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
rose honey thorns
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
teaching practice skills
Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
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.
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.
strive endure
What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
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.
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.
wise divinity rising
To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
religious dog delight
Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
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.
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.
hands laziness satan
For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
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.