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Sing, all ye ransomed of the Lord

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 107 hymnals

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1 Sing, all ye ransomed of the Lord,
Your great Deliv’rer sing;
Ye pilgrims, now for Zion bound,
Be joyful in the Lord.

Refrain:
March on, march on,
Your great Deliv’rer sing;
Ye pilgrims, now for Zion bound,
Be joyful in your King.

2 His hand divine shall lead you on,
Thro’ all the blissful road,
Till to the sacred Mount you rise,
And see your gracious God. [Refrain]

3 Bright garlands of immortal joy
Shall bloom on ev’ry head;
While sorrow, sighing and distress,
Like shadows, all are fled. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 2 #229

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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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