Grace, The Fountain Of All Good

Grace, the fountain of all good

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: ORMESBY
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Grace, the fountain of all good,
Ye happy saints, receive,
With the streams of peace overflowèd
With all that God can give;
He who is, and was, in peace
And grace, and plenitude of power,
Come your favored souls to bless,
And never leave you more!

2 Let the Spirit before His throne
Mysterious one and seven,
In His various gifts sent down,
Be to the churches given;
Let the pure seraphic joy
From Jesus Christ the Just descend,
Holiness without alloy,
And bliss which ne’er shall end.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #9927

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: Grace, the fountain of all good
Title: Grace, The Fountain Of All Good
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.8.7.6
Source: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture, (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762 ) Vol. II
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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