Philip Doddridge Quotes

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Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to conduct ourselves in a manner which we have reason to believe will be pleasing to him.

Philip Doddridge
Dear Saviour! we are Thine,
By everlasting bands;
Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
Entirely to Thy hands.

Philip Doddridge
O God of Bethel, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led.

Philip Doddridge
Awake my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigor on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

Philip Doddridge
His goodness stands approved,
Unchanged from day to day;
I'll drop my burden at His feet,
And bear a song away.

Philip Doddridge
Live while you live, the epicure would say,
And seize the pleasures of the present day;
Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries,
And give to God each moment as it flies.
Lord, in my views, let both united be:
I live in pleasure when I live to thee.

Philip Doddridge
Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified.

Philip Doddridge
Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of the heavenly word, And watchful at his gate.

Philip Doddridge
Grace! 'tis a charming Sound,
Harmonious to my Ear!
Heav'n with the Echo shall resound,
And all the Earth shall hear.

Philip Doddridge