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Isaac Watts
(1674 - 1748)

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From his earliest days Isaac Watts was accustomed to hear the Word of God read by his father and to hear him pray also. His father was a godly Dissenting minister who twice suffered imprisonment because of his convictions. Such a father was a great help to young Isaac Watts. Isaac was the eldest of .. .. more >>

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1		Against Evil Company
2		Against Idleness and Mischief
3		Against Lying
4		Against Quarreling and Fighting
5		Against Scoffing and Calling Names
6		Examples of Early Piety
7		Hymn 1
8		Hymn 10
9		Hymn 100
10		Hymn 101
11		Hymn 102
12		Hymn 103
13		Hymn 104
14		Hymn 105
15		Hymn 106
16		Hymn 107
17		Hymn 108
18		Hymn 109
19		Hymn 11
20		Hymn 110

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"For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do."
Isaac Watts (1674-1748), British hymn-writer. Against Idleness and Mischief, st. 3, Divine Songs for Children (1715). A similar thought was expressed in one of the Scottish Proverbs collected by John Ray in 1719; variations of the saying have been traced back as far as St Jerome (c. 342-420).

"Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away: our life's a dream,..."
Isaac Watts (1674-1748), British hymn-writer. Published in The Sacred Harp (1991). "Death, like an overflowing stream," l. 1-2 (1709).

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Vikram Aarella - The Poem Shooter (6/1/2006 2:59:00 PM)
It's really astonishing that Watts has written so may good poems,

Naomi Burdett (5/5/2005 10:48:00 AM)
i just wanted to say WOW so many poems. how do you do it. serch for mine

Naomi Burdett

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Isaac Watts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isaac Watts (July 17, 1674 – November 25, 1748) is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Watts

HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE
Biography and hymns of Isaac Watts (1674-1748) ... Isaac Watts, D.D., pastor of a Church of Christ in London, successor to the Rev. Joseph Carlyl, Dr. John ...
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/w/a/t/watts_i.htm

Isaac Watts Preacher, Poet, Hymn Writer - Christian Biography ...
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) was founder of English hymnody.
http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpwatts.html

Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts was born in 1674, the eldest of eight children, .... Isaac Watts was unusual in many respects. A short man (five feet tall), his frail body was ...
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