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
voice slumber complaining
Tis the voice of the sluggard I heard him complain,You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again.
authority evidence customs
Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
passion perfect mind
It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent, and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.
land names tongue
From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.
home past years
Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.
struggle winning sea
Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?
sweet grace promise
Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, and sound his power abroad; sing the sweet promise of His grace, the love and truth of God.
ocean men soul
Tis true my form is something odd But blaming me is blaming God Could I create myself anew I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole Or grasp the ocean with a span I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the man.
men other-worlds holiness
Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world.
rose honey thorns
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
mind calm temper
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
forgiveness wise mean
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
birthday everyday moments
Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.
lying two firsts
And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.