Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >
Translator: Henry Godden Jackson
Born: January 1, 1838, Manchester, Indiana.
Died: November 12, 1914.
A Methodist minister, Jackson and his wife Alice spent many years as missionaries in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Upon their return to America, they lived in the River Forest/Oak Park area of Chicago, Illinois.
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MELCOMBE was first used as an anonymous chant tune (with figured bass) in the Roman Catholic Mass and was published in 1782 in An Essay on the Church Plain Chant. It was first ascribed to Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d.…
TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…
Display Title: A Dios, Naciones, Dad LoorFirst Line: A Dios, naciones, dad loorTune Title: GERMANYAuthor: Henry G. Jackson; Isaac WattsScripture: Acts 8:4Date: 1978
Display Title: A Dios, Naciones, Dad LoorFirst Line: A Dios, naciones, dad loorTune Title: GERMANYAuthor: Henry G. Jackson; Isaac WattsScripture: Acts 8:4Date: 1978
Display Title: A Dios, naciones, dad loorFirst Line: A Dios, naciones, dad loorAuthor: Benjamín Alicea Lugo, b. 1952; Henry Godden Jackson, 1838-1914; Isaac Watts, 1675-1748Date: 2016Subject: Adoracióm | ; Worship |
Display Title: A Dios, Naciones, Dad LoorFirst Line: A Dios, naciones, dad loorTune Title: GERMANYAuthor: Henry G. Jackson, 1838-1914; Isaac Watts, 1674-1748