Hymn(ist) History - Isaac Watts | Father of English Hymnody

[@guyrobertson9095]

These videos have come a long way. I watched the earliest hymn history video and then watched this one, much improved. Thanks for the series, hope we continue it!

[@EnHymn]

It was a lot of fun! Thanks for the encouragement!

[@jothamaquino2416]

Amen! I really learned a lot!! God bless you bro.

[@EnHymn]

Awesome, glad it was helpful. God bless you

[@rebeccasuerdieck5083]

This is great! Thank you!

[@EnHymn]

I'm so glad this was useful! Appreciate the encouragement, thank you!

[@richardthenryvideos]

Great video. Thanks for the desire to tell the world of the glorious heritage of the Christian Church. Watts was indeed a genius all star

[@EnHymn]

Thanks, Richard! Appreciate the encouragement.

[@lindawhite1943]

Yes! Yes! I echo these sentiments...by leaps and bounds! Thank the Lord for this!!

[@EnHymn]

Thanks again, Linda! I thank the Lord for you today and the encouraging nature God created you with, God bless you!

[@beverlytaylor7210]

Thus was fabulous. Thank you

[@EnHymn]

I’m so glad, thanks for the encouragement!

[@meredithoesting5605]

I recently purchased a book of Isaac Watt's hymns and have been trying to learn from him in some small way, how to express the deep truths of God's Word in modern worship. This video was so helpful! Thank You

[@EnHymn]

That's awesome! Love your heart here! If there are any revelations you learn from your studies I'd be interested to hear them, appreciate your encouragement

[@AJMundell]

This is an awesome video! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@EnHymn]

Appreciate the kind words! Have a Merry Christmas!

[@AJMundell]

@@EnHymn And you as well! Unto us, a child is born, and what a wonderful child He is!

[@andrewhannah9704]

I've always thought that "When I survey" was the most beautiful hymn ever written. I'm delighted to know that Charles Wesley agrees with me.

[@EnHymn]

Haha, absolutely! 💯

[@pastoresortega8611]

Excellent information, Thanks!!

[@EnHymn]

Very much appreciate the encouragement, thank you

[@musicst4r2012]

Nice to see you again JR. I had forgotten that you had done a study on this

[@EnHymn]

Hey Rachel! Good to hear from you, hope all is well, love to hear what’s going on in your world these days

[@georgeptolemy7260]

I couldn't begin to know how to do KZbin videos in terms of knowing how to comport myself on camera but focus more on the subject and less on humor that may or not be there. God bless brother.

[@EnHymn]

Sure, appreciate the feedback. 👍

[@georgeptolemy7260]

@@EnHymn Absolutely, I do love the history of this series and hope you continue.

[@EnHymn]

Of course! I've taken a hiatus, but should be back on track pretty soon with some new stuff. Thanks for watching!

[@lindawhite1943]

Truly, I appreciate your delivery style...your exuberance/ your feelings about the strong words of truth in old hymns which modern-day songwriters remove. God have mercy. Keep up the good work!

[@EnHymn]

Thank you so much! - I couldn’t agree more that the truth in these texts are so important. Appreciate the encouragement!

[@franklyworship1032]

just binged all these video great fun great entertainment great info thank you

[@EnHymn]

Awesome! Thanks for the encouragement! Didn't see you comment on the others, what did you think???

[@shellibrim8104]

great job... appreciate the information

[@EnHymn]

Thanks for the encouragement, appreciate you, have a great weekend! 🙏🎉

[@shellilott9319]

Good video - thank you!

[@EnHymn]

Appreciate the encouragement! God bless

[@kameronmathis1909]

Can you do a video on Bishop C.P. Jones' hymns

[@EnHymn]

Great recommendation!! I want you to know I went down a massive rabbit hole trying to understand the difference between the Church of Christ that I was more familiar with, the ones that don't use instruments, with the Church of Christ Holiness denomination of CP Jones. It's been informative and fun studying this so far, so thank you!

[@EnHymn]

What was your favorite hymn writer we talked about? Which was your favorite video? (Did they match up?) Thanks for all your support! 🙏

[@franklyworship1032]

i think i liked charles wesley the best out of these all

[@EnHymn]

@@franklyworship1032 that was a good one :)

[@lestergreen2828]

Great vid. I’m directly related to him!

[@EnHymn]

No way!!! Cool! Thanks for sharing, hope you have a blessed day

[@lestergreen2828]

@@EnHymn thanks man! You too. Yeah, I need to go see the statue of him in Southampton someday

[@OfficialSonOfRock]

Today we sing such unscriptural, out of context hymns. This is a great tragedy. Song writers pick and choose what verses of Psalms to sing. They only sing the flowery verses, and stop short of singing the entire psalm in context. For example, Maranatha singers have a song by the name of Psalm 5. But they only sing the first few verses of that Psalm because those verses trickle the ears. But when it comes to God's views of sin and the sinner - They don't sing that. Hundreds of years of such practices have led to GREAT corruption within the church. Surely, Isaac Watts did a great deal of damage. We need to get back to the way it originally was - sing the Psalms, the whole Psalms. And nothing but the Psalms.

[@EnHymn]

I largely agree with the premise that you've put forward. I agree that it is unacceptable that we only choose to sing the most watered down verses and ignore verses on judgement and sin. It all should have a place in our worship. That said... Is there then no use for spiritual song in the worship of the church? Also, not all Psalms are fit to sing. Shall we sing of dashing our enemy's babies against the rocks? (Psalm 137... no) We pick and choose Psalms to set. And there's a reason for that. It's hard to put the blame on Watts for what contemporary artists are doing, although he may have been an early trendsetter. Let me think more on that. There's a family named the Getty's that are leading a return to "singing the scriptures," although they write scriptural paraphrase and spiritual song also. Is that something you've looked at and have an opinion on?

[@bbaer5442]

I have thought of this exact thing Why don’t we sing of the Fear of God Or our sinful states . These songs would be powerful

[@EnHymn]

Exactly! We can't shy away from the truth of our world that is sinful and in need of saving, and we can't forget how awesome God truly is, to fear the Lord.

[@sandidobberke9859]

Davis wrote about Christ I believe that David knew the holy spirit

[@EnHymn]

Absolutely! David wrote several messianic passages, and I believe all the beautiful poetry and divinely inspired insights he wrote are proof he was often filled with the holy spirit. Do you happen to have a favorite passage?

[@ugoernest3790]

❤️✋🏻

[@EnHymn]

Hey Ugo! Thanks for saying hello

[@kimberlyaguilar1313]

You’re really nice 👍🏻

[@EnHymn]

Thank you so much, Kimberly! Appreciate your encouragement, it's very kind of you. Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@amtc4ihs2005]

Wasn't Watts Reformed?

[@EnHymn]

That sounds right, certainly reformed theologians cite him and his writings enough! I know his first post as a minister was with a Church of Christ congregation in England. It’s been a minute since I’ve done a deep dive on Watts, let me look at my notes.

[@CHANGEministry]

Frances Havergal

[@EnHymn]

Yes! She wrote "Take My Life and Let It Be", don't know much more about her off the top of my head, but that would be fun

[@CHANGEministry]

Yes...also Elizabeth Hewitt...I am currently a Christian school principal and we are looking at hymn writers during our morning Chapels. Thanks for your posts...I will use your history for Chapel this week. Blessings

[@EnHymn]

That's very kind, thanks for the suggestions and the feedback! Blessings