Philip Doddridge Quotes

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

  Philip Doddridge

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

  Philip Doddridge

  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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• 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.

  Philip Doddridge

  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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• Let us live while we live.

  Philip Doddridge

  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.

  Philip Doddridge

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

  Philip Doddridge

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

  Philip Doddridge

  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.

  Philip Doddridge

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

  Philip Doddridge

  Love You, Faults, Ifs

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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!

  Philip Doddridge

  Song, Heart, Voice

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

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

  Philip Doddridge

  Office, Waiting, Lord

  'Hymns' (1755) 'The active Christian'

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