Dog vilde Gud os kalde Som Hellige, Udvalgte Til al sin Glædes Høst. 3 Barmhjertighed I øve Og gjøre Venskabs Prøve I Ydmyghed og Tro, Med stille Taal I søge Al Kjærlighed at øge Til Sjælens Fred og Ro. 4 Kan En med Rette klage, Saa skal han dog fordrage Og se til Jesus hen; For eders Skyld han døde, Forlod al eders Brøde, Saa gjører I igjen! 5 Med Kjærligheden klæder Ord, Gjerninger og Sæder, Saa skal Guds gode Aand Fast eder sammenbinde Med Kjærlighedens Tvinde, Fuldkommenhedens Baand. 6 Guds Fred og Fryd regjere Og daglig sig formere I eders Hjertested, At som I kaldte ere, Eet Legeme at være, I prise Gud dermed! 7 Guds Ord sin Bolig have Hos eder og begave Med Visdom og Forstand, At I med Aand og Tunge Ham Takkesalmer sjunge, Som Himlen røre kan! 8 Alt det, som I vil gjøre Og agter at udføre Til eders Sjælegavn, Det skal I tage fore Med Hjertens Bøn saa saare I Jesu Kristi Navn. Languages: Norwegian

Forsøger eder selv

Author: Joakim Breithaupt; Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #494 (1919) Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday; Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Forsøger eder selv, Om I i Troen ere, Om I ved Troens Kraft I Hjertet Jesus bære, Og om I følge ham I Kors taalmodig ind Med kjærlig Ydmyghed Og Troens rene Sind! 2 Vor Tro den er et Lys I Hjertet dybt forborgen, Som bryder deilig frem, Ret som den klare Morgen, Gjør Sjælen frydefuld, Opklaret, deilig rig, Ny, ret forandert og I Sindet Jesus lig. 3 Den øser altid af Sin Jesus rige Gaver, Og deler gjerne med Sin Næste, hvad den haver; I Jesus kan den faa Mer, end den har behov, Og Naaden lyser frem Til Herrens Pris og Lov. 4 Den tviler ei at faa, Hvad Gud i Ordet lover, Og derfor frisk sig ind I Kors og Modgang vover, Thi Troen føder Haab; Af det, den har og ser, Er den forsikret om, At finde altid mer. 5 Af Haab er Kjærlighed, Thi naar man sig paaminder, Hvor sød en Gud vi har, Og evig har og finder, Saa bryder dette ud I Hjertens Kjærlighed Endog mod den, som er Os bitter gram og vred. 6 Hvad Gud os gjør, vi da Vil gjøre mod vor Næste, Naar nogen gjør os ondt, Vi søge deres Bedste, Og bøde Andres Trods, Forfølgelse og Spot Med Forbøn, gode Ord, Og gjør dem altid Godt. 7 Naar Gud ved meget Kors Os ret paa Prøve sætter, Gjør Tro Taalmodighed, Som alt det tunge letter, Den dæmper Kjødets Knur Og tager bønnen fat, Og veed, at al vor Nød Gud Vei og Maal har sat. 8 Ransag, om Kristus sig Udi din Sjæl forklarer; Thi det er Kristi Liv, Som Troen aabenbarer, Den gjør retfærdig først, Saa hellig, giver Lyst Og Kraft til Gjerning god, Er dette i dit Bryst? 9 O Jesus, styrk du mig I Troen alle Dage! Saa skal et helligt Liv Og Levnet og tiltage; Hvor Lyset er, der maa Og Glansen ytre sig; O lær mig, at jeg ret Og al Tid følger dig! Languages: Norwegian

Vor Tro er den Forvisning paa

Author: Johan Schrader; Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #165 (1919) Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Vor Tro er den Forvisning paa, At vi Guds Naade have, Som ingen af sig selv kan saa, Men som er Aandens Gave; Den faste Grund, i Hjertet lagt Ved Ordet om den Naadepagt, Som er i Kristus stiftet. 2 Den er et fast og stærkt Bevis, Som Gud i Hjertet skriver, At han os, sig til evig Pris, I Kristus Naade giver, Saa vi ei mer i Tvilen staa, Men gribe med stor Sjæls Attraa Til Jesu Død og Vunder. 3 Et eget Væsen er vor Tro, Et meget mægtigt Gode, Som kjendes udi Sjælens Ro Og gjør os vel til Mode, Hvad ingen ser, det ser den grant, Og veed, at det er evig sandt, Hvad Gud i Ordet lover. 4 Usynlige og høie Ting Kan Troen se og høre Og midt i Sukke Frydespring Mod Naadens Solskin gjøre: Gud er min Gud! og ved hans Aand Jeg har alt Himlen i min Haand, Thi Jesus i mig lever! 5 Hvad vil nu Satans hele Hær Med mine Synder gjøre? Lad ham den alle, hver især, Mig haardt til Hjertet føre; Jeg veed vel, at min Synd er stor, Men Jesus siger i sit Ord: De ere dig forladte. 6 Det Ord, det Ord mig giver Ro Og er mit faste Anker, Naar Satan stormer mod min Tro Med mange Tvilens Tanker. Hvad agter jeg hans Trusel mer! Min Tro Guds milde Hjerte ser, Igjennem Jesu Vunder. 