Eternal Source of life and thought

Eternal Source of life and thought

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 47 hymnals


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1 Eternal Source of life and thought!
Be all beneath thyself forgot,
While thee great Parent Mind we own,
In prostrate homage round thy throne.

2 While in themselves our souls survey
Of thee some faint reflected ray,
They, wond'ring, to their Father rise:
His pow'r, how vast! his thoughts, how wise!

3 O may we live before thy face
Th' obedient children of thy grace,
And thro' each path of duty move
With filial awe and filial love.

4 Call us away from flesh and sense;
Thy sov'reign hand can draw us thence;
We would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.

Source: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #LXXVI

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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 Source of life and thought
Author: Philip Doddridge
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d86

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d86
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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #11

A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #11
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #412

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #412
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #412

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #412
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #412

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #412
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #412

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #412
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #412

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #412
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #412

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #412
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship #LXXVI

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship #LXXVI
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #LXXVI

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #LXXVI
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #XXVI

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #XXVI
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #448

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #448
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #19

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #19
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #19

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #19
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #20

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #20
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #75

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #75
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #76

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #76
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #76

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #76
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #75

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #75
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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H8b

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H8b
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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #20

A Selection of Sacred Poetry #20
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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #20

A Selection of Sacred Poetry #20
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Church Harmonies #83

Church Harmonies #83

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d71

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d71

Grammar School Hymn Book #d49

Grammar School Hymn Book #d49
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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #44

Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #44
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #51

Hymn Book for Christian Worship #51
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a51

Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a51

Hymn Book for Sunday Schools #d34

Hymn Book for Sunday Schools #d34
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Hymns for Christian Devotion #74

Hymns for Christian Devotion #74
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Hymns for Christian Devotion #74

Hymns for Christian Devotion #74
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Hymns for Public Worship #42

Hymns for Public Worship #42

Hymns for Social and Private Worship, Altered to a Devotional Form #d19

Hymns for Social and Private Worship, Altered to a Devotional Form #d19
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Hymns for the Sanctuary #272

Hymns for the Sanctuary #272

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d58

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d58

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d34

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d34

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d126

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d126

The Christian Hymn Book #d144

The Christian Hymn Book #d144

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d147

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d147
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The Christian Psalmist #262

The Christian Psalmist #262

The Christian Psalter #d108

The Christian Psalter #d108
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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #433

The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #433
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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #433

The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #433
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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 #20

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 #20
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The School Hymn-Book #92

The School Hymn-Book #92
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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #71

The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #71

Universalist Hymn Book #d105

Universalist Hymn Book #d105
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