1 Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above;
praise his name--I’m fixed upon it--
name of God's redeeming love.
2 Here I raise my Ebenezer,
hither by thy help I’ve come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
bought me with his precious blood.
3 O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee:
prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it;
seal it for thy courts above.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Come, thou Fount of every blessing |
| Title: | Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing |
| Author: | Robert Robinson (1758; alt.) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.D. |
| Scripture: | 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Ephesians 4:30; 1 Samuel 7:12; Psalm 46:4; Psalm 68:19; Luke 19:10 |
| Language: | English |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | NETTLETON |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.D. |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Traditional American melody; John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813 |