Analysis of Hymn 4 part 2

Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)



The inward witness to Christianity.

1 Jn. 5:10.

Questions and doubts be heard no more,
Let Christ and joy be all our theme;
His Spirit seals his gospel sure,
To every soul that trusts in him.

Jesus, thy witness speaks within;
The mercy which thy words reveal
Refines the heart from sense and sin,
And stamps its own celestial seal.

'Tis God's inimitable hand
That molds and forms the heart anew;
Blasphemers can no more withstand,
But bow, and own thy doctrine true.

The guilty wretch that trusts thy blood
Finds peace and pardon at the cross;
The sinful soul, averse to God,
Believes and loves his Maker's laws.

Learning and wit may cease their strife,
When miracles with glory shine;
The voice that calls the dead to life
Must be almighty and divine.


Scheme X A XXXX ABAB CACX XXXX DADA
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010100 1 10011111 110111101 11011101 110011101 10110101 01011101 01011101 01110101 11010001 11010101 111101 11011101 01011111 11010101 01010111 01011101 10011111 11001101 01110111 11010001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 739
Words 137
Sentences 9
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. more…

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