The Psalms, Newly Paraphrased for the Service of the Sanctuary (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Psalms, Newly Paraphrased for the Service of the SanctuaryTo Tate and Brady succeeded Watts, in an increas ing ratio of excellence. Watts had the inspiration of poetry and piety, but the taste oi' the religious public must have been, in his time, still very low, we cannot otherwise account for the coarseness of diction, the harsh elisions, and the general negligence, which many of his efi'usions exhibit. Watts, too, was bound by the letter, and has comprehended in his version parts of the Psalms, which, shaped into metre, continue to make a waste ofpaper and printing for rarely, il'ever, are they used in public worship. He has also exposed himself to an opposite charge, where he abandons the letter, his interpretations are often in a stile of accommodation, only to be defended under that title of imitation which he has adopted, an imitation, however, at times, not a little dissonant from the original, and seldom productive of advantage, that would not better be supplied by um other branch of sacred poetry. Yet, be it remembered, this is the observation of one, who Would esteem it an honor to sit at the feet of Watts, the poet, long the only poet, of our Israel, many of whose sacred odes will be lasting as the language itself, of Watts, the philosopher, and the devoted servant of truth. Let him, that would judge of the merit of that sacred lyrist, transport him self to the times, when Sternhold and Hopkins, and the Scotch paraphrasts, When Tate and Brady, at the best, supplied the song to the churches of the living God, 'vatts Will then stand in his just preeminencefas an improver of the poetry and the spirituality of our lyric service, to a degree, which none that shall follow him will ever equal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.