The Completing of the Spiritual Temple

Sing to the Lord above

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 19 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Sing to the Lord above,
Who deigns on earth to raise
A temple of his love,
A monument to praise:
Ye saints around, thro' all its frame,
Harmonious sound the builder's name.

2 Beneath his eye and care
The edifice shall rise
Majestic strong and fair,
And shine above the skies:
There shall he place the polish'd stone
Ordain'd the work of grace to crown.


Source: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #CLXIV

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Sing to the Lord above
Title: The Completing of the Spiritual Temple
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #CLXIV

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d270

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #431

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A Selection of Hymns & Psalms #331

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #431

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A Selection of Hymns #CDXXXI

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Baptist Hymn Book #a770

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 4th ed. #d173

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #S160

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The Baptist Hymn Book #770

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The Camp-Meeting Chorister #172

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The Christian Harmonist #165

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1149

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The Sweet Singer of Israel #241

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