Isaac Watts Quotes


When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.


Citations

Watts, Isaac. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. J. Humfreys, 1707, p. 175.

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Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts
  • Born: July 17, 1674
  • Died: November 25, 1748
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Hymnwriter, Theologian

Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages.