How rich Thy favors, God of grace

How rich Thy favors, God of grace

Author: Philip Doddridge
Tune: MANCHESTER (Wainwright)
Published in 34 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: How rich Thy favors, God of grace
Author: Philip Doddridge
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 34 of 34)
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A Collection of Hymns #308

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d152

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #216

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #216

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #435

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #435

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Christian Hymns #192

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d172

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #445

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #445

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Hymns for Church and Home #297

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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #39

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d63

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #208

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #208

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Plymouth Collection #a182

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #182

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d209

Social Hymn and Tune Book #d164

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Social Hymn Book #313

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #182

The Book of Praise #d132

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The Christian Church Hymnal #14

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The Christian hymnal #303

The Christian Hymnist #d219

The Christian Psalter #d236

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #81

The Modern Harp #d108

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #297

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #297

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The Praise Hymnary #17

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d351

Universalist Hymn Book #d221

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