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Doddridge, Philip
Doddridge, Philip (1702–51), Dissenting cleric and hymn-writer. He entered the Dissenting Academy at Kibworth, Leics. In 1729 the Academy was reconstituted at Northampton under Doddridge, who became minister of an important Dissenting congregation in the town. ‘Ordained a presbyter’ in 1730 by 8 ministers, 5 of them Presbyterians, he sought to obliterate party lines and in 1748 suggested an interchange of pulpits with C of E clergy. He welcomed the first stirrings of the Evangelical Revival, and was among the pioneers of modern missionary enterprise. His many hymns include ‘Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes’ and ‘O God of Bethel, by Whose hand’.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Doddridge, Philip." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Doddridge, Philip." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DoddridgePhilip.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Doddridge, Philip." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DoddridgePhilip.html |
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Philip Doddridge
Philip Doddridge 1702–51, English nonconformist minister and noted hymn writer. His Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul (1745) has been much translated. His many hymns include "Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve" and "O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice." Doddridge's Correspondence and Diary (5 vol., 1829–31) was edited by his great-grandson. |
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"Philip Doddridge." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Philip Doddridge." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Doddridg.html "Philip Doddridge." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Doddridg.html |
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Doddridge, Philip
Doddridge, Philip (1702–51), a Nonconformist divine, celebrated hymn-writer, and author of The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul (1745), a much reprinted work notable for its literary as well as its devotional quality. He published a life of Col. James Gardiner (1747), who figures in Scott's Waverley.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doddridge, Philip." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doddridge, Philip." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DoddridgePhilip.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doddridge, Philip." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DoddridgePhilip.html |
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