Great Ruler of all nature's frame

Great Ruler of all nature's frame

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 96 hymnals

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1 Great Ruler of all nature's frame,
We own thy power divine:
We hear thy breath in every storm,
For all the winds are thine.

2 Wide as thy sweep their sounding way,
They work thy sovereign will;
And awed by thy majestic voice,
Confusion shall be still.

3 Thy mercy tempers every blast
To them that seek thy face;
And mingles with the tempest's roar,
The whispers of thy grace.

4 those gentle whispers let me hear,
Till all the tumults cease;
And gales of paradise shall sooth
My weary soul to peace.

A New Selection of Hymns, 1812

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Great Ruler of all nature's frame
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Great Ruler of all nature's frame. P. Doddridge. [Providence.] In the "D. Manuscript." this hymn is No. 54, is headed "God's mercy in moderating the storms of affliction, from Is. xxvii. 8," and is dated "Dec. 10, 1737." The same text was given in the posthumous edition of Doddridge's Hymns, &c, 1755, No. 92, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and again in J. D. Humphreys's edition of the same, 1839, No. 108. Its use in Great Britain is limited, but in America it is extensive. The hymn, "Maker of all things, mighty Lord," by E. Osier, in Hall's Mitre Hymn Book, 1836, No. 48, is composed of stanzas i., ii. from this hymn (altered), and the rest by Osier.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #546

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #546

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #80

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #80

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #467

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d123

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #100

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #147

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #147

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #147

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #147

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #147

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #147

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #CXLIX

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #505

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #195

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #195

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #413

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #223

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #231

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #231

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #223

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #413

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #413

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d306

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Church Harmonies #247

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d357

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Church Melodies #418

Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d52

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Every Sabbath #141d

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High School Hymnal #76

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #204

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #137

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #201

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a201

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d218

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #143

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d166

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Hymns for Public Worship #296

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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #40

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #127

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #127

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #118

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Hymns of the Spirit #463

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d89

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d54

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Isles of Shoals Hymn Book and Candle Light Service #68

Melodies of the Church #d337

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Plymouth Collection #a189

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #189

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d221

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #411

School and College Hymnal #d50

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School and College Hymnal #76

Soldier's Friend #d26

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Songs for the Lord's House #79

Songs for the New Life #d197

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #241

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #241

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #241

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Songs for the Sanctuary #241

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Songs for the Sanctuary #241

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Songs for the Sanctuary #241

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Songs of the Church #146

Supplement to Watts #d160

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #189

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The Baptist Praise Book #188

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The Baptist Psalmody #45

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d136

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d132

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The Christian Hymn Book #82

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The Christian Psalmist #45

The Christian Psalter #d188

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #37

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The Cyber Hymnal #2030

The Gospel Hymnal #d199

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The Harp #18

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a18

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The Psalmist #179

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The Psalmist #179

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The Psalmody #1225

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #358d

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d326

The Saints' Harp #d321

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The School Hymnary #51

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d280

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #363

The Thanksgiving #d74

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d131

Universalist Hymn Book #d168

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