The Spirit's Influences Compared to Living Water

Blest Jesus, source of grace divine

Author: Philip Doddridge
Tune: VESTAL
Published in 39 hymnals

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1 Bless'd Jesus, source of grace divine
What soul-refreshing streams are thine!
O bring these healing waters nigh,
Or we must droop, and fall, and die.

2 No traveller thro' desert lands,
’Midst scorching suns, and burning sands,
More needs the current to obtain,
Or to enjoy refreshing rain.

3 Our longing souls aloud would sing,
Spring up, celestial fountain, spring;
To a redundant river flow,
And cheer this thirsty land below.

4 May this blest torrent near my side,
Thro' all the desert gently glide;
Then in Immanuel’s land above,
Spread to a sea of joy and love!

Source: A Selection of Hymns: from the best authors, intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watt's psalms and hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #CCVIII

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: Blest Jesus, source of grace divine
Title: The Spirit's Influences Compared to Living Water
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Blest Jesus, Source of grace divine. P. Doddridge. [The Water of Life.] This hymn is No. 88 in the Doddridge manuscript, where it is undated. In J. Orton's edition of Doddridge's (posthumous) Hymns, &c, 1755, No. 221, it is given in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, with a text slightly differing from the D.MSS. It is also in J. D. Humphreys's edition of the same, 1839. Its most popular form is that given to it early in the century in some American Unitarian collections:— "Blest Spirit, Source of grace divine." In this form it is in the Unitarian Hymn [and Tune] Book, Boston, 18G8, and other hymnals.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d90

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A Choice Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #423

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d53

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #740

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d46

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #149

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A Selection of Hymns & Psalms #149

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #203

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #208

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A Selection of Hymns #CCVIII

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Baptist Hymn Book #a262

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d124

Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d38

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #405

Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d55

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #B277

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (8th ed.) #b277

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #299

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #897

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New Select Hymns #91

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #426

The American Seaman's Hymn Book #d28

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The Baptist Hymn Book #997

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The Baptist Hymn Book #262

The Christian Hymn Book #d89

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d92

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The Christian Psalmist #228

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CCCXCVIII

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The Cyber Hymnal #536

The Good Old Songs #d63

The Good Old Songs #d63

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d38

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The New Harmonia Sacra #79b

The Primitive Hymns #d74

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #926

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #277

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