7 Er Troen ofte svag, især Naar jeg af Korset trænges, Saa maa dog Troen være der, Saafremt kun Sjælen længes At finde Hjælp, og merke kan Af Haabet kun det mindste Grand, Saa er der Tro i Hjertet. 8 Imidlertid formerer sig Vor Tro, des mer vi kjæmper, Især naar Gud tidt underlig Vor Fiende slaar og dæmper, Saa vi i Troen haabe kan, Om end i Korsets mørke Stand Vi ingen Hjælp kan skue. 9 Jeg veed, paa hvem min Tro er sat, Ham faar man mig at unde; Den, som har Gud til Hjerte-Skat, Skal aldrig gaa til Grunde. Vel den, som bygger fast paa Gud, Lad det end tumles ind og ud, Han staar, naar al Ting falder. 10 Saa vil jeg da i denne Tro Mit ganske Levnet føre, I Jesu Værdskylds søde Ro Mit Hjerte trøstigt gjøre; Hans Aand er mig et Pant derpaa, At endelig min Tro skal faa En sød og salig Ende. Languages: Norwegian

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Hans G. Nägeli

1773 - 1836 Person Name: Johann Georg Nägeli Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Composer of "NAOMI" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) was an influential music educator who lectured throughout Germany and France. Influenced by Johann Pestalozzi, he published his theories of music education in Gangbildungslehre (1810), a book that made a strong impact on Lowell Mason. Nageli composed mainly" choral works, including settings of Goethe's poetry. He received his early instruction from his father, then in Zurich, where he concentrated on the music of. S. Bach. In Zurich, he also established a lending library and a publishing house, which published first editions of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and music by Bach, Handel, and Frescobaldi. Bert Polman

John Newton

1725 - 1807 Person Name: Rev. John Newton Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Author of "Come, my soul, thy suit prepare" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide-surveyor in Liverpool, England, Newton came under the influence of George Whitefield and John and Charles Wesley and began to study for the ministry. He was ordained in the Church of England and served in Olney (1764-1780) and St. Mary Woolnoth, London (1780-1807). His legacy to the Christian church includes his hymns as well as his collaboration with William Cowper (PHH 434) in publishing Olney Hymns (1779), to which Newton contributed 280 hymns, including “Amazing Grace.” Bert Polman ================== Newton, John, who was born in London, July 24, 1725, and died there Dec. 21, 1807, occupied an unique position among the founders of the Evangelical School, due as much to the romance of his young life and the striking history of his conversion, as to his force of character. His mother, a pious Dissenter, stored his childish mind with Scripture, but died when he was seven years old. At the age of eleven, after two years' schooling, during which he learned the rudiments of Latin, he went to sea with his father. His life at sea teems with wonderful escapes, vivid dreams, and sailor recklessness. He grew into an abandoned and godless sailor. The religious fits of his boyhood changed into settled infidelity, through the study of Shaftesbury and the instruction of one of his comrades. Disappointing repeatedly the plans of his father, he was flogged as a deserter from the navy, and for fifteen months lived, half-starved and ill-treated, in abject degradation under a slave-dealer in Africa. The one restraining influence of his life was his faithful love for his future wife, Mary Catlett, formed when he was seventeen, and she only in her fourteenth year. A chance reading of Thomas à Kempis sowed the seed of his conversion; which quickened under the awful contemplations of a night spent in steering a water-logged vessel in the face of apparent death (1748). He was then twenty-three. The six following years, during which he commanded a slave ship, matured his Christian belief. Nine years more, spent chiefly at Liverpool, in intercourse with Whitefield, Wesley, and Nonconformists, in the study of Hebrew and