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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.
- Augustus Montague Toplady
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."
Augustus Montague Toplady
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.
- Augustus Montague Toplady
GuyverRobert: Vicars of Venn Ottery. Augustus Montague Toplady from 1766 to 1768. Author of ‘Rock of Ages’ (a hymn).
Beaned: Not the labor of my hand
Can fulfil Thy law's demands.
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could tears for ever flow,
All for sin could not atone,
Thou must save, and Thou alone.
— Augustus Montague Toplady
tmansinho: Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to thy cross I cling.
Augustus Montague Toplady
RTSGlobalEd: “Nothing in my hands I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling.” -- Augustus Montague Toplady, Rock of Ages
ApostleJoelSLW: 25/AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY (1710-1778): Toplady is the author of the hymn, "Rock of Ages." Near his last, awaking from a sleep, he said: "Oh, what delights! Who can fathom the joy of the third heaven? The sky is clear, there is no cloud; come Lord Jesus, come quickly!" ....
midweekherald: Our latest event is a Tea and Talk on Saturday, July 2, The topic will be the hymn writer Augustus Montague Toplady.
AndalusianIrish: The terrors of Law and of God
With me can have nothing to do
My Saviour's obedience and blood
Hide all my transgressions from view
- Augustus Montague Toplady.
twrjack: Calvin's Influence on the English Reformation by Augustus Montague Toplady
Boston1775: Every so often I suspect my history researches have led me beyond genuine 18th-century Britain and into the Smollett universe, or even the Wodehouse universe.
A thought brought up by this weekend's topics:
• The Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady
• Giggleswick School
trentbroussard: While I draw this fleeting breath
When mine eyes shall close in death
When I soar to worlds unknown
See thee on thy judgment throne
Rock of Ages cleft for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Augustus Montague Toplady | Thomas Hastings
jacobjerickson: You may think, "Huh, what a weird name for a prize." ..but in fact it's named after Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-78), a curmudgeonly Anglican Cleric who (boo) wasn't a fan of John Wesley and who's responsible for a famous (meh) lyrics to "Rock of Ages."
jacobjerickson: "Toplady was invited to a pub to participate in a public debate about cruelty to animals. He called a spade a spade: brutality to animals is sin and we must repent of it. We will face the Last Judgement where God will call us to account for such cruelty."
chowbacca415: The reviews are in!
“Top Nun: Marguerite will rock your ages!”
⁃Augustus Montague Toplady
D_B_Harrison: "If anything can awaken astonishment, and inflame our gratitude, it must be that mystery of love, God manifested in our nature, and made man, to bleed and die for our salvation." — Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778), "The Sufferings and Death of Christ"
IamPaulKemboi: "If anything can awaken astonishment, and inflame our gratitude, it must be that mystery of love, God manifested in our nature, and made man, to bleed and die for our salvation." — Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778), "The Sufferings and Death of Christ"
Feet2UrFaith: The Hymns of Augustus Montague Toplady. Something to look forward to!
TaweValley: Today we started a new series - "Song Series".
This week, we look at "Augustus Montague Toplady" who wrote some wonderful Christian hymns, including "A Sovereign Protector I Have", his life and some of the bible verses which inspired this hymn.
ChristDependnt8: ...kindred spirit with Augustus Toplady Montague when he penned the words .." Nothing in my hands I bring simply to the cross I cling ...Wash me savior or I die ,... thou must save and thou alone " in his legendary hymn - Rock of ages
GreatestLove333: Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save me from its guilt and power.
Augustus Montague Toplady
GreatestLove333: Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All could never sin erase,
Thou must save, and save by grace.
Augustus Montague Toplady
LarrySnodgrass1: My name from the palms of His hands
Eternity will not erase;
Impressed on His heart it remains
In marks of indelible grace.
Augustus Montague Toplady
A debtor to Mercy Alone
JohnTitor33621: I will fear no Evil.”
AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY (1710-1778): Toplady will ever be famous as the author of one of the most evangelical hymns of the eighteenth century, "Rock of Ages," which was first published in 1776.
During the final illness, Toplady was greatly supported by
MaconTadeo: While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyelids close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.
Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me.
Augustus Montague Toplady, 1776.
JackPrasad10: Christ is also referred to as the Rock of Ages in the hymn by Augustus Montague Toplady.
So often the words of hymns have brought me comfort as they tend to take my eyes off my circumstances and instead place them where they ought to be, on the Lord.
rsmithsoil: “Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee”
Carboniferous limestone at Burrington in the Mendip Hills that is said to have inspired Augustus Montague Toplady to write the popular hymn while sheltering from a storm.
