Rippon at­tend­ed the Bap­tist Coll­ege in Bris­tol, Eng­land. In 1775, he be­came pas­tor of the Carter’s Lane Bap­tist Church in Lon­don, where he served over six dec­ades. He al­so ed­it­ed the Bap­tist An­nu­al Reg­ist­er for 12 years. In 1787, he pub­lished his fam­ous A Se­lect­ion of Hymns from the Best Au­thors, In­tend­ed to Be an Ap­pen­dix to Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns, which was re­print­ed 27 times, in over 200,000 cop­ies. He was con­sid­ered the fore­most au­thor­i­ty on the hymns of Isaac Watts.

• Burrage, pp. 98-100
• Julian, pp. 41, 58, 112, 448, 830, 963, 1060, 1267

1. How Firm a Foun­da­tion
2. Majestic Sweet­ness Sits En­throned
3. O Lord, I Will De­light in Thee
4. Praise the Sav­ior, All Ye Na­tions
5. ’Tis Re­li­gion That Can Give
6. Ye Lit­tle Flock Whom Je­sus Feeds