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
world human-nature glory
Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.
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.
reading care taught
thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
giving meditation mind
Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.
heart thoughtful thinking
Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings
poor walks
Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?
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.
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.
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.