No more, ye wise, your wisdom boast

No more, ye wise, your wisdom boast

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 9 hymnals

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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First Line: No more, ye wise, your wisdom boast
Author: Philip Doddridge
Copyright: Public Domain

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #896

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #899

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #899

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #899

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Songs for the Sanctuary #899

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Songs for the Sanctuary #899

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Songs for the Sanctuary #899

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Songs of the Church #535

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The Baptist Praise Book #883

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