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HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 174 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Crüger Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 11175 12334 22345 Used With Text: Ah, Holy Jesus
HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended
Author: Johann Heermann; Robert Seymour Bridges Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 139 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that mortal judgment has on you descended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted!
2 Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
It is my treason, Lord, that has undone you.
'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you;
I crucified you.
3 For me, dear Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation;
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.
4 Therefore, dear Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving.
Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Lent; Atonement; Commitment & Dedication; Confession of Sin; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Suffering of Christ Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-6 Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended
Herzliebster Jesu
Author: Johann Heerman Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 67 hymnals First Line: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen Lyrics: 1 Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen,
Daß man ein solch scharf Urteil hat gesprochen?
Was ist die Schuld? In was für Missetaten
Bist du geraten?
2 Du wirst verspeit, geschlagen und verhöhnet,
Gegeißelt und mit Dornen scharf gekrönet,
Mit Essig, als man dich ans Kreuz gehenket,
Wirst du getränket.
3 Was ist die Ursach’ aller solcher Plagen?
Ach, meine Sünden haben dich geschlagen!
Ich, ach Herr Jesu, habe dies verschuldet,
Was du erduldet.
4 Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe!
Der gute Hirte leidet für die Schafe,
Die Schuld bezahlt der Herre, der Gerechte,
Für seine Knechte.
5 Der Fromme stirbt, so recht und richtig wandelt;
Der Böse lebt, so wider Gott misshandelt;
Der Mensch verwirkt den Tod und ist entgangen,
Gott wird gefangen.
6 Ich war von Fuß auf voller Schand’ und Sünden,
Bis zu dem Scheitel war nichts Gut’s zu finden;
Dafür hätt’ ich dort in der Hölle müßen
Ewiglich büßen.
7 O große Lieb’, o Lieb’ ohn’ alle Maße,
Die dich gebracht auf diese Marterstraße!
Ich lebte mit der Welt in Lust und Freuden,
Und du mußt leiden.
8 Ach, großer König, groß zu allen Zeiten,
Wie kann ich g’nugsam solche Treu’ ausbreiten!
Kein menschlich Herze mag sich dies ausdenken,
Was dir zu schenken.
9 Ich kann’s mit meinen Sinnen nicht erreichen,
Mit was doch dein Erbarmen zu vergleichen;
Wie kann ich dir denn deine Liebestaten
Im Werk erstatten?
10 Doch ist noch etwas, das dir angenehme:
Wenn ich des Fleisches Lüste dämpf’ und zähme,
Daß sie aufs neu’ mein Herze nicht entzünden
Mit alten Sünden.
11 Weil aber dies nicht steht in eignen Kräften,
Dem Kreuze die Begierden anzuheften,
So gib mir deinen Geist, der mich regiere,
Zum Guten führe!
12 Alsdann so werd’ ich deine Huld betrachten,
Aus Lieb’ zu dir die Welt für nichts erachten.
Ich werde mich bemühen, deinen Willen
Stets zu erfüllen.
13 Ich werde dir zu Ehren alles wagen,
Kein Kreuz nicht achten, keine Schmach noch Plagen,
Nichts von Verfolgung, nichts von Todesschmerzen
Nehmen zu Herzen.
14 Dies alles, ob’s für schlecht zwar ist zu schätzen,
Wirst du es doch nicht gar beiseite setzen.
In Gnaden wirst du dies von mir annehmen,
Mich nicht beschämen.
15 Wenn dort, Herr Jesu, wird vor deinem Throne
Auf meinem Haupte stehn die Ehrenkrone,
Da will ich dir, wenn alles wird wohl klingen,
Lob und Dank singen. Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Herzliebster Jesu
Now God Be with Us
Author: P. Herbert Appears in 192 hymnals First Line: Now God be with us, for the night is closing Used With Tune: [Now God be with us, for the night is closing]
Now God Be with Us
Herzliebster Jesu
Author: Johann Heermann Hymnal: Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #81 (2014) First Line: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen Lyrics: 1 Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen,
daß man ein solch scharf Urteil hat gesprochen?
