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The Holy Spirit Addressed Under Darkness

Meter: 7.8.7.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: Descend, Holy Spirit, the Dove

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Descend, Holy Spirit, the Dove

Author: Rippon Hymnal: Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #180 (1840) Topics: Holy Spirit His Influences Scripture: John 14:26

Descend, Holy Spirit, the Dove

Author: Rippon Hymnal: Christian Psalmody, in Four Parts; containing Dr. Watt's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watt's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony #SH55 (1817) Languages: English

The holy spirit addressed under darkness

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXIV (1792) First Line: Descend, holy spirit the dove Lyrics: 1 Descend, holy spirit the dove, And visit a sorrowful breast, My burden of guild to remove, And bring me assurance and rest: Thou only hast pow'r to relieve A sinner o'erwhelm'd with his load, The sense of election to give, And sprinkle his heart with the blood. 2 With me, if of old thou hast strove, And kindly withheld me from sin; Resolv'd by the force of thy love, My worthless affections to win; The work of thy mercy revive, Invincible mercy exert, And keep my weak graces alive, And set up thy rest in my heart. 3 If when I have put thee to grief, And madly to folly return'd, Thy goodness hath been my relief, And lifted me up as I mourn'd; Most pitiful spirit of grace, Relieve me again, and restore, MY spirit in holiness raise, To fall and to grieve thee no more. 4 If now I lament after God, And pant for a drop of his love, If Jesus, who pour'd out his blood, Obtain me a mansion above; Come, heavenly comforter come, Sweet witness of mercy divine! And make me thy permanent home, And seal me eternally thine. Topics: The Influences and Graces of the Spirit; Spirit of God addressed in Darkness; Influences of the Spirit; Spirit of God Addressed under darkness Languages: English

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John Rippon

1751 - 1836 Person Name: Rippon Author of "Descend, Holy Spirit, the Dove" in Village hymns for social worship, selected and original Rippon, John, D.D., was born at Tiverton, Devon, April 29, 1751, and was educated for the ministry at the Baptist College, Bristol. In 1773 he became Pastor of the Baptist church in Carter Lane, Tooley Street (afterwards removed to New Park Street), London, and over this church he continued to preside until his death, on Dec. 17, 1836. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him in 1792 by the Baptist College, Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Rippon was one of the most popular and influential Dissenting ministers of his time. From 1790 to 1802 he issued the Baptist Annual Register, a periodical containing an account of the most important events in the history of the Baptist Denomination in Great Britain and America during that period, and very valuable now as a book of reference. But his most famous work is his Selection of hymns for public worship, which appeared in 1787. The full title of the first edition is A selection of Hymns from the best authors, intended as an Appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. In 1791 he published a Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes from the Best Authors, adapted to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, and to his own Selection, and from that time the names of tunes were prefixed to the hymns in the successive editions of his hymn-book. In 1800 he published the 10th ed. of his Selections, containing more than sixty additional hymns. In 1827 it was still further enlarged, and in 1844, after his death, appeared The Comprehensive Edition, commonly known as The Comprehensive Rippon, containing most of the additional hymns, with about 400 then first added, making in all upwards of 1170, in 100 metres. A rival to the Comprehensive was also afterwards published under the old title, somewhat enlarged. In the preparation of the original book, and its subsequent improvement, Dr. Rippon performed an important service to Baptist Hymnody, and also, it is said, gained for himself "an estate" through its immense sale. In the preface to the tenth edition lie claims for himself the authorship of some of the hymns, but as he refrained from affixing his name to any of the hymns it is impossible now to say with certainty which ought to be ascribed to him. There can, however, be no reasonable doubt that hymn 535, 3rd part, "The day has dawned, Jehovah comes" (q.v.), is one of his compositions. Other hymns, probably by him, are, "Amid the splendours of Thy state" (Love of God), 1800; and "There is joy in heaven, and joy on earth" (Joy over the Repenting Sinner), 1787. He also altered the texts of and made additions to several of the older hymns. Some of these altered texts are still in common use. In 1830 the additions given in the 27th ed., 1827, of Rippon's Selections were reprinted, with notes by Dr. Slater, as:— Hymns Original and Selected; interspersed in the Twenty-seventh edition of the Selection, with Numerous Doxologies, in the Usual, the Peculiar, and in the less Common metres. By John Rippon, D.D. A second edition of this pamphlet of 82 hymns and doxologies appeared in 1832. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)