KYPNorthSom: Augustus Montague Toplady was a Church of England clergyman and hymn writer, who was born at Farnham in Surrey on 4th November 1740 but grew up and was educated in London. He went to university in Dublin and then returned to London. 2/
surefoundation7: 1/18 Augustus Montague Toplady: “A debtor to mercy alone,
Of covenant mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on,
paleomexicano: Apropos of nothing, Augustus Montague Toplady is still the funniest, most English name of all time. Unchallengeably English name
KellyRKey1975: The phrase the enemy within has long been used in various contexts. For instance, in A Course of Family Prayer, the Anglican cleric Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-78) distinguished between external temptations and inner weakness
trentbroussard: Rock Of Ages - Augustus Montague Toplady | Thomas Hastings
Rock of Ages cleft for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Let the water and the blood
From thy wounded side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure
Save from wrath and make me pure
ci2twit: Rock of Ages! Cleft for me,
Lo, I hide myself in Thee,
Where the water and the blood
From Thy wounded side which flowed
Are of sin the double cure,
Cleansing from its guilt and power.
~ Augustus Montague Toplady (1776)
trentbroussard: Now Why This Fear - - Augustus Montague Toplady | Doug Plank
Now why this fear and unbelief
Has not the Father put to grief
His spotless Son for us
And will the righteous Judge of men
Condemn me for that debt of sin
Now canceled at the cross
chouettemevoila: “In my hand no price I bring, simply to Thy cross I cling.”—Augustus Montague Toplady
riverlakessm: "Rock of Ages", Augustus Montague Toplady
Nothing in my hands I bring
Simply to Thy cross I cling
MichaelHayes_WV: Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill the law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone:
Thou must save, and thou alone.
— Augustus Montague Toplady
KTinHills: While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyes shall close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
-Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778)
Goodnight friends. Trust in the Lord!
JackPrasad10: Christ is also referred to as the Rock of Ages in the hymn by Augustus Montague Toplady.
So often the words of hymns have brought me comfort as they tend to take my eyes off my circumstances and instead place them where they ought to be, on the Lord.
RiteshTweets2: 11 August 1778 Augustus Montague Toplady, hymnist, died.
johanna_merejo: «Nada en mis manos traigo, simplemente a la cruz me aferro»
(«Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me», por Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778).
barbieyellow7: Poem written by - Augustus Montague Toplady
LAWSONLaws17: "Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee ;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Cleanse me from its guilt and
power."
(Augustus Montague Toplady,
1740-1778)
LAWSONLaws17: "Not the labours of my hands
Can fulfil Thy law's demands ;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears for ever flow,
All for sin could not atone :
Thou must save, and Thou alone."
(Augustus Montague Toplady,
1740-1778).
LAWSONLaws17: "While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyelids close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgement-
throne :
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee."
Amen.
(Augustus Montague Toplady,
1740-1778).
doreen_nw: 4 Turn then, my soul, unto thy rest;
The merits of thy great High Priest
Speak peace and liberty.
Trust in his efficacious blood,
Nor fear thy banishment from God,
Since Jesus died for thee.
~ Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778)
LeeGatiss: That’s Augustus Montague Toplady from the 18th century, by the way. In case you were wondering...
LdxAlex: My name from the palms of His hands
Eternity will not erase;
Impressed on His heart it remains
In marks of indelible grace.
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.
Augustus Montague Toplady
paleomexicano: There’s a good book, free and publicly available online, by Augustus Montague Toplady (most powerfully English name of all time ) called The Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England
Book_Addict: Happy birthday to British clergyman Augustus Montague Toplady (November 4, 1740), author of the Hymn "Rock of Ages" (1775) et al.
informedradio1: On November 4, 1740 a baby in Farnham, England, was given the formidable name of Augustus Montague Toplady. His father died in a war, his mother spoiled him, his friends thought him “sick and neurotic,” and his...
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NotThatRBaxter: 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
~ Augustus Montague Toplady.
Weird name. Awesome words.
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Warren_E_Mayer: 1760: Methodist lay preacher Philip Embury arrived in America.
Frukta_Gud: "The self same 'light of God's countenance' in which you, O believer, are enabled to walk, and which at first gave you spiritual feet wherewith to walk, will keep you in a walking and in a working state, to the end of your warfare." (Augustus Montague Toplady)
bcdawg1982: There was an old cultural proverb in England, that [this or that thing was as certain as John Gill was in the bookstore looking for more books.] "If any man could be thought to have trod the full circle of human learning, it would be Dr John Gill" quote ~Augustus Montague Toplady
kgriffin_1: "The self same 'light of God's countenance' in which you, O believer, are enabled to walk, and which at first gave you spiritual feet wherewith to walk, will keep you in a walking and in a working state, to the end of your warfare." (Augustus Montague Toplady)
HTimmerman: "I love Augustus Montague Toplady, because Toplady loved the Lord Jesus, and I love Toplady's writings because they...
SeagateChurch: Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.
Let the water and the blood,
From thy riven side which flow...