Was ist die Schuld, in was für Missetaten
bist du geraten?
2 Du wirst gegeißelt und mit Dorn gekrönet,
ins Angesicht geschlagen und verhöhnet,
du wirst mit Essig und mit Gall getränket,
ans Kreuz gehenket.
3 Was ist doch wohl die Ursach solcher Plagen?
Ach, meine Sünden haben dich geschlagen;
ich, mein Herr Jesu, hab dies verschuldet,
was du erduldet.
4 Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe!
Der gute Hirte leidet für die Schafe,
die Schuld bezahlt der Herre, der Gerechte,
für seine Knechte.
5 Der Fromme stirbt, der recht und richtig wandelt,
der Böse lebt, der wider Gott gehandelt;
der Mensch verdient den Tod und ist entgangen,
Gott wird gefangen.
6 O große Lieb, o Lieb ohn alle Maße,
die dich gebracht auf diese Marterstraße!
Ich lebte mit der Welt in Lust und Freuden,
und du mußt leiden.
7 Ach großer König, groß zu allen Zeiten,
wie kann ich g'nugsam solche Treu ausbreiten?
Keins Menschen Herz vermag es auszudenken,
was dir zu schenken.
8 Ich kann's mit meinen Sinnen nicht erreichen,
womit doch dein Erbarmung zu vergleichen;
wie kann ich dir denn deine Liebestaten
im Werk erstatten?
9 Ich werde dir zu Ehren Alles wagen,
kein Kreuz nicht achten, keine Schmach und Plagen,
nichts von Verfolgung, nichts von Todesschmerzen
nehmen zu Herzen.
10 Weil's aber nicht besteht in eignen Kräften,
fest die Begierden an das Kreuz zu heften,
so gib mir deinen Geist der mich regiere,
zum Guten führe.
11 Wann, o Herre Jesu, dort vor deinem Throne,
wird stehn auf meinen Haupt die Ehrenkrone,
da will ich dir, wenn alles wird wohl klingen,
Lob und Dank singen. Topics: Das Kirchenjahr Passion Languages: English Tune Title: [Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen]
Herzliebster Jesu
Herzliebster Jesu
Author: Johann Heerman Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13511 Meter: 11.11.11.5 First Line: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen Lyrics: 1 Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen,
Daß man ein solch scharf Urteil hat gesprochen?
Was ist die Schuld? In was für Missetaten
Bist du geraten?
2 Du wirst verspeit, geschlagen und verhöhnet,
Gegeißelt und mit Dornen scharf gekrönet,
Mit Essig, als man dich ans Kreuz gehenket,
Wirst du getränket.
3 Was ist die Ursach’ aller solcher Plagen?
Ach, meine Sünden haben dich geschlagen!
Ich, ach Herr Jesu, habe dies verschuldet,
Was du erduldet.
4 Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe!
Der gute Hirte leidet für die Schafe,
Die Schuld bezahlt der Herre, der Gerechte,
Für seine Knechte.
5 Der Fromme stirbt, so recht und richtig wandelt;
Der Böse lebt, so wider Gott misshandelt;
Der Mensch verwirkt den Tod und ist entgangen,
Gott wird gefangen.
6 Ich war von Fuß auf voller Schand’ und Sünden,
Bis zu dem Scheitel war nichts Gut’s zu finden;
Dafür hätt’ ich dort in der Hölle müßen
Ewiglich büßen.
7 O große Lieb’, o Lieb’ ohn’ alle Maße,
Die dich gebracht auf diese Marterstraße!
Ich lebte mit der Welt in Lust und Freuden,
Und du mußt leiden.
8 Ach, großer König, groß zu allen Zeiten,
Wie kann ich g’nugsam solche Treu’ ausbreiten!
