Isaac Watts; his life and writings, his homes and friends

PORTRAIT OF DR. WATTS.
PRESENTED BY MISS ABNEY TO DR. WILLIAMS’ LIBRARY.

His Life and Writings,
HIS HOMES AND FRIENDS .
“Few men have left behind such purity of character, or such monuments of laborious piety. He has provided instruction for all ages, from those who are lisping their first lessons to the enlightened readers of Malebranche and Locke; he has left neither corporeal nor spiritual nature unexamined; he has taught the art of reasoning and the science of the stars.”— Dr. Johnson.
“The Independents, as represented by Dr. Watts, have a just claim to be considered the real founders of modern English hymnody.”— Lord Selborne.
LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, 56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul’s Churchyard; and 164, Piccadilly. MANCHESTER: CORPORATION STREET. BRIGHTON: WESTERN ROAD.


Most men who have left behind them a name so universally honoured and beloved as that of Isaac Watts have shone in many biographies; he reverses the rule, and really has more monuments in stone erected to his memory than there have been readable biographies to record the transactions of his life.