Isaac Watts

“There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.”

“For Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.”

“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.”

“O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.”

“Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too.”

“Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight, When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.”

“To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils.”

“Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.”

“Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King.”

“The mind is the standard of the man.”

“A slumbering soul is an easy prey for the devil.”

“When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.”

“'Tis a lovely thing for youth to walk betimes in wisdom's way; to fear a lie, to speak the truth, that we may trust to all they say.”

“My God, my King, thy various praise Shall fill the remnant of my days.”

“Jesus shall reign where'er the sun does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more.”