Kein menschlich Herze mag sich dies ausdenken,
Was dir zu schenken.
9 Ich kann’s mit meinen Sinnen nicht erreichen,
Mit was doch dein Erbarmen zu vergleichen;
Wie kann ich dir denn deine Liebestaten
Im Werk erstatten?
10 Doch ist noch etwas, das dir angenehme:
Wenn ich des Fleisches Lüste dämpf’ und zähme,
Daß sie aufs neu’ mein Herze nicht entzünden
Mit alten Sünden.
11 Weil aber dies nicht steht in eignen Kräften,
Dem Kreuze die Begierden anzuheften,
So gib mir deinen Geist, der mich regiere,
Zum Guten führe!
12 Alsdann so werd’ ich deine Huld betrachten,
Aus Lieb’ zu dir die Welt für nichts erachten.
Ich werde mich bemühen, deinen Willen
Stets zu erfüllen.
13 Ich werde dir zu Ehren alles wagen,
Kein Kreuz nicht achten, keine Schmach noch Plagen,
Nichts von Verfolgung, nichts von Todesschmerzen
Nehmen zu Herzen.
14 Dies alles, ob’s für schlecht zwar ist zu schätzen,
Wirst du es doch nicht gar beiseite setzen.
In Gnaden wirst du dies von mir annehmen,
Mich nicht beschämen.
15 Wenn dort, Herr Jesu, wird vor deinem Throne
Auf meinem Haupte stehn die Ehrenkrone,
Da will ich dir, wenn alles wird wohl klingen,
Lob und Dank singen. Languages: German Tune Title: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Herzliebster Jesu
Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
Author: Joh. Heermann Hymnal: Haus-Choralbuch #11 (1887) Languages: German Tune Title: [Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen]
Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
John Bowring
1792 - 1872 Author of "From The Recesses Of A Lowly Spirit" in The Cyber Hymnal James Bowring was born at Exeter, in 1792. He possessed at an early age a remarkable power of attaining languages, and acquired some reputation by his metrical translations of foreign poems. He became editor of "The Westminster Review" in 1825, and was elected to Parliament in 1835. In 1849, he was appointed Consul at Canton, and in 1854, was made Governor of Hong Kong, and received the honour of knighthood. He is the author of some important works on politics and travel, and is the recipient of several testimonials from foreign governments and societies. His poems and hymns have also added to his reputation. His "Matins and Vespers" have passed through many editions. In religion he is a Unitarian.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872
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Bowring, Sir John, LL.D., a distinguished man of letters, was born at Exeter, Oct. 17, 1792. His studies extended to philology, poetry, politics, and other branches of learning, whilst as editor of the Westminster Review for some years (he received the appointment in 1825) he did considerable work as a reviewer. He held several official appointments under the Government as Commissioner to France on commercial matters (1831-5); British Consul at Hong Kong (1849); and Governor of Hong Kong (1854). He was twice Member of Parliament, and was knighted in 1854. He died Nov. 23rd, 1872. His published works are very numerous, and display an astonishing acquaintance with various languages. Those specially bearing on poetry include:—
(1) Russian Anthology, with Biographical and Critical notices of the Poets of Russia, 1821; (2) Specimens of the Russian Poets, 1823; (3) Ancient Poetry and Romance of Spain, 1824; (4) Batavian Anthology, or Specimens of Dutch Poets, 1824; (5) Servian Popular Poetry, 1821; (6) Specimens of Polish Poets, 1827; (1) Poetry of the Magyars, 1830; (8) History of the Poetical Literature of Bohemia, 1832, &c.
