Dearest Savior, help thy servant

Dearest Savior, help thy servant

Author: Augustus Toplady
Published in 24 hymnals

Author: Augustus Toplady

Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >

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First Line: Dearest Savior, help thy servant
Author: Augustus Toplady
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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d168
A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs. 19th ed. #d96
A Collection of Spiritual Hymns: adapted to the Various Kinds of Christian Worship, and especially designed for the use of the Brethren in Christ. 2nd ed. #44Image
A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #116Image
A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs: designed (especially the former part) for the use of congregations as an appendix to Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymn #S.LXVIImage
A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs: in two parts, part I. containing the hymns; part II. containing the songs...(3rd ed. corr. and enl. by author) #S.LXVIImage
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors.: including a great number of originals: intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. (Woodward's rev. and corr. ed.; Sterotype ed.) #365Image
Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #116Image
Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Selected and Original. 7th ed. #d105
Hymns and Spiritual Songs, selected from Several Approved Authors, Recommended by the Baptist General Committee of Virginia #d42
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #498Image
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship (1st ed.) #498Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (30th ed.) #498Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (4th ed. 3rd rev. ed.) #498Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (60th ed., 1st rev. ed.) #498Image
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d157
Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #CCCLXVImage
The Baptist Harmony #d88
The Baptist Harmony #d88
The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d130
The Baptist Hymn Book: original and selected: in two parts #473Image
The Christian Harmonist: containing a set of tunes adapted to all the metres in Mr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns, in the collection of hymns by Mr. Joshua Smith, and in Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymns... #154Image
The Harp #777Image
The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1083Image
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