Phss Session 09e: Isaac Watts
While you watch the video of session 09e, take this quiz.
- 1.What was so unusual about Watts' contribution to congregational singing that he might be known as the "Father of English Hymnody?" (choose one)
- A.
Anglicans were conservative Calvinists who sang only from the psalter, so Watts not only contributed strong texts, but helped to propel a new genre.
- B.
Dissenters were conservative Calvinists who sang only from the psalter, so Watts not only contributed strong texts, but helped to propel a new genre.
- C.
No one in England had thought to create hymns before, except for Benjamin Keach, and no one sang what Keach wrote.
- D.
The anthropocentric focus of Watts' hymns heralded a new age of feel-good hymns that would dominate the church music scene for generations to come.
- 2.What is the first major collection of congregational materials that Watts wrote?
- A.
A collection of children's songs
- B.
The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration
- C.
A treatise on diverse subjects pertaining to the acclimation of psalms and hymns and spiritual songs
- D.
The Psalms of David Imitated
- 3.Of hymns that Watts wrote, identify six that are still in common use in evangelical churches today. (choose six)
- A.
How Great is Our God
- B.
Alas and did my Saviour bleed
- C.
Age to age He stands
- D.
Jesus shall reign
- E.
When I survey the wondrous cross
- F.
Name above all names
- G.
I sing the mighty power of God
- H.
O God our help in ages past
- I.
The Godhead three in one
- J.
Joy to the world the Lord is come
- K.
Beginning and the end
- 4.What is the textual source for the text of "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun?" (choose one)
- A.
Psalm 72
- B.
Psalm 98
- C.
The Apocrypha
- D.
The New Testament
- 5.What is the second major collection of hymns that Watts wrote? (choose one)
- A.
The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration
- B.
The Bible
- C.
The Psalms of David Imitated
- D.
Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for Children
- 6.What problems did the Anglican church have with hymn singing, causing it to be forbidden until 1820? (choose as many as apply)
- A.
Once you allow people the freedom of private interpretation, they could fall into heresy.
- B.
Hymn singers tended to be uneducated and unrefined, and therefore seemed less godly.
- C.
Hymn singers tended to be given to excess and enthusiasm, and therefore seemed to lack self-restraint.
- D.
Many hymns were addressed directly to Jesus, rather than the Father.
- E.
Many hymns depicted Jesus as being far more personal and compassionate than God the Father was seen as being.
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