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Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: What venerable sight appears
Title: Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

MELCOMBE (Webbe)

Also known as: ST. PHILIPS BENEDICTION GRANTON NAZARETH MELCOMBE was first used as an anonymous chant tune (with figured bass) in the Roman Catholic Mass and was published in 1782 in An Essay on the Church Plain Chant. It was first ascribed to Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d.…

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d930

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d930

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d937

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d937

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d937

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d937
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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #110

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #110

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d575

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d575

A Selection of Hymns #d309

A Selection of Hymns #d309
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Christian Psalmody, in Four Parts; containing Dr. Watt's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watt's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony #SH16

Christian Psalmody, in Four Parts; containing Dr. Watt's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watt's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony #SH16

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1017

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1017
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Select Hymns from Other Authors, Selected Harmony Together with Directions for Musical Expression. 2nd ed. #a16

Select Hymns from Other Authors, Selected Harmony Together with Directions for Musical Expression. 2nd ed. #a16
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Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa16

Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa16
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Select Hymns #16

Select Hymns #16

The Good Old Songs #738

The Good Old Songs #738
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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #99

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #99
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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D16

The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D16
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