148 Quotes by Isaac Watts

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

The Great God values not the service of men, if the heart be not in it: The Lord sees and judges the heart; he has no regard to outward forms of worship, if there be no inward adoration, if no devout affection be employed therein. It is therefore a matter of infinite importance, to have the whole heart engaged steadfastly to God.

No, I’ll repine at death no more, But with a cheerful gasp resign To the cold dungeon of the ground These dying, withering limbs of mine. Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust: – My God shall raise my frame anew, At the revival of the just.

The Word of God and the grace of Christ in the promises are our daily support, and the constant nourishment of our souls.