Church Book ‎#159

159. There is a fountain filled with blood

1 There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emmanuel's veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.

2 The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, as vile as he,
Wash all my sins away!

3 Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious Blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved to sin no more.

4 E'er since by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue,
Lies silent in the grave.

6 Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared
(Unworthy though I be)
For me a blood-bought free reward,
A golden harp for me!

7 'Tis strung and tuned for endless years,
And formed by power divine
To sound in God the Father's ears
No other name but Thine.

Text Information

• First Line: There is a fountain filled with blood
• Author: William Cowper (1779, a.)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Passion; Sundays in Lent; Lent, Second Sunday; Lent, Fourth Sunday; Good Friday
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #105 or #221

Tune Information

• Name: FARRANT
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: From Rd. Farrant, d. 1585