In addition to these works, which are mainly translations, Sir John Bowring wrote original verse. This was published interspersed with a few translations, as follows:—
(1) Matins and Vespers with Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces, Lond., 1823; 2nd edition, enlarged, 1824; 3rd edition, again enlarged, 1841; and the 4th, still further enlarged, in 1851. (2) Hymns: as a Sequel to the Matins, 1825. In addition he contributed to a few Unitarian hymnals, especially that of the Rev. J. R. Beard of Manchester, 1837. In that Collection many of the hymns added to the 3rd edition of Matins, &c, 1841, were first published A selection from these, together with a biographical sketch, was published by Lady Bowring in 1873, as a Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry. This work contains hymns from the Matins and Vespers, together with others from Periodicals, and from his manuscripts.
Of his hymns a very large percentage have come into common use. A few have been adopted by almost all denominations, as, "God is love, His mercy brightens;" "How sweetly flow'd the gospel sound;" "In the Cross of Christ I glory;" "Watchman, tell us of the night;"; and others, but the greater portion are confined to the Unitarian collections of Great Britain and America, of which denomination he was a member. In addition to the more important, which are annotated under their first lines, there are also the following in common use:—-
1. Clay to clay, and dust to dust. Burial. From his Hymns, 1825, into the Hymn & Tune Book, Boston, U.S., 1868, &c.
2. Come the rich, and come the poor. Divine Worship. Contributed to Beard's Collection, 1837, No. 290, and repeated in Bowring's Matins, &c., 3rd edition, 1841. It is in a few American collections.
3. Drop the limpid waters now. Holy Baptism. From Matins and Vespers, 3rd edition, 1841, into Kennedy, 1863.
4. Earth's transitory things decay. The Memory of the Just. From his Hymns, 1825, into Beard, 1837; the American Plymouth Collection, 1855; and the Songs for the Sanctuary, N.Y., 1865, &c.
5. Father, glorify Thy name. The Father glorified. Also from Hymns, 1825, into Beard, 1837; the Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, U.S., 1864, &c.
6. Father and Friend, Thy light, Thy love. Omnipresence. From Matins and Vespers, 2nd edition, 1824, into several collections, and sometimes in an abbreviated form.
7. Father of Spirits, humbly bent before Thee. Also in Hymns, 1825, and Dr. Martineau's Hymns of Praise & Prayer, 1873. In Longfellow and Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, U.S., 1864, it is given as, "Father of Spirits, gathered now before Thee."
8. From all evil, all temptation. Preservation implored. Contributed to Beard's Collection, 1837.
9. From the recesses of a lowly spirit. Prayer of trust. From Matins and Vespers, 1st edition, 1823, into several American collections.
10. Gather up, 0 earth, thy dead. Published in his Matins & Vespers, 3rd ed., 1841, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines and repeated, slightly altered, in Kennedy, 1863, No. 753.
11. Gently the shades of night descends Evening. A cento from his poem on "Sunday Evening," in the Matins, &c, 1st edition, 1823, p. 6. It is given in the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864; the Boston Hymn & Tune Book, 1868, and other collections.
12. How dark, how desolate. Hope. 1st published in his Matins, &c, 1823, p. 246. In Dr. Martineau's Hymns of Praise & Prayer, 1873, it is No. 515.
13. How shall we praise Thee, Lord of Light! Evening. A cento from the same poem as No. 7 above. It is given in the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and other American collections.
14. Lead us with Thy gentle sway. Divine Guidance desired. Hymns, 1825, into Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and others.
15. Lord, in heaven, Thy dwelling-place. Praise. Contributed to Beard's Collection, 1837, No. 70, repeated in the author's Matins, &c, 3rd edition 1841, p. 235, and given in a few American collections. In the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, it is altered to "Lord of every time and place."
16. 0 let my [thy] trembling soul be still. Resignation. From the 1st edition of the Matins, &c, 1823, p. 251, in 3 stanzas of 6 lines, into Beard's Collection, 1837; the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, and others. It is sometimes given as, "0 let thy," &c.
