Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts
Isaac Wattswas an English Christian minister, hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymn writer, his work was part of evangelization. He was recognized as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 July 1674
believe credit authority
Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.
dear-lord giving lord
Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.
air inward dull
To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly, while the psalm is upon their lips, might even tempt a charitable observer to suspect the fervency of their inward religion.
life spring long
Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone. Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
flower night journey
Do not spend the day in gathering flowers by the way side, lest night come upon you before you arrive at your journey's end, and then you will not reach it.
kings heart joy
Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.
ignorance stupidity acquaintance
Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
feet years soul
I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
lying wicked way
Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.
god christian grace
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.
hands laziness satan
For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
friday sacrifice blood
Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they.
strive endure
What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
wise divinity rising
To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.