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Everyday is a birthday every moment of it is new to us we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Southampton
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Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.
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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
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Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
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In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.
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