Within the Rock of Ages: The Life and Work of Augustus Montague Toplady [Hardcover]

The definitive biography of Augustus Montague Toplady, one of the most prominent hymn-writers and religious controversialists of 18th-century England.The definitive biography of Augustus Montague Toplady, one of the most prominent hymn-writers and religious controversialists of 18th-century England.Acknowledgements Part I: Swords of Controversy 1. An Ill Name 2. Scholars, Snobs and Soldiers 3. A Smug at Westminster 4. Student of Trinity College, Dublin 5. Stars in Their Courses 6. Pale Curate on the Mendips 7. Sabbatical Year 8. Bethel Visits in Devonshire Visits 9. Vicar of Broad Hembury 10. Augustus Fidei Defensor 11. A Supply for the Countess of Huntingdon 12. Preacher, London 13. City Editor 14. The Rock and the Clay 15. Warrior in a Shroud Part II: Songs of a Calvinist Introductory Note 16. Toplady's Teen-age Verse 17. The Broad Hembury Hymns 18. The Mended Hymns of Orange Street Appendix: Toplady's Value to the Lexicographer Notes Bibliography Index