WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS

WRITER FACTS

• Born on July 17, 1674
• Died November 25, 1748
• Born in Southampton, UK
• Composed Joy to the World

MORE FACTS

• He composed the song when he was a teenager
• because his dad was yelling at him to make something better
• then the songs they had.

EVEN MORE FACTS...

• Isaac wrote over 700 hymns earning
• The title The father of English hymnody
• His famous textbook on logic had twenty editions
• He grew up in a family of religious Nonconformists and his father was twice imprisoned for his beliefs.