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Eternal and immortal King

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Eternal and immortal King!
Thy peerless splendors none can bear;
But darkness veils seraphic eyes,
When God with all his glory’s there.

Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom,
The great Invisible can see;
And with its tremblings mingle joy,
In fixed regard, great GOD! to Thee.

Then every tempting form of sin,
Shamed in Thy presence, disappears;
And all the glowing raptured soul
The likeness it contemplates, wears.

O ever conscious to my heart!
Witness to its supreme desire:
Behold it presseth on to Thee,
For it hath caught the heavenly fire.

This one petition would it urge—
To bear Thee ever in its sight;
In life, in death, in worlds unknown,
Its only portion and delight!



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #537

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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 and immortal King
Author: Philip Doddridge
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

Eternal and immortal King. P. Doddridge. [Faith.] First published in his posthumous Hymns, &c, 1755, No. 321, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and again in J. D. Humphreys’s edition of the same, 1839, No. 347. It is based on Heb. xi. 17. In several American collections it is altered to: "Almighty and immortal King,” and reduced to 3 stanzas.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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ETERNAL KING


[Eternal and immortal King]


HAMBURG

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone. HAMBURG is a very simple tune with…

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50 Hymns and Tunes #7

50 Hymns and Tunes #7
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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #537

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #537
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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #537

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #537
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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #309

A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #309
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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #309

A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #309
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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #309

A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #309

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d82

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d82
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #XXXIX

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #XXXIX
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #431

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #431
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the use of Universalist Societies and Families (13th ed.) #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the use of Universalist Societies and Families (13th ed.) #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #99

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #99
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #158

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #158
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #158

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #158
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #343

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #343
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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; suited to the various kinds of Christian worship; and especially designed for and adapted to the Fraternity of the Brethren... #17

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; suited to the various kinds of Christian worship; and especially designed for and adapted to the Fraternity of the Brethren... #17
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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H10

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H10
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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #343

A Selection of Sacred Poetry #343
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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #343

A Selection of Sacred Poetry #343
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Church Choral-Book #5

Church Choral-Book #5

Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d34

Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d34

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d124

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d124
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #226

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #226
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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #134

Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #134
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #167

Hymn Book for Christian Worship #167
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a167

Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a167
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Hymns for Public Worship #453

Hymns for Public Worship #453
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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #41

Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #41
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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #663

Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #663
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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #663

Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #663
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Hymns for the Sanctuary #91

Hymns for the Sanctuary #91
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Hymns of the Church Universal #24

Hymns of the Church Universal #24
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Hymns of the Spirit #487

Hymns of the Spirit #487

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d55

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d55
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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #40

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #40

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d170

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d170
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Hymns, Selected and Original #40

Hymns, Selected and Original #40
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Hymns #40

Hymns #40
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Hymns #40

Hymns #40
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Hymns #40

Hymns #40
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Hymns #40

Hymns #40

Jubilate Deo #181

Jubilate Deo #181
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Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a74

Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a74
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National Hymn and Tune Book #58

National Hymn and Tune Book #58
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Sacred Poetry #11

Sacred Poetry #11

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d53

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d53
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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #26

Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #26
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Social Hymns and Tunes, for the Conference and Prayer Meeting, and the Home with services and prayers #74

Social Hymns and Tunes, for the Conference and Prayer Meeting, and the Home with services and prayers #74

Songs of the Blessed Hope #d44

Songs of the Blessed Hope #d44
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The Blessed Way #93

The Blessed Way #93

The Christian Psalter #d102

The Christian Psalter #d102
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The Congregational Hymn Book #654

The Congregational Hymn Book #654
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The Cyber Hymnal #8446

The Cyber Hymnal #8446
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The Disciples' Hymn Book #197

The Disciples' Hymn Book #197
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The Gospel Way #53

The Gospel Way #53
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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 #343

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 #343

The Pocket Selection of Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Churches and Religious Assemblies in the U. S. lst ed. #d60

The Pocket Selection of Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Churches and Religious Assemblies in the U. S. lst ed. #d60

The Sanctus #d61

The Sanctus #d61
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The Song-Land Way #93

The Song-Land Way #93
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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #285

The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #285

The Universalist Hymn Book #d109

The Universalist Hymn Book #d109
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The Universalist Hymn-Book #477

The Universalist Hymn-Book #477

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d78

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d78

University Hymn Book for use in the Chapel of Harvard University #d44

University Hymn Book for use in the Chapel of Harvard University #d44
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