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Great God, thy watchful care we bless

Great God, thy watchful care we bless

Author: Philip Doddridge
Tune: VENITE (Garrett)
Published in 37 hymnals

Printable scores: MusicXML
Audio files: Recording

Author: Philip Doddridge

Doddridge, Philip, D.D., was born in London, June 26, 1702. His grandfather was one of the ministers under the Commonwealth, who were ejected in 1662. His father was a London oilman. He was offered by the Duchess of Bedford an University training for ordination in the Church of England, but declined it. He entered Mr. Jennings's non-conformist seminary at Kibworth instead; preached his first sermon at Hinckley, to which Mr. Jennings had removed his academy. In 1723 he was chosen pastor at Kibworth. In 1725 he changed his residence to Market Harborough, still ministering at Kibworth. The settled work of his life as a preceptor and divine began in 1729, with his appointment to the Castle Hill Meeting at Northampton, and continued till in the… Go to person page >

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First Line: Great God, thy watchful care we bless
Author: Philip Doddridge
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Methodist Tune Book: a collection of tunes adapted to the Methodist Hymn book #38
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Instances (1 - 37 of 37)Text InfoTune InfoTextScoreFlexScoreAudioPage Scan
A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d253
A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d198
A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d177
A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #736Page Scan
A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #521Page Scan
A Collection of Hymns: for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, principally from the collection of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M., late fellow of Lincoln College..(Rev. and corr. with a supplement) #615Page Scan
A New Selection of Psalms and Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, Adapted to Public and Private Worship. 2nd ed. #d170
A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs: designed (especially the former part) for the use of congregations as an appendix to Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymn #H.CCXXXVIIPage Scan
A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs: in two parts, part I. containing the hymns; part II. containing the songs...(3rd ed. corr. and enl. by author) #H.CCXXXVIIPage Scan
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors.: including a great number of originals: intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. (Woodward's rev. and corr. ed.; Sterotype ed.) #339Page Scan
American Sunday School Psalmody; or, hymns and music, for the use of Sunday-schools and teacher's meetings; with a manual of instruction #182Page Scan
Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs: for the use of religious assemblies and private Christians (Latest and largest ed.) #CLXX
Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d82
Hymns and Offices of Worship: for use in schools: with an appendix of tunes #296Page Scan
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (30th ed.) #895Page Scan
Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d258
Methodist Hymn-Book #674Page Scan
Methodist Tune Book: a collection of tunes adapted to the Methodist Hymn book #38ScoreAudioPage Scan
Offices of Worship and Hymns: principally for use in schools. with an appendix of tunes (2nd and rev. ed.) #296Page Scan
Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d89
Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d80
Sacred Poetry #264Page Scan
Selection of Hymns for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church #2Page Scan
Selection of Hymns for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church #4Page Scan
Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #CCCXXXIXPage Scan
Sunday School Hymn Book. (19th ed) #146Page Scan
Sunday-School Hymns #311Page Scan
Supplement to Watts: a Selection of More than Five Hundred Hymns, from the Most Approved Authors on a Great Variety of Subjects ... #d151
The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d144
The Baptist Harmony #d125
The Baptist Harmony #d125
The Discipline of the United Freewill Baptist Church: together with hymns and spiritual songs, for the use of its members #62Page Scan
The New England Sunday School Hymn Book #d44
The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs and Sacred Poems Regularly Selected, Classified and Set in Order ... Stereotype ed. #d196
The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1057Page Scan
The Sabbath School Choir #d20
The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d82
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