Philip Doddridge Quotes

• Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of the heavenly word, And watchful at his gate.

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  Office   Waiting   Lord  

  'Hymns' (1755) 'The active Christian'

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• Let us live while we live.

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  Life   Live Life  

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• Grace! 'tis a charming Sound, Harmonious to my Ear! Heav'n with the Echo shall resound, And all the Earth shall hear.

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  Echoes   Grace   Sound  

  Philip Doddridge, Job ORTON (1793). “Hymns ... Published from the author's manuscript by Job Orton. The seventh edition”, p.249

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• If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault.

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  Love You   Faults   Ifs  

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• His goodness stands approved,Unchanged from day to day;I'll drop my burden at His feet,And bear a song away.

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  Song   Feet   Bears  

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• Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to conduct ourselves in a manner which we have reason to believe will be pleasing to him.

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  Believe   Views   Soul  

  Philip Doddridge (1825). “The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul: Illustrated in a Course of Serious and Practical Addresses”, p.21

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• Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified.

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  Christian   Letting Go   Pride  

  Philip Doddridge, John Doddridge HUMPHREYS (1839). “Scriptural Hymns ... New and corrected edition, containing many hymns never before printed. Edited ... by ... J. D. Humphreys, etc”, p.36

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• I am more afraid of doing what is wrong than of dying.

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  Dying  

  Philip Doddridge (1831). “The Correspondence and Diary of Philip Doddridge, D. D.: Illustrative of Various Particulars in His Life Hitherto Unknown; with Notices of Many of His Contemporaries; and a Sketch of the Ecclesiastical History of the Times in which He Lived”, p.233

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• Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart exult with joy, And every voice be song!

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  Song   Heart   Voice  

  Hymns,'Hark, the Glad Sound' (published 1755).

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• Awake, my soul! Stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown.

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  Race   Soul   Vigor  

  Philip Doddridge, John Doddridge HUMPHREYS (1839). “Scriptural Hymns ... New and corrected edition, containing many hymns never before printed. Edited ... by ... J. D. Humphreys, etc”, p.232

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• Live while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day; Live while you live the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord, in my views let both united be; I live to pleasure when I live to thee.

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  Views   Giving   Sacred  

  Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis (1807). “The family expositor: or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section ...”, p.32

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