Greek, in exercises of devotion and occasional preaching among the Dissenters, elapsed before his ordination to the curacy of Olney, Bucks (1764). The Olney period was the most fruitful of his life. His zeal in pastoral visiting, preaching and prayer-meetings was unwearied. He formed his lifelong friendship with Cowper, and became the spiritual father of Scott the commentator. At Olney his best works—-Omicron's Letters (1774); Olney Hymns (1779); Cardiphonia, written from Olney, though published 1781—were composed. As rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, in the centre of the Evangelical movement (1780-1807) his zeal was as ardent as before. In 1805, when no longer able to read his text, his reply when pressed to discontinue preaching, was, "What, shall the old African blasphemer stop while he can speak!" The story of his sins and his conversion, published by himself, and the subject of lifelong allusion, was the base of his influence; but it would have been little but for the vigour of his mind (shown even in Africa by his reading Euclid drawing its figures on the sand), his warm heart, candour, tolerance, and piety. These qualities gained him the friendship of Hannah More, Cecil, Wilberforce, and others; and his renown as a guide in experimental religion made him the centre of a host of inquirers, with whom he maintained patient, loving, and generally judicious correspondence, of which a monument remains in the often beautiful letters of Cardiphonia. As a hymnwriter, Montgomery says that he was distanced by Cowper. But Lord Selborne's contrast of the "manliness" of Newton and the "tenderness" of Cowper is far juster. A comparison of the hymns of both in The Book of Praise will show no great inequality between them. Amid much that is bald, tame, and matter-of-fact, his rich acquaintance with Scripture, knowledge of the heart, directness and force, and a certain sailor imagination, tell strongly. The one splendid hymn of praise, "Glorious things of thee are spoken," in the Olney collection, is his. "One there is above all others" has a depth of realizing love, sustained excellence of expression, and ease of development. "How sweet the name of Jesus sounds" is in Scriptural richness superior, and in structure, cadence, and almost tenderness, equal to Cowper's "Oh! for a closer walk with God." The most characteristic hymns are those which depict in the language of intense humiliation his mourning for the abiding sins of his regenerate life, and the sense of the withdrawal of God's face, coincident with the never-failing conviction of acceptance in The Beloved. The feeling may be seen in the speeches, writings, and diaries of his whole life. [Rev. H. Leigh Bennett, M.A.] A large number of Newton's hymns have some personal history connected with them, or were associated with circumstances of importance. These are annotated under their respective first lines. Of the rest, the known history of which is confined to the fact that they appeared in the Olney Hymns, 1779, the following are in common use:— 1. Be still, my heart, these anxious cares. Conflict. 2. Begone, unbelief, my Saviour is near. Trust. 3. By the poor widow's oil and meal. Providence. 4. Chief Shepherd of Thy chosen sheep. On behalf of Ministers. 5. Darkness overspreads us here. Hope. 6. Does the Gospel-word proclaim. Rest in Christ. 7. Fix my heart and eyes on Thine. True Happiness. 8. From Egypt lately freed. The Pilgrim's Song. 9. He Who on earth as man was Known. Christ the Rock. 10. How blest are they to whom the Lord. Gospel Privileges. 11. How blest the righteous are. Death of the Righteous. 12. How lost was my [our] condition. Christ the Physician. 13. How tedious and tasteless the hours. Fellowship with Christ. 14. How welcome to the saints [soul] when pressed. Sunday. 15. Hungry, and faint, and poor. Before Sermon. 16. In mercy, not in wrath, rebuke. Pleading for Mercy. 17. In themselves, as weak as worms. Power of Prayer. 18. Incarnate God, the soul that knows. The Believer's Safety. 