51. Come, Thou Fount

1 Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me, Lord, some rapturous measure,
Meet for blood-bought hosts above;
While I sing the countless treasure
Of my God's unchanging love.

2 O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand'ring heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love:
Yet Thou, Lord, hast deigned to seal it;
With Thy Spirit from above.

3 Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wand'ring from the fold of God;
Rescued thus from sin and danger,
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Rescued thus from sin and danger,
Purchased by the Saviour's blood,
May I walk on earth a stranger,
As a son and heir of God.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing
Title: Come, Thou Fount
Author: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790 (alt.)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1977
Topic: Blood; Communion; Opening (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: NETTLETON
Composer: John Wyeth, 1770-1858
Key: E♭ Major



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