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Augustus Montague Toplady / ˈtɒpləˌdiː / (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages".
Full Name: Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778. Birth Year: 1740. Death Year: 1778. Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety.
Texts By Augustus Toplady (195)AsAuthority LanguagesInstancesAugustus M. Toplady (Author)English78Augustus M. Toplady, 1740-1778 (Author)English11Augustus Toplady (Author)Hungarian2Augustus M. Toplady, 1740-1778 (Author)English4Feb 19, 2020 · As a brand-new pastor just out of college, Augustus Toplady wrote those memorable words, “Nothing in my hand I bring; simply to Thy cross I cling.”. On this episode of 5 Minutes in Church History, Dr. Stephen Nichols retells the short life of this London pastor and poet.
"Rock of Ages" is a popular Christian hymn written by the Reformed Anglican minister Augustus Toplady.
Mar 29, 2011 · Augustus Toplady lived a comparatively short life, but at the same time a very full one. In an age of rationalism and godlessness, he was among a group of ministers whom the Lord raised up to proclaim the gospel and defend the truth; which included such names as John Berridge, John Newton and George Whitefield.
Augustus Toplady. 4 November 1740—11 August 1778. View fullsize. Augustus Toplady, portrait by John Raphael Smith (1777), National Portrait Gallery (London). AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY was the son of Richard Toplady, a commissioned officer in the British Army, who was married, December 21, 1737, to Catharine Bate.
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“Rock of Ages” is a Christian hymn written by Augustus M. Toplady, with music by Thomas Hastings. This very personal hymn uses pronouns such as I and me rather than we and our, focusing on individual salvation. Legend says that Toplady wrote the hymn during a stormy incident in England.