19. Jesus, Who bought us with His blood. The God of Israel. "Teach us, 0 Lord, aright to plead," is from this hymn. 20. Joy is a [the] fruit that will not grow. Joy. 21. Let hearts and tongues unite. Close of the Year. From this "Now, through another year," is taken. 22. Let us adore the grace that seeks. New Year. 23. Mary to her [the] Saviour's tomb. Easter. 24. Mercy, 0 Thou Son of David. Blind Bartimeus. 25. My harp untun'd and laid aside. Hoping for a Revival. From this "While I to grief my soul gave way" is taken. 26. Nay, I cannot let thee go. Prayer. Sometimes, "Lord, I cannot let Thee go." 27. Now may He Who from the dead. After Sermon. 28. 0 happy they who know the Lord, With whom He deigns to dwell. Gospel Privilege. 29. O Lord, how vile am I. Lent. 30. On man in His own Image made. Adam. 31. 0 speak that gracious word again. Peace through Pardon. 32. Our Lord, Who knows full well. The Importunate Widow. Sometimes altered to "Jesus, Who knows full well," and again, "The Lord, Who truly knows." 33. Physician of my sin-sick soul. Lent. 34. Pleasing spring again is here. Spring. 35. Poor, weak, and worthless, though I am. Jesus the Friend. 36. Prepare a thankful song. Praise to Jesus. 37. Refreshed by the bread and wine. Holy Communion. Sometimes given as "Refreshed by sacred bread and wine." 38. Rejoice, believer, in the Lord. Sometimes “Let us rejoice in Christ the Lord." Perseverance. 39. Salvation, what a glorious plan. Salvation. 40. Saviour, shine and cheer my soul. Trust in Jesus. The cento "Once I thought my mountain strong," is from this hymn. 41. Saviour, visit Thy plantation. Prayer for the Church. 42. See another year [week] is gone. Uncertainty of Life. 43. See the corn again in ear. Harvest. 44. Sinner, art thou still secure? Preparation for the Future. 45. Sinners, hear the [thy] Saviour's call. Invitation. 46. Sovereign grace has power alone. The two Malefactors. 47. Stop, poor sinner, stop and think. Caution and Alarm. 48. Sweeter sounds than music knows. Christmas. 49. Sweet was the time when first I felt. Joy in Believing. 50. Ten thousand talents once I owed. Forgiveness and Peace. 51. The grass and flowers, which clothe the field. Hay-time. 52. The peace which God alone reveals. Close of Service. 53. Thy promise, Lord, and Thy command. Before Sermon. 54. Time, by moments, steals away. The New Year. 55. To Thee our wants are known. Close of Divine Service. 56. We seek a rest beyond the skies. Heaven anticipated. 57. When any turn from Zion's way. Jesus only. 58. When Israel, by divine command. God, the Guide and Sustainer of Life. 59. With Israel's God who can compare? After Sermon. 60. Yes, since God Himself has said it. Confidence. 61. Zion, the city of our God. Journeying Zionward. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Newton, J., p. 803, i. Another hymn in common use from the Olney Hymns, 1779, is "Let me dwell on Golgotha" (Holy Communion). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ----- John Newton was born in London, July 24, 1725. His mother died when he was seven years old. In his eleventh year he accompanied his father, a sea captain, on a voyage. For several years his life was one of dissipation and crime. He was disgraced while in the navy. Afterwards he engaged in the slave trade. Returning to England in 1748, the vessel was nearly wrecked in a storm. This peril forced solemn reflection upon him, and from that time he was a changed man. It was six years, however, before he relinquished the slave trade, which was not then regarded as an unlawful occupation. But in 1754, he gave up sea-faring life, and holding some favourable civil position, began also religious work. In 1764, in his thirty-ninth year, he entered upon a regular ministry as the Curate of Olney. In this position he had intimate intercourse with Cowper, and with him produced the "Olney Hymns." In 1779, Newton became Rector of S. Mary Woolnoth, in London, in which position he became more widely known. It was here he died, Dec. 21, 1807, His published works are quite numerous, consisting of sermons, letters, devotional aids, and hymns. He calls his hymns "The fruit and expression of his own experience." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872 See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church =======================

