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Isaac Watts

1674–1748 · 43 public-domain hymns · free slides

Isaac Watts, often called the "Father of English Hymnody," broke from strict metrical-psalm singing to write freely composed hymns such as "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "Joy to the World," and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past." His paraphrases of the Psalms reshaped congregational song in the English-speaking church.

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Hymns by Isaac Watts

'Twas On That Dark, That Doleful Night OHP 3
Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed UMH 294
Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed UMH 359
Alas! and did my Saviour bleed? BHB 6
Am I a Soldier of the Cross UMH 511
Before Jehovah's Awful Throne SDA 82
Blest morning, whose first dawning rays BHB 370
Come, Holy Spirit SDA 269
Come, let us join our cheerful songs BHB 38
Come, We That Love the Lord UMH 732
From All That Dwell Below the Skies UMH 101
Give to Our god Immortal Praise SDA 106
Go, Preach My Gospel SDA 378
How Beauteous Are Their Feet SDA 372
I Sing the Almighty Power of God UMH 152
I Sing the Mighty Power of God OHP 69
I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath UMH 60
Jesus Invites His Saints SDA 409
Jesus Shall Reign UMH 157
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun BHB 403
Join all the glorious names BHB 342
Joy to the World UMH 246
Let Children Hear The Mighty Deeds OHP 93
Lo, What a Glorious Sight Appears SDA 446
Lord, I Have Made Thy Word My Choice SDA 273
Lord, in the Morning SDA 39
Marching to Zion UMH 733
My Maker and My King SDA 15
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need SDA 104
Nature With Open Volume Stands SDA 94
Not all the blood of beasts BHB 170
O God, Our Help SDA 103
O God, Our Help in Ages Past UMH 117
O That The Lord Would Guide My Ways OHP 134
Our God, Our Help In Ages Past OHP 144
Psalm 98 UMH 818b
This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made UMH 658
Unto the Lamb that was slain BHB 308
When I Can Read My Title Clear SDA 464
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross UMH 299
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross UMH 298
With joy we meditate the grace BHB 326
With Songs and Honors SDA 35