Isaac Watts Quotes

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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.

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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.

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Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.

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There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there.

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When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.

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Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
To mourn, and murmur and repine,
To see the wicked placed on high,
In pride and robes of honor shine.
But oh, their end, their dreadful end,
Thy sanctuary taught me so,
On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.

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What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.

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Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.

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Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.

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How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen.

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The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-goat, The Damsel with the Watering-pot, The Fish with glittering tails.

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Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.

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Death like a narrow sea divides
This heavenly land from ours.

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Birds in their little nests agree
And 'tis a shameful sight,
When children of one family
Fall out, and chide, and fight.

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The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.

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

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There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.

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Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

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Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.

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Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.

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Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

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And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.

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Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.

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Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul;
The mind's the standard of the man.

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Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they.

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Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.

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Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.

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Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, and sound his power abroad; sing the sweet promise of His grace, the love and truth of God.

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Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone.
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.

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

Isaac Watts