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
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.
humility loss pride
When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.
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.
god-love should expected
It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.
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.
spiritual secret decay
Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.
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.
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.
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.
two mind three
When two or three sciences are pursued at the same time if one of them be dry, as logic, let another be more entertaining, to secure the mind from weariness.
satire ill satirist
Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
blessing sorrow thorns
No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found.