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Isaac Watts, 1674 - 1748 English theologian Issac Watts was born in Southampton in 1674. He was educated at an academy of Dissenters at Stoke Newington, which is now part of London. He spent many years as a tutor, preacher, and assistant pastor and in 1702, became minister of a Dissenting church in mostrar más London. Watts wrote books on theological subjects, such as "Scripture History" (1732), and a collection of religious poems titled "Horae Lyricae" (1706). He also published two hymn collections, "Hymns" (1707; 2nd edition 1709), and "The Psalms of David" (1719). Among his hymns still sung are "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past." (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(New York, 1906)
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Obras de Isaac Watts

A Guide to Prayer (1715) 192 copias
The Psalms of David (1795) 58 copias
The World to Come (1836) 34 copias
Joy! G-7393 1 copia

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English Poetry, Volume I: From Chaucer to Gray (1910) — Contribuidor — 525 copias
Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985) — Contribuidor — 277 copias
Classic Hymns & Carols (2012) — Contribuidor — 15 copias
Carols & capers [sound recording] (1991) — Lyrics — 5 copias
Portraits of Christmas (1990) — Lyricist — 3 copias

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Nombre canónico
Watts, Isaac
Fecha de nacimiento
1674-07-17
Fecha de fallecimiento
1748-11-25
Lugar de sepultura
Bunhill Fields cemetery, London, England
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
País (para mapa)
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
Southhampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Lugar de fallecimiento
Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Educación
King Edward VI School, Southampton, UK
Dissenting Academy, Newington Green, London
Ocupaciones
minister
schoolmaster
Biografía breve
Iaasc Watts was an invalid schoolmaster who wrote over 500 hymns. He acquired his gift of poetry from his father, a Southhampton schoolmaster. He became a tutor when he grew up, and then a minister, and received the degree of doctor of divinity from a Scottish university. He was taken ill when thirty-eight years old, and went for a rest at the home of Sir Thomas Abney at Theobalds, which he never left till he died, thirty-six years later. --- Adapted from The Writers of the Hymns, The Book of Knowledge (1912) Vol. VII, page 1998.

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Watts is probably best known for his hymn writing, but this is a helpful book on a wide range of topics. Many of his points are worth repeating and I think chapter 1 is well worth a read.

From chapter 1 he says, “Presume not too much upon a bright genius, a ready wit, and good parts; for this without labor and study will never make a man of knowledge.” He goes on to say that a large quantity of reading and strong memory do not make one wise. He counsels students to not lean on their own wisdom, but to trust in God and ask him for guidance in all things (Prov. 3:5, 7). It is his providence that can direct a thought or conversation to be more useful than a month’s solitary study. Therefore, a man ought to “let industry and devotion join together.” In chapter 4, he says, “a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram themselves in vain with intellectual food, and without real improvement of their minds, for want of digesting it by proper reflections.”

After Watts lists out some general rules in chapter 1, he plunges into the real matter of his writing. He talks on the methods of improving the mind (observation, reading, lectures, conversation and study), then moves on to topics like reading and judging books, improvement by conversation, debating, meditation, fixing the attention, improving the memory, determining whether a topic is worth pursuing, benefits of poetry and the natural sciences. Part 2 dives into how to best instruct others in the truth.

It is a unique work and I’ve never read anything quite like it. Sometimes, it can feel a bit tedious due to the older style language, but I found it both enjoyable and profitable overall. It also happens to be available for free on the world wide web!
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joshcrouse3 | 4 reseñas más. | Sep 17, 2021 |
First appearing in 1715, Isaac Watts' Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, which has also been published as Divine and Moral Songs for Children, as well as just Divine Songs, was one of the most popular English-language collections of children's poetry and hymns throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. It attempts to educate children on the conduct that Watts, a Congregationalist minister, considered proper to a young Christian. In his preface the author describes the four advantages of using the medium of poetry to teach children, and then he presents twenty-eight hymns and two sonnets, all on moral themes. From giving thanks to God for his creation, to praising the fact that one was born in a Christian country, from warning against fighting and name-calling to cautions about the evils of swearing, many topics are covered by Watts in his slim volume. One of the most enduringly famous of his poems is "Song XX - Against Idleness and Mischief," which begins:

"How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!"


Many readers will perceive, in this poem, the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's parody verse, "How Doth the Little Crocodile," which appears in the Victorian classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. British and American children of the 18th and 19th centuries were made to memorize these poems, and they crop up in all sorts of places, in addition to Carroll's work. Song XVII, which warns against fighting amongst siblings, contains the line: "Birds in their little nests agree," which any reader of Louisa May Alcott's American children's classic, Little Women, will immediately recognize as a line spoken by Beth March during an argument between her sisters. These and other connections make Watts' book a fascinating read for those with an interest in children's books. It was an assigned tex, in fact, in one of my masters courses, on early children's literature. I have seen some reviewers comparing it unfavorably to more recent children's titles, and it certainly won't be to the taste of most of today's adults, let alone children. That said, it is an important book, in the history of Anglophone children's literature, and it paved the way for later works. Recommended to those interested in religious Christian children's books, and/or 18th-century English children's literature.
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AbigailAdams26 | 3 reseñas más. | May 24, 2020 |
Ex libris Thatcher Magown, Jr., Medford, Sep. 14, 1818.
 
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ME_Dictionary | otra reseña | Mar 20, 2020 |
3 vols. Hymns gathered at the end of each volume.
 
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