Lyricist: Philip Doddridge

From HymnsWithoutWords

Philip Doddridge (1702 - 1751) was an English Nonconformist leader and hymnwriter. Born in London, son of Daniel Doddridge, a merchant. His mother, the orphan daughter of the Rev. John Bauman, a Lutheran clergyman who had fled from Prague to escape religious persecution is considered to have been the greater influence on him.

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