Philip Doddridge

Born: June 26, 1702, London, England.

Died:  October 26, 1751, Lisbon, Portugal.
Doddridge had gone there to recuperate from exhaustion. He died of tuberculosis.

Buried:  English Protestant Cemetery (attached to the British Factory), Lisbon, Portugal.

    Youngest of 20 children, Doddridge attended Kingston Grammar School at St. Albans, and a nonconformist academy in Kibworth, Leicestershire, England. He went on to become one of the “dissenting” clergy. He was pastor of an independent congregation and tutor of a seminary for dissenting ministers at Northampton from 1739 until his death. His works include:

Hymns

  1. And Will the Great Eternal God
  2. And Will the Judge Descend?
  3. Arise, My Tend'rest Thoughts, Arise
  4. Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
  5. Blest Jesus While in Mortal Flesh
  6. Do I Not Love Thee, O My Lord?
  7. Father of Peace, and God of Love
  8. Fountain of Good, to Own Thy Love
  9. God of My Life, Through All My Days
  10. Grace, 'Tis a Charming Sound
  11. Great Former of This Various Frame
  12. Great God, We Sing Your Mighty Hand
  13. Hark, the Glad Sound!
  14. How Gentle God's Commands
  15. How Rich Thy Bounty, King of Kings!
  16. Jesus, I Love Thy Charming Name
  17. King of Heav'n His Table Spreads, The
  18. Let the High Heav’ns Your Songs Invite
  19. Let Zion's Watchmen All Awake
  20. Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray
  21. My God, and is Thy Table Spread
  22. My Gracious Lord, I Own Thy Right
  23. Not Many Years Their Rounds Shall Roll
  24. O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand
  25. O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice
  26. O Lord! And Is Thy Table Spread?
  27. O Ye Immortal Throng
  28. See Israel's Gentle Shepherd Stand
  29. Shine on Our Souls, Eternal God
  30. Sing, Oh Ye Ransomed of the Lord
  31. Tomorrow, Lord, is Thine
  32. Triumphant Zion, Lift Thy Head
  33. While on the Verge of Life I Stand
  34. Ye Golden Lamps of Heav’n Farewell
  35. Ye Humble Souls that Seek the Lord
  36. Ye Servants of the Lord
  37. Ye Sons of Men, with Joy Record
  38. Yes, the Redeemer Rose