Isaac Watts
Minister
Isaac Watts was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", and... Wikipedia
Born: July 17, 1674, Southampton, United Kingdom
Died: November 25, 1748 (age 74 years), Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom
Known for: "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"
Parents: Sarah Taunton and Isaac Watts
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Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Isaac Watts (1674–1748), English Nonconformist minister who is regarded as the father of English hymnody. His collections of hymns include ...
His writing, poetry and prose, was widely read and used for at least 150 years by believers and educators of all convictions in both Britain and America. Indeed ...
Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn ...
"Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.".
A prolific and popular hymn-writer, he is recognised as the 'Father of English Hymnody', credited with some 750 hymns. His book A Guide to Prayer is published ...
Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English pastor, preacher, poet, and hymn writer. He is often called the "Father of English Hymnody": he ...
Known as the "Father of English hymnody," Isaac Watts wrote approximately 600 hymns. He showed literary genius even as a boy. He was born to Isaac Watts, ...
Besides over 600 hymns, Watts published 52 other works, including a book of logic used in the universities, books on grammar, pedagogy, ethics, psychology, ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Widely recognized as the unrivaled father of English hymnody, Isaac Watts wrote more than a thousand hymns and psalm settings including O ...