Cristo Jesus com Poder Reinará

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Translator: Werner Kaschel

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Text Information

First Line: Cristo Jesus com poder reinará
Title: Cristo Jesus com Poder Reinará
English Title: Jesus Shall Reign Wher'er the Sun
Translator: Werner Kaschel (1990)
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: 10.10.10.8
Language: Portuguese
Publication Date: 1991
Notes: Paraphrase of Psalm 72
Copyright: Copyright translation 1990 JUERP. All rights reserved.

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DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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