This is the field, where hidden lies The pearl of price

This is the field, where hidden lies The pearl of price

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 23 hymnals

Author: Isaac Watts

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 >

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First Line: This is the field, where hidden lies The pearl of price
Author: Isaac Watts
Copyright: Public Domain

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Dyer's Psalmist #51

Hymns for Schools and Families #d488

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #335

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #198

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Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #67

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d443

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Mission Songs #165

Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d264

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Sunday School Hymn Book. (19th ed) #61

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The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #196

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The American School Hymn Book #CXII

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The American School Hymn Book. (New ed.) #CXII

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d401

The Harmoniad and Sacred Melodist #d136

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H19

The Sacred Minstrel #d104

The School Psalter #d291

The South Western Psalmist #d397

The Union Singing Book #d119

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The Union Singing Book #70c

Union Hymns. Rev. #d396

Union Hymns. Rev. #d409

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