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
reading care taught
thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
time understanding depth
Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
dear-lord giving lord
Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.
stars heaven soul
The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
dream streams our-lives
Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream,...
ears reign sound
Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.
wise character men
In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.
reading men intellectual
As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram themselves in vain with intellectual food.
nurse parent house
Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse.
death dust dying
No, I'll repine at death no more, But with a cheerful gasp resign To the cold dungeon of the ground These dying, withering limbs of mine. Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust:-- My God shall raise my frame anew, At the revival of the just.
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.
trust tasks difficult
Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
grief sea weeping
For one drop calls another down, till we are drowned in seas of grief.