148 Quotes by Isaac Watts

Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.

To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly, while the psalm is upon their lips, might even tempt a charitable observer to suspect the fervency of their inward religion.

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.

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

I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.

Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.

He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.

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.

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