Philip Doddridge

1702 - 1751 Person Name: Rev. Philip Doddridge Topics: Seventh Sunday after Trinity Author of "O God of Jacob, by whose hand" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Northampton." He died in Lisbon soon after his arrival. Doddridge wrote some four hundred hymn texts, generally to accompany his sermons. These hymns were published posthumously in Hymns, Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures (1755); relatively few are still sung today. Bert Polman ======================== Doddridge, Philip, D.D., was born in London, June 26, 1702. His grandfather was one of the ministers under the Commonwealth, who were ejected in 1662. His father was a London oilman. He was offered by the Duchess of Bedford an University training for ordination in the Church of England, but declined it. He entered Mr. Jennings's non-conformist seminary at Kibworth instead; preached his first sermon at Hinckley, to which Mr. Jennings had removed his academy. In 1723 he was chosen pastor at Kibworth. In 1725 he changed his residence to Market Harborough, still ministering at Kibworth. The settled work of his life as a preceptor and divine began in 1729, with his appointment to the Castle Hill Meeting at Northampton, and continued till in the last stage of consumption. He sailed to Lisbon, in 1751, where he died October 26, the same year. Two hundred pupils in all, gathered from England, Scotland and Holland, were prepared in his seminary, chiefly for the dissenting ministry, but partly for professions. The wide range of subjects, including daily readings in Hebrew and Greek, Algebra, Trigonometry, Watts' Logic, outline of Philosophy, and copious Divinity, is itself a proof of Doddridge's learning. He was presented with his D.D. degree by the University of Aberdeen. His fame as a divine, combined with his wide sympathies and gentle, unaffected goodness, won for him the friendship of Watts, Col. Gardiner and Hervey, and the esteem of Seeker and Warburton. He welcomed the work of Wesley and Whitefield, and entertained the latter on his visit to Northampton. His Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul and The Family Expositor both did good work in their day. For criticism of his hymns see English Hymnody, Early, § XIV. [Rev. H. Leigh Bennett, M.A.] After Dr. Doddridge's death his hymns were published by his friend Job Orton, in 1755, as:— "Hymns founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures. By the late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D.D. Published from the Author's Manuscript by Job Orton . . . Salop. Printed by J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, &c. MDCCLV." Concerning the text of the hymns, Orton says in his Preface:— "There may perhaps be some improprieties, owing to my not being able to read the author's manuscript in particular places, and being obliged, without a poetical genius, to supply those deficiencies, whereby the beauty of the stanza may be greatly defaced, though the sense is preserved." The 1st edition contained 370 hymns; the 2nd, 1759, 374; and the 3rd, 1766, and later editions, 375. In 1839 Doddridge's great-grandson re-edited the hymns from the original manuscript and published the same as:— Scriptural Hymns by the Rev. Philip Doddridge, D.D. New and corrected edition containing many hymns never before printed. Edited from the Original Documents by the Author's great-grandson, John Doddridge Humphreys, Esq. Lond. Darton & Clark, 1839. This work contains 22 additional hymns. The text differs in many instances from Orton's, but these changes have not come into common use. In addition to the manuscript used by Orton and J. D. Humphreys, another containing 100 hymns (five of which are not in any edition of the Hymns), all in the author's handwriting, and most of them dated, is referred to in this Dictionary as the "D. Manuscripts." It