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Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge. Isaac Watts. Reflection, Years, Ideas. Isaac Watts (1743).
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34 quotes from Isaac Watts: '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.', 'Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks ...
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Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul; The mind's the standard of the man.
Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children
1. There's not a place where we can flee, But God is present there. 1.1. Song 2: "Praise for Creation and Providence". 1. Whene'er I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see! What shall I render to my God For all his gifts to me? 1.1. Song 4. 1. I would not change my native land For rich Peru with all her gold. A nobler prize lies in my hand Than East or Western Indies hold. 1.1. Song 5, "Praise for Birth and Education in a Christian Land", stanza 3. Cf. Psalms119:72 (KJV): "The law of thy m...
"Our God, our help in ages past"
1. Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. 1.1. Psalm 90 st. 1. 1. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 1.1. Psalm 90 st. 4. 1. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 1.1. Psalm 90 st. 5. 1. From all who dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise; Let t...
Psalm 98 "Joy to the World!"
1. Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King. Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heav'n and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing. 1.1. Stanza 1. 1. Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy. 1.1. Stanza 2. 1. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is f...
The Improvement of the Mind
The Improvement of the Mind 1727, 1741, 1885 edition online. 1. 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 own profession. Do not indulge yourselves to judge of things by the first glimpse, or a short and superficial view of them; for this will fill the mind with errors and prejudices, and give it a wrong turn and...
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Isaac Watts. Hymns and Spiritual Songs: In Three Books. … By I. Watts,W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Buckland, G. Keith, L. Hawes W. Clarke & B. Collins, London, 1773. 1. Fly, like a youthful hart or roe, Over the hills where spices grow. 1.1. Hymn 79, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I. 1. And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return. 1.1. Hymn 88, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I. 1. Strange that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long! 1.1. Hymn 19...
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers
1. Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers(1895). 1. My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of Thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin. 1.1. P. 72. 1. The compassion of Christ inclines Him to save sinners, — the power of Christ enables Him to save sinners, — and the promise of Christ binds Him to save sinners. A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On Thy kind arms I fall; Be Thou my Strength and Righteousness, My...
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1. Isaac Watts, widely known as the "Father of English Hymnody," wrote over 750 hymns in his lifetime. Some of his most famous hymns include "Joy to the World," "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past." 2. Despite being a prolific hymn writer, Isaac Watts never actually intended to become one.
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