Philip Doddridge Quotes

Philip Doddridge D.D. was an English Nonconformist minister, educator, and hymnwriter.

✵ 26. June 1702 – 26. October 1751
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Famous Philip Doddridge Quotes

“Dear Saviour! we are Thine,
By everlasting bands;
Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
Entirely to Thy hands.”

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 397.

“Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.”

Zeal and Vigour in the Christian Race, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 262.

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

Published in 1755, Hymns: "Ye Servants of the Lord", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.

“O God of Bethel! by whose hand
Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led.”

Published in 1755, Hymns: "O God of Bethel", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.

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

Published 1755, Hymns, "Hark, the Glad Sound", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278

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