Hood follows Isaac Watts from a dissenting childhood in Southampton through the academy at Stoke Newington, tutoring in the Hartopp household, his London pastorate and his long residence with the Abney family. Along the way he examines the hymns, the sacred poems and the prose works, and quotes letters from the circle of friends who loved him.
A warm Victorian life of the man behind “O God, Our Help in Ages Past,” for lovers of hymns and church history. Download the free EPUB.