Meet Issac Watts ”the father of English Hymnody,” 1674-1748 Among his hymns in our current hymnal are Now thank we all our God, Jesus Shall Reign, O God Thy Table Now is Spread gn and about 14 others.

                                        Psalm 137:4

How 

can 

we 

sing 

the 

Lord’s song 

upon an alien soil?