Quote#Money & Wealth
I would not change my native land
Quote byIsaac Watts · 1674–1748
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715), Song 5, "Praise for Birth and Education in a Christian Land", stanza 3. Cf. Psalms 119:72 (KJV): "The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.".
English (original)
I would not change my native land For rich Peru with all her gold. A nobler prize lies in my hand Than East or Western Indies hold.
— Isaac Watts
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Just as a tree cut down, that fell To north, or southward, there it lies: So man departs to heaven or hell, Fix'd in the state wherein he dies.
Whene'er I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see! What shall I render to my God For all his gifts to me?
Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul; The mind's the standard of the man.
Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace, And not to chance as others do, That I was born of Christian race, And not a Heathen, or a Jew.
There's not a place where we can flee, But God is present there.
A flower, when offered in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice.