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NETTLETON

Composer: John Wyeth; Composer: Asahel Nettleton (1825)
Published in 96 hymnals

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Composer: John Wyeth

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Composer: Asahel Nettleton

Nettleton, Asahel, D.D., a well-known Connecticut evangelist, was born at North Killingworth, Connecticut, April 21, 1783, and educated at Yale College, graduating in 1809. In 1811 he was licenced to preach, receiving ordination in 1817. He never settled as a pastor with any congregation, but preached in Western Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York; in Virginia, 1827-28; and also in Great Britain in 1831. He died in 1843. His Memoirs, Sermons and Remains were published in 1844. Dr. Hatfield ascribes to him a hymn:— "Come, Holy Ghost, my soul inspire— This one great gift impart;" apparently on no other ground than that it appeared anonymously (as did many others) in his Village Hymns, in 1824, and has been trac… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer:	Asahel Nettleton (1825)
Composer:	John Wyeth
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Incipit:	32113 52235 65321
Key:	D Major/E♭ Major
Source:	Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, Harrisburg, 1813

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Texts

Come, Thou Fount

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 the mount I'm fixed upon it
mount of God's redeeming love.
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Alternative Tunes

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Notes

The authorship of this tune is not clear, with different editors attributing the tune to different composers (or not naming one at all). See the instances list above for the different attributions.

From William J. Reynolds, Companion to Baptist Hymnal (1976):

"Nettleton first appeared as a two-part tune in John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second (1813, p. 112), where it was named Hallelujah. In the Index it is identified as a new tune, and no composer's name is given. The tune has been attributed to some to Asahel Nettleton (1783-1844), a well-known evangelist of the early nineteenth century, who compiled Village Hymns (1825). However, this compilation contained no music, and there is no evidence that Nettleton wrote any tunes during his life . . . It is not known where the tune name first appeared or who was responsible for it." (pp. 53-54)

The Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship (1981) also notes George Pullen Jackson's observation that the tune is "one of a group related to the folk melody 'Go tell Aunt Tabby (Aunt Rhody, Aunt Nancy, etc.) her old grey goose is dead.'" (p. 519)

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Arrangements

PowerPoint COME, THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING (Celebration 11) COME, THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING (Gray Psalter Hymnal 486) COME, THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING (Baptist 1991 - 15)
Piano/Organ Hymns We Love to Sing The Essential Dale Wood My Jesus, I Love Thee (Hymns of Consecration and Adoration for Piano) More Piano/Organ >
Choral Hymns for Hers - SSA Fount of Every Blessing We Rejoice to be Gods Chosen More Choral >
Instrumental Majestic Praise (Brass Solos for Worship for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, or Baritone T.C.) Table of the World Joined Together As One Body - (Choral Score) More Instrumental >
Handbells In Glad Adoration! (Seven Reproducible Hymn Tune Settings) Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 2 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) Tune My Heart to Ring Your Praise (Distinguished Settings of American Folk Hymns) More Handbells >

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #15

Text: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #13

Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
Sibelius Scorch (SIB, Scorch)

The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #2

Text: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (SIB, Scorch)

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #486

Text: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)

Trinity Hymnal #457

Text: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

457-Come, thou fount of every blessing-PDF (PDF)
457-Come, thou fount of every blessing-MXL (MXL)
457-Come, thou fount of every blessing-XML (XML)

Timeless Truths #587

Text: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come_Thou_Fount_of_Every_Blessing.pdf (PDF)
Come_Thou_Fount_of_Every_Blessing.sib (SIB, Scorch)
Come_Thou_Fount_of_Every_Blessing.xml (XML)

The United Methodist Hymnal #400

Text: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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Worship and Rejoice #68

Text: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
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Worship and Rejoice #93

