Great Father of each perfect gift

Great Father of each perfect gift

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 62 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Great Father of each perfect gift,
Behold thy servants wait;
With longing eyes and lifted hands
We flock around thy gate.

2 Oh, shed abroad that choicest gift,
Thy Spirit from above,
To cheer our eyes with sacred light,
And fire our hearts with love.

3 Blest earnest of eternal joy,
Declare our sins forgiven;
And bear with energy divine,
Our raptured thoughts to heaven.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #272

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 >

Notes

Great Father of each perfect gift. P. Doddridge. [Whitsuntide.] This hymn is No. 89 of the Doddridge Manuscript, but is undated. It was first published in J. Orton's (posthumous) edition of Doddridge's Hymns, &c, 1755, No. 251, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed, "The descent of the Spirit, or His influence desired," Acts x. 44. It was also repeated in J. D. Humphreys's edition of the same, 1839, No. 276. There are slight differences in the text of each, but that of Orton is commonly received as the original. The hymn is in several important collections in Great Britain and America. In the American Baptist Praise Book, 1871, No. 522, it begins, "Great Father of our feeble race."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #279

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Carmina Sanctorum #279

Chapel Hymns #d178

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d324

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Church Psalmist #216

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Church Psalmist #216

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Church Psalmist #216

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Church Psalmody #H210

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Church Psalmody #210

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d228

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #151

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #151

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d208

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #53

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #53

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #356

Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d126

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (8th ed.) #b280

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 1st Canadian ed. #d99

Hymns and Tunes for Home Worship #d66

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Hymns for Schools #158

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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #148

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #278

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Hymns of the Church Universal #164

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Hymns of Worship #245

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #210

Melodies of the Church #d304

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H195

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Psalms and Hymns #235

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Seamen's Hymns #216

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d200

Social Hymn and Tune Book #d125

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Social Hymn Book #133

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Social Psalmist #216

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Songs for the Lord's House #182

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #154

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #55

The Christian Hymn Book #d206

The Christian Hymn Book (Ohio Auglaize Christian Conference) #d88

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d208

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The Christian Hymn-Book (Corr. and Enl., 3rd. ed.) #66

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The Christian Psalmist #234

The Christian Psalter #d167

The Church Hymn Book #d155

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The Church Hymnary #361

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1252

The Gospel Praise Book #d134

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d154

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The Lyrica #167

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d199

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #73

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #73

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d266

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d160

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #401

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The Voice of Praise #272

Union Hymns #d137

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