Born: June 26, 1702, London, England. Died: October 26, 1751, Lisbon, Portugal. Doddridge had gone to Lisbon to recuperate from exhaustion. He died there of tuberculosis. Buried: English Protestant Cemetery (attached to the British Factory), Lisbon, Portugal.

Youngest of 20 children, Doddridge attended Kingston Grammar School, at St. Albans, and a nonconformist academy in Kibworth, Leicestershire, England. He went on to become one of the “dissenting” clergy. He was pastor of an independent congregation and tutor of a seminary for dissenting ministers at Northampton from 1739 until his death. His works include:

• The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, 1745
• The Family Expositor, 1739-56
• Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures. By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D., published posthumously by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Scriptural Hymns by the Rev Philip Doddridge, compiled by his great-grandson John Doddridge Humphreys, 1839

Hymns:

1. And Will the Judge Descend?
2. Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
3. Blest Jesus While in Mortal Flesh
4. Do I Not Love Thee, O My Lord?
5. Father of Peace, and God of Love
6. Grace, ’Tis a Charming Sound
7. Great God, We Sing Your Mighty Hand
8. Hark, the Glad Sound!
9. How Gentle God’s Commands
10. Jesus, I Love Thy Charming Name
11. King of Heav’n His Table Spreads, The
12. Let the High Heav’ns Your Songs Invite
13. Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray
14. My God, and Is Thy Table Spread
15. Not Many Years Their Rounds Shall Roll
16. O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand
17. O Lord! And Is Thy Table Spread?
18. O Ye Immortal Throng
19. O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice
20. Sing, Oh Ye Ransomed of the Lord
21. Tomorrow, Lord, Is Thine
22. Triumphant Zion, Lift Thy Head
23. Ye Golden Lamps of Heav’n Farewell
24. Ye Servants of the Lord
25. Yes, the Redeemer Rose