Issac watts biography video

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in November 1748, Isaac Watts was called to his eternal rest.

He left behind some 600 hymns, many of them paraphrases of the Psalms and other portions of Scripture, but all written in the language of the new covenant and explicitly bringing the person and work of Christ into sung congregational praise.

Graham Beynon explores the life of Isaac Watts and draws some lessons for us in our context.

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Born July 27, , in Southhampton, England, Isaac Watts became one of the world's most prolific hymn writers.

Isaac Watts wrote over hymns, including favorites such as O God Our Help in Ages Past, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, and Joy to the.

Child prodigy, poet and writer Isaac Watts, who wrote "When I survey the wondrous cross" - wanted to help people to *think*.

He wrote other works too, including Divine and Moral Songs for Children, which has sold seven million copies and is still in print.

Isaac was born into a godly home in Southampton on 17 July 1674. His father was a schoolmaster and was temporarily imprisoned for his faith at the time of Isaac’s birth.

Isaac was small and sickly, but well cared for in body and in soul. The influence of his home upon him was enormous, and at the age of six he composed some verses that showed not only his poetic gift but his appreciation of sound doctrine.

The verses are an acrostic on his name.

‘I am a vile polluted lump of earth

So I’ve continu’d ever s