Object of my first desire

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: Object of my first desire
Author: Augustus Toplady
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Object of my first desire, p. 483, ii. This is rendered into Latin by H. M. Macgill, in his Songs of the Christian Creed and Life, 1876, as "Jesu! ter desiderate."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Baptist Chorals #352

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Church Hymns #513

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Devotional hymns #261

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #414

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #414

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #660

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #660

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adopted in General Council, Chicago, May 1879 #d235

Hymns for Schools and Families #d374

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Hymns for the use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, by the Authority of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania #428

New Standard Singer #d176

New Standard Singer, Pt. 1-7 #d178

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #1048

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The Bach Chorale Book #78

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #393

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #137.393

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The Baptist Hymn Book #393

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The Baptist Psalmody #588

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #323

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The Church Hymnary #200

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The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #1048

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #90

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #182

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #182

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The Psalmist #S16

The Sacred Lute #d253

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The Scottish Hymnal #173a

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The Scottish Hymnal #173b

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d710

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d449

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The Spirit of Praise #198

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