is the property of Mr. W. S. Booker and family. A manuscript, not in Doddridge's handwriting, of 77 "Hymns by P. Doddridge, Mar. 16, 1739/1740," is in the possession of Mr. W. T. Brooke. The existence of these manuscripts is accounted for from the fact that Doddridge's hymns were freely circulated in manuscript during his lifetime. It is from his correspondence with R. Blair (q.v.) that the few compositions traceable to him in the Scottish Trans. & Paraphrases were derived. The hymns by Doddridge which have attained to the greatest popularity are:— “Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve"; " Do not I love Thee, O my Lord? " "Grace 'tis a charming sound”; " Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes"; "My God, and is Thy table spread?" "O happy day, that fixed my choice"; "O God of Jacob [Bethel], by Whose hand”; " See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand"; "Ye servants of the Lord." These hymns, with many besides, are annotated under their respective first lines. Of the rest, taken from the Hymns, &c, 1755, the following are also in common use:— 1. Behold the gloomy vale. Death anticipated. 2. Behold the Great Physician stands. Christ the Physician. 3. Captives of Israel, hear. Spiritual Deliverance. 4. Eternal God, our wondering souls. Enoch's Piety and Translation. 5. Eternal Source of life and thought. Subjection to the Father. G. Exalted Prince of Life, we own. Christ the Prince and Saviour. 7. Father Divine, the Saviour cried. Christ's Submission to the Father. 8. Father Divine, Thy piercing eye. Secret Prayer. 9. Father of mercies, send Thy grace. Sympathy. The Good Samaritan. 10. Go, saith the Lord, proclaim my grace. Forgiveness. 11. God of Eternity, from Thee. Redeeming the Time. 12. God of my life, through all its [my] days. Praising God continually. 13. God. of salvation, we adore. Praise to God for Redemption. 14. Great Father of mankind. Gentiles brought into the Church. 15. Great God, we sing that mighty hand. The New Tear. 16. Great Leader of Thine Israel's host. During Persecution. 17. Great Lord of angels, we adore. Ordination. 18. Great Spirit of immortal love. Purity of Heart desired. 19. Great Teacher of Thy Church, we own. The Divine Precepts. 20. Hail, everlasting Prince of Peace. Sympathy. 21. Hail to the Prince of life and peace. Praise to Christ. 22. Hear, gracious [Saviour] Sovereign, from Thy throne. The Blessings of the Holy Spirit desired. 23. How gentle God's commands. God's Care of His Own. 24. How rich Thy favours, God of grace. God and His Living Temple. 25. How swift the torrent flows [rolls]. Our Fathers, where are they? 26. Jesus the Lord, our souls adore. Christ the Forerunner. 27. Jesus, we own Thy Sovereign hand. Christ to be fully known hereafter. 28. Loud let the tuneful trumpet sound. Gospel Jubilee. 29. My gracious Lord, I own Thy right. Life in Jesus. 30. My [Dear] Saviour, I am [we are] Thine. Joined to Christ through the Spirit. 31. My soul, with all thy waking powers. The Choice of Moses. 32. Now let our voices join. Singing in the ways of God. 33. 0 injured Majesty of heaven. Lent. 34. 0 Zion, tune thy voice. Glory of the Church of Christ. 35. Peace, 'tis the Lord Jehovah's hand. Resignation. 36. Praise the Lord of boundless might. The Father of Lights. 37. Praise to Thy Name, Eternal God. Growth in Grace desired. 38. Remark, my soul, the narrow bounds. The New Year. 39. Repent, the Voice celestial cries. Lent. 40. Return, my roving heart, return. Heart communing. 41. Salvation, O melodious sound. God our Salvation. 42. Saviour of men, and Lord of love. Ministry and Death of Christ. 43. Searcher of hearts, before Thy face. Peter to Simon Magus. 44. Shepherd of Israel, Thou dost keep. Induction or Settlement of a Minister. 45. Shine forth, eternal Source of light. Knowledge of God desired. 46. Shine on our souls, eternal God. Sunday. 47. Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord. Joy on the Homeward Way. 48. Sovereign of life, before Thine eye. Life and Death in God's hands. 