17. 0, sweet it is to feel and know. Monday Morning. A poem in 16 stanzas of 4 lines, given in his Matins, &c, 1823, p. 60. In 1837 stanzas i.-iii. were given in Beard's Collection as No. 448, and entitled "God near in sorrow." In the 3rd edition of the Matins, &c, 1841, this cento was repeated (p. 245), with the same title, notwithstanding the full poem was in the same book.
18. On the dust I'm doomed to sleep. Resurrection. Appeared in his Matins, &c, 1st edition, 1823, p. 252, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. In the 2nd edition, 1824, p. 232, it was altered to "In the dust," &c. This was repeated in 1841. In some hymnals it reads:—
19. The heavenly spheres to Thee, 0 God. Evening. This "Hymn to the Deity" appeared in the 2nd edition of his Matins, &c, 1824, pp. 235-6, in 4 stanzas of 4 double lines. It is also in the 3rd edition, 1841; the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864 and other American collections.
20. When before Thy throne we kneel. Divine Worship. From his Hymns, 1825, into Beard's Collection, 1837, No. 93; the Boston Hymn & Tune Book, 1868, No. 21, and others.
21. Where is thy sting, 0 death! Death. Also from the Hymns, 1825, into the same collections as No. 20 above.
It will be noted that Beard's Collection, 1837, is frequently named above. The full title of that hymnal is—
A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. Compiled by John R. Board, Lond., John Green, 1837.
The Rev. John Relly Beard was an Unitarian Minister in Manchester, and the collection is dedicated "To the Manchester Meeting of Ministers." It contained a large number of original hymns. Bowring contributed 82, of which 33 were published therein for the first time. Some of his hymns are of great merit, and most of them are characterised by great earnestness and deep devotion.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Bowring, Sir John, p. 166, i. In the article on Bowring the hymns numbered therein as 4 and 20 are stated to have appeared in his Hymns, 1825, but in error. The earliest date to which we can positively trace them is Beard's Collection, 1837. From the Hymns, 1825, we find, however, that the following are in modern hymnals:—
1. Our God is nigh. Divine Presence.
2. 'Tis not the gift; but 'tis the spirit. Outward and Inward Virtue.
3. When the storms of sorrow gather. God our Guide.
From the various editions of his Matins and Vespers additional hymns arc also in modern use:—
4. If all our hopes and all our fears. Heaven Anticipated. (1823.)
5. In Thy courts let peace be found. Public Worship. (1841.)
6. The offerings to Thy throne which rise. Heart Worship. (1824.)
7. Who shall roll away the stone? Easter. In Beard's Collection, 1837, and Matins & Vespers, 1841.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
John Bowring
Isaac Watts
1674 - 1748 Author of "When The Fierce North Wind" in The Cyber Hymnal 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 labours. He did not retire from ministerial duties, but preached as often as his delicate health would permit.
The number of Watts' publications is very large. His collected works, first published in 1720, embrace sermons, treatises, poems and hymns. His "Horae Lyricae" was published in December, 1705. His "Hymns" appeared in July, 1707. The first hymn he is said to have composed for religious worship, is "Behold the glories of the Lamb," written at the age of twenty. It is as a writer of psalms and hymns that he is everywhere known. Some of his hymns were written to be sung after his sermons, giving expression to the meaning of the text upon which he had preached. Montgomery calls Watts "the greatest name among hymn-writers," and the honour can hardly be disputed. His published hymns number more than eight hundred.
Watts died November 25, 1748, and was buried at Bunhill Fields. A monumental statue was erected in Southampton, his native place, and there is also a monument to his memory in the South Choir of Westminster Abbey. "Happy," says the great contemporary champion of Anglican orthodoxy, "will be that reader whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity, to copy his benevolence to men, and his reverence to God." ("Memorials of Westminster Abbey," p. 325.)
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.