Text: Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness

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Worship and Rejoice #541

Text: Church of God, Elect and Glorious

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Page Scans

Celebrating Grace Hymnal (2010), p.276

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Instances

Instances (61)	First Line	Text Title	Refrain First Line	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Title	Tune Key	Incipit	Languages	Publication Date
ADORU, Ekumena Diserva Libro #421	Aŭdu bonan sav-novaĵon!			John B. Renville; Leland Bryant Ross				Nettleton			Dakota; Esperanto	2001
African American Heritage Hymnal #175	Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson, 1735-1790		8.7.8.7 D	Revelation 22:1	NETTLETON	E Flat Major		English	2001
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #15	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D	Revelation 22:1	NETTLETON	E Flat Major			1991
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #507	Would You bless our homes and families	Would You Bless Our Homes and Families		Walter Farquharson		8.7.8.7 D	Psalm 128:1	NETTLETON	D Major			1991
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #98	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson	Billy Payne	8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	2008
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #295	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D	1 Samuel 7:12; 1 Samuel 7:12	NETTLETON	E Flat Major			2010
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #669	Long ago You taught Your people	Long Ago You Taught Your People		Martin Leckebusch		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			2010
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #687	Would You bless our homes and families	Would You Bless Our Homes and Families		Walter H. Farquharson		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			2010
Celebration Hymnal #11	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson; Margaret Clarkson		8.7.8.7 D	Proverbs 10:22	NETTLETON	D Major		English	1997
Celebration Hymnal #293	Praise the One who breaks the darkness with a liberating light;	Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness				8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			1997
Chalice Hymnal #16	Come, thou fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			1995
Chalice Hymnal #294	Here we gather as God's People	Here We Gather as God's People		Daniel B. Merrick		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			1995
Chalice Hymnal #606	God, whose giving knows no ending	God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending		Robert L. Edwards		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	1995
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #13					John Wyeth	8.7.8.7		NETTLETON		321135223565321		2007
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #484	Brothers, sisters, let us gladly	Brothers, Sisters, Let Us Gladly		Henry Bateman, 1802-72		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			1993
Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #339	Sing of Andrew, John's disciple			Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944)		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	2005
Common Praise #354	Come, thou fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson (1735-1790)		8.7.8.7 D	Psalm 33; Psalm 36:5-12; Psalm 92; Luke 19:1-10; Romans 6:12-23; Romans 7:15-25; Ephesians 2:11-22; Psalm 33; Psalm 36:5-12; Psalm 92; Luke 19:1-10; Romans 6:12-23; Romans 7:15-25; Ephesians 2:11-22	NETTLETON	D Major			1998
Common Praise #397	Praise the one who breaks the darkness	Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness		Rusty Edwards (1955-)		8.7.8.7 D	Isaiah 61:1-11; Matthew 14:13-33; Matthew 15:29-39; Mark 7:24-37; Mark 10:13-16; John 6:1-21; John 9:1-41; 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; Colossians 1:11-20; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; 1 Peter 3:13-22; 1 John 1:1 - 2:2	NETTLETON	D Major			1998
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #42	God, we praise You! God, we bless You	God, We Praise You		C. M. Idle, b. 1938		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	1996
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #807	Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing			Robert Robinson, 1735-1790		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			2006
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #843	Praise the One who breaks the darkness			Rusty Edwards, b. 1955		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			2006
Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #644	Summoned by the God who made us	Sing a New Church	Let us bring the gifts that differ	Delores Dufner, OSB, b. 1939		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	2004
Hinário para o Culto Cristão #17	Fonte és tu de toda bênção	Fonte És Tu de Toda Bênção		Robert Robinson; Justus Henry Nelson				NETTLETON	D Major		English; Portuguese	1991
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #686	Come, thou fount of every blessing			Robert Robinson, 1735-1790	Gerre Hancock, b. 1934	8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	1985
Hymns for a Pilgrim People #19	Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace							NETTLETON				2007
Hymns for a Pilgrim People #28	God, you spin the whirling planets							NETTLETON				2007
Hymns of Faith #28	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		E. Margaret Clarkson; Robert Robinson			1 Samuel 7:12; Psalm 68:19	[Come, Thou Fount of every blessing]	D Major			1980
Hymns of the Saints: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints #31	Come thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace							NETTLETON				1982
Lift Every Voice and Sing II: an African American hymnal #111	Come, Thou fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson (1735-1790)	Carl Haywood (b. 1949)			NETTLETON	E Flat Major			1993
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #246	God is here! As we your people	God Is Here		Henrietta Ten Harmsel; Fred Pratt Green		8.7.8.7 D	Exodus 33:14; 1 Corinthians 12:27-31; 2 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; Titus 2:14	NETTLETON	D Major			2013
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #521	Come, thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D	1 Samuel 7:12; 1 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Ephesians 2:7-8; Colossians 1:21-22; 1 Peter 2:9-10; Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:6	NETTLETON	D Major			2013