49. The darkened sky, how thick it lours. Sorrow followed by Joy. 50. The day approacheth, O my soul. Judgment anticipated. 51. The King of heaven His table spreads. The Gospel Feast. 52. The promises I sing. The unchanging promises of God. 53. The swift-declining day. Walk in the Light. 54. These mortal joys, how soon they fade. Treasures, Perishable and Eternal. 55. Thy judgments cry aloud. Retributive Providence. 56. Thy presence, Everlasting God. Omnipresence of the Father. 57. 'Tis mine, the covenant of His grace. Death anticipated. 58. To Thee, my God; my days are known. Life under the eye of God. 59. Tomorrow, Lord, is Thine. Uncertainty of Life. 60. Triumphant Lord, Thy goodness reigns. The Divine Goodness. 61. Triumphant Zion, lift thy head. The Church Purified and Guarded. 62. Unite my roving thoughts, unite. Peace. 63. What mysteries, Lord, in Thee combine. Christ, the First and Last. 64. While on the verge of life I stand. Death anticipated with Joy. 65. With ecstacy of Joy. Christ the Living Stone. 66. Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell. Heaven opening. 67. Ye hearts with youthful vigour warm. The Young encouraged. 68. Ye humble souls, that seek the Lord. Easter. 69. Ye sons of men, with joy record. Praise of the Works of God. 70. Yes, the Redeemer rose. Easter In Dr. Hatfield's Church HymnBook, N. Y., 1872, Nos. 9, 12, 14, 15, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 39, 40, 44, 47, 51, 61, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, as above, are dated 1740. What authority there may be for this date we cannot say, these hymns not being in any “D. MSS." with which we are acquainted, and no dates are given in the Hymns, &c, 1755. Some later American editors have copied this date from Dr. Hatfield. Doddridge's hymns are largely used by Unitarians both in Great Britain and America. As might be expected, the Congregationalists also draw freely from his stores. The Baptists come next. In the hymnals of the Church of England the choicest, only are in use. Taken together, over one-third of his hymns are in common usage at the present time. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Doddridge, Philip, D.D. At p. 305 an account is given of a manuscript volume of Doddridge's Hymns, which is the property of the Rooker family. Since that article was written another manuscript vol. has been found. It was the property of Lady Frances Gardiner, née Erskine, an intimate friend of Doddridge, and wife of Col. Gardiner. It is a copy of the Rooker manuscipt, with the revised text, as in the margin of that ms., and is in Doddridge's hand¬writing. It was from this manuscript that the Doddridge hymns were taken for the Scottish Translationsand Paraphrases, 1745. Additional hymns by Dr. Doddridge still in common use include:— 1. My God, how cheerful is the sound. All in Christ. 2. My Saviour, let me hear Thy voice. Pardon desired. 3. My soul, triumphant in the Lord. Divine Guidance assured. 4. No «iore, ye wise, your wisdom boast. Glorying in God alone. From Hymns, No. 128. 5. Now be that Sacrifice survey'd. Christ our Sacrifice. 6. 0 Israel, blest beyond compare. Happiness of God's Israel. 7. Our fathers, where are they? Considering the Past. From Hymns, No. 164. 8. Praise to the Lord on high. Missions. 9. Praise to the radiant Source of bliss. Praise for Divine Guidance. 10. Return, my soul, and seek thy rest. Rest in Jesus. 11. Salvation doth to God belong. National Thanksgiving. 12. Sovereign of Life, I own Thy hand. On Recovery from Sickness. 13. The sepulchres, how thick they stand. Burial. 14. There is a Shepherd kind and strong. The Good Shepherd. From Hymns, No. 216. 15. Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope. Waiting on God. 16. We bless the eternal Source of light. Christ's care of the Church. 17. With transport, Lord, our souls proclaim. Immutability of Christ. 18. Ye mourning saints, whose streaming tears. Death and Burial. These all appeared in Dr. Doddridge's Hymns, 1755. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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