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Watts, Isaac, D.D. The father of Dr. Watts was a respected Nonconformist, and at the birth of the child, and during its infancy, twice suffered imprisonment for his religious convictions. In his later years he kept a flourishing boarding school at Southampton. Isaac, the eldest of his nine children, was born in that town July 17, 1674. His taste for verse showed itself in early childhood. He was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew by Mr. Pinhorn, rector of All Saints, and headmaster of the Grammar School, in Southampton. The splendid promise of the boy induced a physician of the town and other friends to offer him an education at one of the Universities for eventual ordination in the Church of England: but this he refused; and entered a Nonconformist Academy at Stoke Newington in 1690, under the care of Mr. Thomas Rowe, the pastor of the Independent congregation at Girdlers' Hall. Of this congregation he became a member in 1693.
Leaving the Academy at the age of twenty, he spent two years at home; and it was then that the bulk of the Hymns and Spiritual Songs (published 1707-9) were written, and sung from manuscripts in the Southampton Chapel. The hymn "Behold the glories of the Lamb" is said to have been the first he composed, and written as an attempt to raise the standard of praise. In answer to requests, others succeeded. The hymn "There is a land of pure delight" is said to have been suggested by the view across Southampton Water. The next six years of Watts's life were again spent at Stoke Newington, in the post of tutor to the son of an eminent Puritan, Sir John Hartopp; and to the intense study of these years must be traced the accumulation of the theological and philosophical materials which he published subsequently, and also the life-long enfeeblement of his constitution.
Watts preached his first sermon when he was twenty-four years old. In the next three years he preached frequently; and in 1702 was ordained pastor of the eminent Independent congregation in Mark Lane, over which Caryl and Dr. John Owen had presided, and which numbered Mrs. Bendish, Cromwell's granddaughter, Charles Fleetwood, Charles Desborough, Sir John Hartopp, Lady Haversham, and other distinguished Independents among its members. In this year he removed to the house of Mr. Hollis in the Minories. His health began to fail in the following year, and Mr. Samuel Price was appointed as his assistant in the ministry. In 1712 a fever shattered his constitution, and Mr. Price was then appointed co-pastor of the congregation which had in the meantime removed to a new chapel in Bury Street. It was at this period that he became the guest of Sir Thomas Abney, under whose roof, and after his death (1722) that of his widow, he remained for the rest of his suffering life; residing for the longer portion of these thirty-six years principally at the beautiful country seat of Theobalds in Herts, and for the last thirteen years at Stoke Newington. His degree of D.D. was bestowed on him in 1728, unsolicited, by the University of Edinburgh. His infirmities increased on him up to the peaceful close of his sufferings, Nov. 25, 1748. He was buried in the Puritan restingplace at Bunhill Fields, but a monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey.
His learning and piety, gentleness and largeness of heart have earned him the title of the Melanchthon of his day. Among his friends, churchmen like Bishop Gibson are ranked with Nonconformists such as Doddridge. His theological as well as philosophical fame was considerable. His Speculations on the Human Nature of the Logos, as a contribution to the great controversy on the Holy Trinity, brought on him a charge of Arian opinions. His work on The Improvement of the Mind, published in 1741, is eulogised by Johnson. His Logic was still a valued textbook at Oxford within living memory. The World to Come, published in 1745, was once a favourite devotional work, parts of it being translated into several languages. His Catechisms, Scripture History (1732), as well as The Divine and Moral Songs (1715), were the most popular text-books for religious education fifty years ago. The Hymns and Spiritual Songs were published in 1707-9, though written earlier. The Horae Lyricae, which contains hymns interspersed among the poems, appeared in 1706-9. Some hymns were also appended at the close of the several Sermons preached in London, published in 1721-24. The Psalms were published in 1719. The earliest life of Watts is that by his friend Dr. Gibbons. Johnson has included him in his Lives of the Poets; and Southey has echoed Johnson's warm eulogy. The most interesting modern life is Isaac Watts: his Life and Writings, by E. Paxton Hood. [Rev. H. Leigh Bennett, M.A.]
