The living fount is flowing now

The living fount is flowing now

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [The living fount is flowing now]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 The living fount is flowing now,
Lord, help me enter in;
The stream from Calv’ry’s sacred brow
Shall take away my sin.

Refrain:
Saviour, I am coming to the cleansing blood,
Coming where the healing waters flow;
Wash me in the crimson flood,
And I shall be whiter than the snow.

2 Thy kind, inviting voice I heard,
Thy Spirit drew me near;
Now may thy reassuring word
Speak comfort, peace and cheer. [Refrain]

3 Sweet Mercy meets me at the cross,
And breathes of love divine;
Lord, free my heart from sinful dross,
And make me wholly thine. [Refrain]

4 Dear Saviour, keep me every hour,
When tides of blessing pour;
And safe beneath the fountain’s pow’r,
I’ll praise thee more and more. [Refrain]

Source: Glorious Praise: specially prepared for use in the prayer meeting, the church service, the young people's meetings, the Sunday school, the evangelistic and other religious gatherings #173

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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

Eliza Edmunds Hewitt, 1851-1920 Born: June 28, 1851, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. Died: Ap­ril 24, 1920, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. Buried: Wood­lands Cem­e­te­ry, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. Pseudonym: Li­die H. Ed­munds. After grad­u­a­tion from school, Eli­za be­gan teach­ing. How­ev­er, her ca­reer was cut short by a ser­i­ous spin­al prob­lem. She par­tial­ly re­cov­ered, but was an in­val­id most of her life. She then turned to hymn writ­ing, which ran in the fam­i­ly—her cou­sin was hymn­ist Ed­gar Stites. Eliza lived all her life in Phil­a­del­phia, where she was Sun­day School sup­er­in­tend­ent at the North­ern Home for Friend­less ChildÂ… Go to person page >

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First Line: The living fount is flowing now
Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Refrain First Line: Savior, I am coming
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