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Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ...

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The Improvement of the Mind to Which Are Added a Discourse on the Education of Children

Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things our own meditation...

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For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.

Let me be dressed fine as I will Flies worms and flowers exceed me still.

Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour And gather honey all the day From every open...

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How shall polluted mortals dare To sing Thy glory or Thy grace Beneath Thy feet we lie afar And se...

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Hush my dear lie still and slumber! Holy angels guard they bed! Heavenly blessings without number ...

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Once a day....call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have g...

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

Hush my dear lie still and slumber Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number G...

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To be angry about trifles is mean and childish to rage and be furious is brutish and to maintain p...

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One glance of Thine creates a day.

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.

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Isaac Watts

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Born: 1674-07-17

Died: 1748-11-25

Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English theologian, logician, and a prolific and popular hymnwriter. Known as the "Father of English Hymnody" he is credited with some 750 hymns, many of which remain in active use today.More