The Cyber Hymnal ‎#536

536. Blest Jesus, Source of Grace Divine

1. Blest Jesus, source of grace divine,
What soul-refreshing streams are Thine,
O bring these healing waters nigh,
Or we must droop, and fall, and die.

2. No traveler through desert lands,
’Midst scorching suns and burning sands,
More needs the current to obtain,
Or to enjoy refreshing rain.

3. Our longing souls aloud would sing,
Spring up, celestial fountain, spring;
To an abundant river flow,
And cheer this thirsty land below.

4. May this blest river near my side
Through all the desert gently glide;
Then in Immanuel’s land above,
Spread to a sea of joy and love.

Text Information

• First Line: Blest Jesus, source of grace divine
• Title: Blest Jesus, Source of Grace Divine
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: VESTAL
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11321 17123 45434
• Key: a minor
• Source: Joseph Funk's Harmonia Sacra, fifth edition, 1851
• Copyright: Public Domain