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And is salvation brought so near?

An entry on Philip Doddridge's hymn based on Romans 10:6–10.

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Based on Romans 10:6–10, this four-stanza hymn of four lines was first published posthumously by Job Orton in Doddridge's Hymns (1755, No. 262). It was later reprinted by John Doddridge Humphreys in his 1839 edition of Doddridge's works.

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