The Singing Church: The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
CHAPTER XV
ISAAC WATTS AND HIS PERIOD 168 I THE HYMNIC NEED OF THE TIME. II THE LIFE OF WATTS. III WATTS AS A HYMN-WRITER. IV WATTS’ ARGUMENT FOR THE HYMN. V WATTS’ INSISTENCE ON PRACTICABILITY. VI THE INESTIMABLE VALUE OF WATTS’ HYMNS. VII CONTEMPORARIES OF WATTS.