A large mass of Dr. Watts's hymns and paraphrases of the Psalms have no personal history beyond the date of their publication. These we have grouped together here and shall preface the list with the books from which they are taken.
(l) Horae Lyricae. Poems chiefly of the Lyric kind. In Three Books Sacred: i.To Devotion and Piety; ii. To Virtue, Honour, and Friendship; iii. To the Memory of the Dead. By I. Watts, 1706. Second edition, 1709. (2) Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books: i. Collected from the Scriptures; ii. Composed on Divine Subjects; iii. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By I. Watts, 1707. This contained in Bk i. 78 hymns; Bk. ii. 110; Bk. iii. 22, and 12 doxologies. In the 2nd edition published in 1709, Bk. i. was increased to 150; Bk. ii. to 170; Bk. iii. to 25 and 15 doxologies. (3) Divine and Moral Songs for the Use of Children. By I. Watts, London, 1715. (4) The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And apply'd to the Christian State and Worship. By I. Watts. London: Printed by J. Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, &c, 1719. (5) Sermons with hymns appended thereto, vol. i., 1721; ii., 1723; iii. 1727. In the 5th ed. of the Sermons the three volumes, in duodecimo, were reduced to two, in octavo. (6) Reliquiae Juveniles: Miscellaneous Thoughts in Prose and Verse, on Natural, Moral, and Divine Subjects; Written chiefly in Younger Years. By I. Watts, D.D., London, 1734. (7) Remnants of Time. London, 1736.
454 Hymns and Versions of the Psalms, in addition to the centos are all in common use at the present time.
--Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Watts, I. , p. 1241, ii. Nearly 100 hymns, additional to those already annotated, are given in some minor hymn-books.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Watts, I. , p. 1236, i. At the time of the publication of this Dictionary in 1892, every copy of the 1707 edition of Watts's Hymns and Spiritual Songs was supposed to have perished, and all notes thereon were based upon references which were found in magazines and old collections of hymns and versions of the Psalms. Recently three copies have been recovered, and by a careful examination of one of these we have been able to give some of the results in the revision of pp. 1-1597, and the rest we now subjoin.
i. Hymns in the 1709 ed. of Hymns and Spiritual Songs which previously appeared in the 1707 edition of the same book, but are not so noted in the 1st ed. of this Dictionary:—
On pp. 1237, L-1239, ii., Nos. 18, 33, 42, 43, 47, 48, 60, 56, 58, 59, 63, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 93, 96, 99, 102, 104, 105, 113, 115, 116, 123, 124, 134, 137, 139, 146, 147, 148, 149, 162, 166, 174, 180, 181, 182, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 200, 202.
ii. Versions of the Psalms in his Psalms of David, 1719, which previously appeared in his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707:—
On pp. 1239, U.-1241, i., Nos. 241, 288, 304, 313, 314, 317, 410, 441.
iii. Additional not noted in the revision:—
1. My soul, how lovely is the place; p. 1240, ii. 332. This version of Ps. lxiv. first appeared in the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, as "Ye saints, how lovely is the place."
2. Shine, mighty God, on Britain shine; p. 1055, ii. In the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, Bk. i., No. 35, and again in his Psalms of David, 1719.
3. Sing to the Lord with [cheerful] joyful voice, p. 1059, ii. This version of Ps. c. is No. 43 in the Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707, Bk. i., from which it passed into the Ps. of David, 1719.
A careful collation of the earliest editions of Watts's Horae Lyricae shows that Nos. 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, p. 1237, i., are in the 1706 ed., and that the rest were added in 1709. Of the remaining hymns, Nos. 91 appeared in his Sermons, vol. ii., 1723, and No. 196 in Sermons, vol. i., 1721. No. 199 was added after Watts's death. It must be noted also that the original title of what is usually known as Divine and Moral Songs was Divine Songs only.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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