A hymn from The Psalmist, #536, written by Philip Doddridge. BLEST Jesus, while in mortal fleshI hold my frail abode,Still would my spirit rest on thee,My Saviour and my God. On thy dear cross I fix my eyes,Then raise them to thy seat;Till love dissolves my inmost soul,At my Redeemer’s feet. Be dead, my heart,…
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O Happy Day
Honestly, of the hymns I have read so far from “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge“, this is the only text that is familiar to me. That’s not to say there aren’t good, solid texts, it just may hint to the popularity of the tunes to which they were sung. Bob Kauflin recently posted on twitter…
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Help My Unbelief
I got a new book in the mail today, “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge”, which contains over 300 hymns written in the early to mid-18th century (Doddridge was born in 1702 and died in 1751). As I paged through it this morning I found this hymn which ties in to my previous post. It turns…
