Augustus Montague Toplady
Who is Augustus Montague Toplady
Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages". Three of his other hymns – "A Debtor to Mercy Alone", "Deathless Principle, Arise" and "Object of My First Desire" – are still occasionally sung today.
Background and early life, 1740–55
Augustus Toplady was born in Farnham, Surrey, England in November 1740. His father, Richard Toplady, was probably from Enniscorthy, County Wexford in Ireland. Richard Toplady became a commissioned officer in the Royal Marines in 1739; by the time of his death, he had reached the rank of major. In May 1741, shortly after Augustus' birth, Richard participated...
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Augustus Montague Toplady Poems
- Lord, Save Us, We Perish
Pilot of the soul, awake,
Save us for thy mercies' sake;
Now rebuke the angry deep,
Save, O save thy sinking ship!
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- Fountain Of Never-ceasing Grace
Fountain of never ceasing grace,
Thy saintsâ?? exhaustless theme,
Great object of immortal praise,
Essentially supreme;
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- He Dwelleth In You
Saviour, I thy word believe,
My unbelief remove;
Now thy quick'ning Spirit give,
The unction from above;
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- Father Of Love, To Thee I Bend
Father of love, to thee I bend
My heart, and lift mine eyes;
O let my pray'r and praise ascend
As odours to the skies.
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- Desiring To Be Given Up To God
That my heart was right with thee,
And lov'd thee with a perfect love!
O that my Lord would dwell in me,
And never from his seat remove!
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- Favored_d: author: toplady, augustus montague, the author of "rock of ages," was born at farnham, surrey, november 4, 1740.
- Emilyabella: yes, i to the end shall endure,
as sure as the earnest is given
more happy, but not more secure,
the glorified spirits in heaven.
“a debtor to mercy alone” augustus montague toplady
- Delightingingod: a christian is all over prayer: he prays at rising, at lying down, and as he walks: like a prime favorite at court, who has the key to the privy stairs, and can wake his prince by night.
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- Apilgrimscoffer: "and at the destined time he shall ascend on the wings of angels to his seat in paradise, where kindred spirits, who rejoiced at his conversion here, will congratulate his happy arrival there."
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- Delightingingod: the elect constitute and form one grand house of mercy: an house, erected to display and perpetuate the riches of the father's free grace, of the son's atoning merit, and of the holy ghost's efficacious agency.
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