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After a Fire

Eternal God, our humbled souls

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 16 hymnals


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: Eternal God, our humbled souls
Title: After a Fire
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 16 of 16)

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d178

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d178

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d179

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d179

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d178

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d178
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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #854

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #854
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #413

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #413
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #524

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #524
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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #524

A Selection of Sacred Poetry #524
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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #524

A Selection of Sacred Poetry #524
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Hymns for Christian Devotion #993

Hymns for Christian Devotion #993
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Hymns for Christian Devotion #993

Hymns for Christian Devotion #993
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The Baptist Psalmody #1118

The Baptist Psalmody #1118
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The Gospel Psalmist #942

The Gospel Psalmist #942
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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #794

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #794
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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #533

The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #533
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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #533

The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #533
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The Philadelphia Hymn Book; or, a selection of sacred poetry, consisting of psalms and hymns from Watts...and others, adapted to public and private devotion #524

The Philadelphia Hymn Book; or, a selection of sacred poetry, consisting of psalms and hymns from Watts...and others, adapted to public and private devotion #524
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