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And the well-known hymn
" Jesus, Thy robe of righteousness." (No. 325.)
" Christ! Blut und Qerechtigkeit,"
was written in 1739, when he had been for years an earnest preacher of the Gospel. It is said to have been written during his voyage to visit the missionaries who had gone forth from Herrnhut to the West Indies. Wesley s translation (1740) is given. The original consisted of thirty-three stanzas. Wesley s first line was
" Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness." " Now I have found the ground wherein." (No 611.)
This is erroneously attributed to Zinzendorf. It is the produc tion of his companion Bothe. Vide Life of Eothe.
Besides the collections already named, Zinzendorf published a collection of German poems in 1735. In 1739, he. published a small collection containing the substance of sermons preached at Wurteinberg that year, and in 1741 another collection. In 1753, he finished his large collection of German hymns, containing 2,1G9, at Lindsey House, Chelsea, where he printed it at his own press. In 1754, he completed his " English Hymn Book," and in the following year the Appendix to it.
PHILIP DODDRLDGE, D.D. 17021751.
GREAT as hymn-writers, and great in so many other respects, Doddridge and Watts flourished together, making an era in the history of the denomination whose ministry they adorned. Dod dridge, as the younger, continued in his vigour when Watts strength was failing ; but as Doddridge s course was disappoint ingly brief, he did not long survive his celebrated compeer. They were in deep and delightful sympathy, and co-operated together in the production of one of their principal works.
Philip Doddridge was born in London. His father was in
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