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One particular book, written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) and called Watts Psalms and Hymns and Bibles, was so popular that "Dr. Watts" became a term used to describe any hymn, whether or not it was composed by Watts. In 1801 a church minister named Richard Allen (1760-1831) published a collection of hymns for the use of his ...

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