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Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English pastor, preacher, poet, and hymn writer. He is often called the "Father of English Hymnody": he was the first popular English hymn writer. Because of his short height and large head, in all his portraits Isaac Watts wore a large gown.^[1] He wrote about 600 hymns including When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Am I a Soldier of the Cross, and Joy to the World.^[2] He is buried today in Bun­hill Fields Cem­etary, Lon­don, Eng­land.^[2]

Isaac Watts was born in 1674 as a small and sickly child.

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At this time, his father was in prison for being a nonconformist preacher.^[3] At that time in England, a man who did not preach the way the leaders of the Church of England thought about God could go to prison. Christians who were dissenters met secretly in fields and barns to hide from people who would report them.

Dissenters were fined for preaching anywhere if five or more