Lutheran Service Book #686	Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson, 1735-90		8.7.8.7 D	John 4:14; 1 Samuel 7:3-12; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Ephesians 1:13-14	NETTLETON	D Major		English	2006
Nyimbo za Imani Yetu #22	Tangazeni neno lake	TANGAZENI NENO LAKE					Matthew 28:19	Nettleton			English; Swahili	2003
Presbyterian Hymnal #355	Hear the good news of salvation (Wotanin waste nahon po)	Hear the Good News of Salvation		John B. Renville; Emma Tibbets; Jane Parker Huber		8.7.8.7 D	1 Corinthians 15:3	NETTLETON	E Flat Major		Dakota; English	1990
Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship #47A	Clap your hands, O faithful people	Clap Your Hands, O Faithful People!		Michael Morgan		8.7.8.7 D	Psalm 47	NETTLETON	D Major			2012
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #486	Come, thou fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D	Ephesians 2:7-8; 1 Peter 2:9-10; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Peter 2:10	NETTLETON	D Major		English	1987
Rejoice in the Lord #449	Come, thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D	Luke 15:22; Luke 15:20; 1 Samuel 7:12; Matthew 18:12; 2 Timothy 2:19	NETTLETON	E Flat Major		English	1985
Revival Hymns and Choruses #26	Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace	Come, Thou Fount		Robert Robinson, 1735-1790	John Wyeth, 1770-1858; Norman Johnson, 1928-	15.15.15.15		NETTLETON	D Major		English	1982
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #334	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace							NETTLETON				1985
Sing! A New Creation #37	For the music of creation	For the Music of Creation		Shirley Erena Murray, b. 1931		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	2002
Sing Joyfully #82	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson				[Come, Thou Fount of every blessing]	D Major		English	1989
Sing Justice! Do Justice! #19	God of Justice Everflowing, Righteousness beyond Degree	God of Justice Everflowing		Kathleen R. Moore		8.7.8.7 D	1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:46-55; Amos 5:23-24; Matthew 25:34-40	NETTLETON	D Major		English	1998
Singing the New Testament #147	We give thanks for our salvation	We Give Thanks for Our Salvation		Kent Hendricks		8.7.8.7 D	1 Corinthians 1:4-17	NETTLETON	D Major		English	2008
Singing the New Testament #170	Christ, your love is overwhelming	Christ, Your Love Is Overwhelming		Sylvia Dunstan		8.7.8.7 D	2 Corinthians 5:15-19	NETTLETON	D Major		English	2008
Songs for Suffering Saints: Thirty-two original hymns set to existing tunes #14	Though I was a child of darkness			Eric Schumacher				Nettleton				2004
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #37	All the music sung and played here is a gift, O God, from you	All the Music Sung and Played Here		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette		8.7.8.7 D	Luke 1:46-55; Psalm 22:1-31; Psalm 100:1-5; Psalm 148:1-14; Psalm 150:1-6	NETTLETON	E Flat Major			2009
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #41a	There are many ways of sharing, But God's Spirit gives each one	There Are Many Ways of Sharing		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette		8.7.8.7 D	1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 John 4:7-21	NETTLETON	E Flat Major			2009
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #53	God of love, we sing youir glory and we offer you our praise	God of Love, We Sing Your Glory		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette		8.7.8.7 D	1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Hebrews 11:1; Matthew 5:13-16	NETTLETON	E Flat Major			2009
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #68	Giving God, we pause and wonder: What would happen if we tithed--	Giving God, We Pause and Wonder		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette		8.7.8.7 D	1 John 4:7-8; Malachi 3:8-10; Romans 15:25-26	NETTLETON	E Flat Major			2009
The Christian Life Hymnal #13	Come, Thou fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing						Nettleton				2006
The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #2	Come, Thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson; Margaret Clarkson		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			1986
The New Century Hymnal #59	Holy Spirit, ever dwelling	Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling		Timothy Rees		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	E Flat Major			1995
The New Century Hymnal #459	Come, O Fount of every blessing	Come, O Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major			1995
The United Methodist Hymnal #400	Come, thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D	1 Samuel 7:12	NETTLETON	E Flat Major		English	1989
The Worshiping Church #45	Come, thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D	2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Ephesians 4:30; 1 Samuel 7:12; Psalm 46:4; Psalm 68:19; Luke 19:10	NETTLETON	D Major		English	1990
Trinity Hymnal #457	Come, thou fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson	Asahel Nettleton	8.7.8.7 D	1 Samuel 7:12	NETTLETON	D Major		English	1990
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #559	Come, O Fount of every blessing	Come, O Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson		8.7.8.7 D		NETTLETON	D Major		English	1996
Worship and Rejoice #68	Come, thou Fount of every blessing	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing		Robert Robinson, 1735-1790		8.7.8.7 D	Ephesians 4:30; Psalm 46:4; 2 Corinthians 5:14; 1 Samuel 7:12; Luke 19:10; Luke 15:1-7; 2 Timothy 1:12; Psalm 68:19	NETTLETON	D Major			2001
Worship and Rejoice #93	Praise the one who breaks the darkness	Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness		Rusty Edwards, 1955-		8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 9:33; Luke 8:28-29; Ephesians 2:14-16; Isaiah 61:1-2; Mark 1:32-34; John 1:9; Matthew 9:32-33; Luke 4:33-35; Galatians 3:28; Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 19:13-15; John 1:5; Matthew 8:28-33; Mark 10:13-16; John 9:39-41; Psalm 95:1; Matthew 17:18; Luke 18:15-17; Matthew 8:16; Mark 7:26-29; John 9:3-5; Matthew 12:22; Luke 9:42; Matthew 4:24; Mark 5:8; John 4:8-14	NETTLETON	D Major			2001
Worship and Rejoice #541	Church of God, elect and glorious	Church of God, Elect and Glorious		James E. Seddon, 1915-1983		8.7.8.7 D	1 Peter 1:7; Matthew 5:16; 1 Peter 2:9-10	NETTLETON	D Major		English	2001
Worship and Rejoice #577	Summoned by the God who made us	Sing a New Church	Let us bring the gifts and differ	Delores Duffner,OSB, 20th c.		8.7.8.7 D	Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 1:31; Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:19; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6	NETTLETON	D Major		English	2001