The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul Doddridge

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"The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul: Illustrated in a Course of Serious and Practical Addresses; With A Sermon on the Care of the Soul" by P. Doddridge, D.D. published by Leary & Getz no copy date but ca 1840s to 1850s. Has a frontis portrait of Doddridge. The best known work of the nonconformist divine Philip Doddridge (1702-1751). 'The religious genius of Doddridge is seen at its best in the powerful addresses which make up his volume On the Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, 1745. This work was planned and prompted by Isaac Watts. This was first published about 1745 during the early stages of America's religious revival and it was reprinted several times. This has brown covers with gold lettered spine. Yellow end pages has a previous owner's name otherwise all interior pages clean and tight. Spine worn and chipped, edge wear, hinges only very slightly loose, a good reaging copy. 326 pages plus 24 pages of ads. Philip Doddridge 1702-1751 Northamptonshire Nonconformist Minister and Missions Enthusiast Philip Doddridge was a leading nonconformist minister in Northamptonshire during the first half of the eighteenth century. Committed to freedom and dissent, Doddridge refused a university education within the Established Church of England. In 1723, he became a nonconformist minister in Kibworth, Leicestershire , and initiated a dissenting academy in the nearby area of Market Harborough , where he had moved to accept a new pastorate in 1725. Soon thereafter, he moved to Northampton, and was ordained there. When he moved to Northampton, he relocated his academy there too. In addition to over 300 hymns , Doddridge wrote many works of importance, including the following: Free Thoughts on the Most Probable Means of Reviving the Dissenting Interest (1730) The Rise and Progress of the Religion in the Soul (1745) The Family Expositor, or a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament (6 vols., 1760-62) In relation to William Carey, Doddridge was an important figure, though Doddridge died of tuberculosis ten years before Carey's birth. In common, Doddridge and Carey were dissenters, and both performed Christian ministry in both Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. On October 5, 1783, Carey was baptized within sight of Doddridge's meeting house in Northampton. Most significant, however, was their agreement on Christian worldwide missions. In 1741, Doddridge proposed a missions undertaking to a group of non-conformist ministers. Hints of his missionary ideas are evident in his work The Family Expositor, or a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament and in his Preface to David Brainerd's 1748 Journal Among the Indians . In An Abridgement of Mr. David Brainerd's Journal Among the Indians--Or, the Rise and Progress of a Remarkable Work of Grace Among a Number of the Indians In the Provinces of New-Jersey and Pennsylvania (1748), Doddridge wrote a dedication "To the Honourable Society for propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands of Scotland , and in Popish and Infidel Parts of the World." Doddridge argued for the validity and necessity of sharing the Christian message as widely as possible. From this dedication, Doddridge's pertinent statements on the worldwide missionary outreach include the following: Brainerd's Journal should "awaken my Brethren in the Ministry to bear their Testimony with greater Zeal and Affection, to those glorious Truths which have been the Power of God to the Salvation of those happy Creatures [i.e., Native Americans], who tho' so lately in the darkest, and most wretched State; are now Light in the Lord " (pp. ii-iii ). "God will not suffer this sacred and noble Cause [i.e., missionary outreach] to die with him [Brainerd]" (p. iv ). Doddridge offered the Society his "best Wishes for its Success abroad" (p. v ). After his death, Doddridge's wife published The Family Expositor, or a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testa... read more

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