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In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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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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So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.
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Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food our house, our parent, and our nurse.
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Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.
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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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Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.
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Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
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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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Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
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I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
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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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Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?
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When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
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What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.
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Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
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Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
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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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Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
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