Philip Doddridge

Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to conduct ourselves in a manner which we have reason to believe will be pleasing to him.

Philip Doddridge (June 26, 1702 – October 26, 1751) was an English Nonconformist leader.

Quotes

• Live while you live, the epicure would say,
  And seize the pleasures of the present day;
  Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries,
  And give to God each moment as it flies.
  Lord, in my views, let both united be:
  I live in pleasure when I live to thee.
  • Epigram on his Family Arms, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
  And press with vigour on;
  A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
  And an immortal crown.
  • Zeal and Vigour in the Christian Race, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to conduct ourselves in a manner which we have reason to believe will be pleasing to him.
  • The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul.
• Dear Saviour! we are Thine,
  By everlasting bands;
  Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
  Entirely to Thy hands.
  • Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 397.

• His goodness stands approved,
  Unchanged from day to day;
  I'll drop my burden at His feet,
  And bear a song away.
  • Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 262.

Hymns

• Hark, the glad sound! The Savior comes,
  The Savior promised long;
  Let every heart exult with joy,
  And every voice be song!
  • Published 1755, Hymns, "Hark, the Glad Sound", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278
• O God of Bethel! by whose hand
  Thy people still are fed,
  Who through this weary pilgrimage
  Hast all our fathers led.
  • Published in 1755, Hymns: "O God of Bethel", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.
• Ye servants of the Lord,
  Each in his office wait,
  Observant of the heavenly word,
  And watchful at his gate.
  • Published in 1755, Hymns: "Ye Servants of the Lord", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.
• Father of Peace, and God of love!
  We own Thy power to save,
  That power by which our Shepherd rose
  Victorious o'er the grave.
  • Published in 1755, Hymns: "Father of Peace", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.

External links

• Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers Harrap Publishers, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2005.