Isaac Watts was an English singer and hymn writer known for shaping early Christian music. He wrote over 750 hymns, many of which are still sung today in churches around the world. His most famous ...

Isaac Watts was an influential English hymn writer and theologian, often called the Father of English Hymnody. Watts revolutionized hymn writing by moving away from Psalms and creating hymns that ...

Before Captain Ahab sets sail in quest of the white whale, a “small choice copy of Watts [is placed] in each seaman’s berth” by the sister of one of the Pequod’s owners. In 1851, nearly every reader ...