Immortal God, on thee we call

Immortal God, on thee we call

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 24 hymnals

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1 Immortal God! on thee we call,
The great original of all.
From thee we are, to thee we tend,
Our sure support, our glorious end.

2 We praise that wise, that wondrous grace,
That pitied our revolted race,
And Jesus, our victorious head,
The captain of salvation made.

3 He, thine eternal love decreed,
Should many sons to glory lead:
And sinful worms to him are giv'n,
A colony to people heav'n.

4 Jesus for us (O gracious name!)
Encounter'd agony and shame;
Jesus, the glorious and the great,
Was by dire surf'rings made complete.

5 A scene of wonders here we see,
Worthy thy Son, and worthy thee;
And, while this theme employs our tongues,
All heav'n unites its sweetest songs.

Source: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; to which are added prayers for families and individuals #105

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: Immortal God, on thee we call
Author: Philip Doddridge
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #105

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #105

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #105

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #225

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #211

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #211

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #211

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Christian Hymns #225

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d217

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (14th stereotype ed.) #120

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #S367

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #B120

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d208

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #301

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #301

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The Psalms and Hymns #16a

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The Psalms of David #H16

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #149

The Universalist Hymn Book #d220

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #326

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