Loading... Please wait...A helpful and practical guide to prayer, which Watts describes as 'conversation with God above while we are here below'. From the author of such well-loved hymns as 'When I Survey the Wondrous Cross' and 'O God, Our Help in Ages Past'. AuthorIsaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748), is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English hymnwriter, credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in active use today and have been translated into many languages.