Scripture Verse

They…found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. Luke 8:35

Introduction

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Maurice Greene (1696–1755)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 204: The re­co­vered Dæ­mon­iack, an Em­blem of a con­vert­ed sin­ner.

Music: Crowle Mau­rice Greene, in James Green’s Book of Psal­mo­dy, 1724 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

Lyrics

Jesus, we own Thy sav­ing power,
And Thy vic­to­ri­ous hand;
Hell’s le­gions trem­ble at Thy feet,
And fly at Thy com­mand.

O’er souls, by pass­ion’s up­roar filled
With an­ar­chy un­known,
The nob­ler pow­ers, re­stored by Thee,
Ascend their peace­ful throne.

No more they rend their cloth­ing off,
No more their wounds re­peat;
But gentle and com­posed they wait
Attentive at Thy feet.

O’er thou­sands more, where Sa­tan rules,
May we such tri­umphs see;
And be their res­cued souls and ours
Devoted, Lord, to Thee.