Author:Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts
(1674–1748)

Isaac Watts

Works

Books

• The Improvement of the Mind IA 1, IA 2
• Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707 (transcription project)
• Logic, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as in the SciencesIA
• A Short View of the Whole Scripture History: With a Continuation of the Jewish Affairs From the Old Testament Till the Time of Christ; and an Account of the Chief Prophesies that Relate to HimIA
• Horæ Lyricæ: Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind (1706)
• Psalms of David: imitated in the language of the New Testament, and apply'd to the Christian state and worship (1719)
• Sermons on various subjects (1721)
• The knowledge of the heavens and the earth made easy: or, the first principles of astronomy and geography (1728)
• Reliquiæ juveniles: miscellaneous thoughts in prose and verse, on natural, moral and divine subjects; written chiefly in younger years (1734)
• Watts's Compleat Spelling-Book (1737)
• Divine Songs for the Use of Children (1847)

Hymns

• "Alas! and did my Saviour bleed" (1707)
• "Am I a Soldier of the Cross" (1724)
• "Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs" (1707)
• "Come, We Who Love the Lord" (1709)
• "Cradle Hymn"
• "From All That Dwell Below the Skies" (1762)
• "He Died! The Great Redeemer Died!" (1832)
• "Hosanna to the Royal Son" (1707)
• "Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun" (1719)
• "John Was The Prophet Of The Lord" (1707)
• "Joy to the World" (1709)
• "Let Every Mortal Ear Attend" (1707)
• "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (1719)
• "There Is a Land of Pure Delight" (1707)
• "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" (1707)
• "Who dares attempt th' Eternal name" (1705)

Poems

• Against Idleness and Mischief
• The Christian Mother's Cradle Hymn
• Innocent Play
• Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite
• Love Between Brothers and Sisters
• The Sluggard

Sources

• The Church Hymn book 1872, edited by Edwin F. Hatfield, New York and Chicago, USA. (Contains severel hundreds of Watts hymns)

Works about Watts

• "Watts" in The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1783), by Samuel Johnson, pp.254-267.
• "Watts, Isaac," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Watts, Isaac," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Watts, Isaac," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)