Born: November 4, 1740, Farn­ham, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 11, 1778, Ken­sing­ton, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land, of tu­ber­cu­lo­sis.

Buried: White­field’s Tab­er­na­cle, Tot­ten­ham Court Road, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Pseudonym: Minimus.

Toplady at­tend­ed West­min­ster School, Lon­don, and Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Dub­lin. He was or­dained an Ang­li­can priest in 1762, and served as Cur­ate at Blag­don and Far­leigh. In 1766, he be­came Vi­car of Broad­hem­bu­ry, De­von­shire. He left the Ang­li­can church in 1775, moved to Lon­don, and be­gan preach­ing at the French Cal­vin­ist church in Lei­ces­ter Fields. His works in­clude:

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Lyrics

  1. Can My Hea­ven-Born Soul Sub­mit?
  2. Come from on High, My King and God
  3. Compared with Christ, in All Be­sides
  4. Deathless Prin­ci­ple Arise
  5. Debtor to Mer­cy Alone, A
  6. Earnest of Fu­ture Bliss
  7. Eternal Hal­le­lu­jahs Be to the Fa­ther Giv­en
  8. Fountain of Ne­ver Ceas­ing Grace
  9. From Thy Su­preme Tri­bun­al, Lord
  10. From Whence This Fear and Un­belief
  11. Grace, ’Tis a Charm­ing Sound
  12. Great God, Whom Hea­ven, and Earth and Sea
  13. How Vast the Ben­e­fits Di­vine
  14. I Saw, and Lo! A Count­less Throng
  15. If, on a Qui­et Sea
  16. Immovable Our Hope Re­mains
  17. Jesus, God of Love, At­tend
  18. Jesus, Im­mut­a­bly the Same
  19. Jesus, Thy Pow­er I Fain Would Feel
  20. Lord, I Feel a Car­nal Mind
  21. My Yielding Heart Dis­solves as Wax
  22. Not to Myself I Owe
  23. O Pre­cious Blood, O Glor­i­ous Death
  24. O That My Heart Was Right with Thee
  25. O Thou That Hear’st the Pray­er of Faith
  26. O Thou Who Didst Thy Glo­ry Leave
  27. O When Wilt Thou My Sav­ior Be
  28. Object of My First De­sire
  29. Pilot of the Soul, Awake
  30. Prayer Can Mer­cy’s Door Un­lock
  31. Redeemer, Whi­ther Should I Flee?
  32. Refining Fuller, Make Me Clean
  33. Remember, Lord, That Je­sus Bled
  34. Rock of Ag­es
  35. Surely Christ Thy Griefs Hath Borne
  36. What Though I Can­not Break My Chain
  37. What Tho’ My Frail Eye­lids Re­fuse
  38. When Lang­uor and Dis­ease In­vade
  39. Whom Have I in Hea­ven but Thee?
  40. Your Harps, Ye Trem­bling Saints

Translations

  1. Ho­ly Ghost, Di­spel Our Sad­ness