Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >
Display Title: The witness of the SpiritFirst Line: Earnest of future blissMeter: 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s.Date: 1872Subject: The Christian Life | Adoption and Assurance
Display Title: The witness of the SpiritFirst Line: Earnest of future blissMeter: 3d P. M. 4 6s and 2 8sScripture: John 14:16; Ephesians 1:14Date: 1889Subject: The Christian Life | Adoption and Assurance