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Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?
Isaac Watts
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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.
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Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.
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Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night.
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Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.
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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
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Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason abate some degree of pride and moroseness.
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Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.
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Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.
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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.
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From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise ariseLet the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.
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A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
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There's no repentance in the grave.
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What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
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Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
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The passions are the gales of life and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.
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For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
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No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
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For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.
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