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
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.
father son heaven
To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
believe dark men
A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censorious of his neighbors. Every one of his opinions appears to him written, as it were, with sunbeams, and he grows angry that his neighbors do not see it in the same light. He is tempted to disdain his correspondents as men of low and dark understandings because they do not believe what he does.
flower shining littles
How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!
spiritual secret decay
Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.
children eye passion
But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
nature flower butterfly
The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.
prayer mean blessing
Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.
art flower blow
There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there.
religious dog delight
Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
years ideas study
Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.
eye passion men
The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.