The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns ‎#LIV

LIV. Desiring to praise worthily

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 some melodious Sonnet,
Sung by flaming Tongues above;
Praise the Mount--I'm fixt upon it,
Mount of God's unchanging Love!

2. Here I raise mine Ebenezer,
Hither by thy Help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good Pleasure,
Safely to arrive at Home;
Jesus sought me, when a Stranger,
Wand'ring from the Fold of God;
He, to rescue me from Danger,
Interpos'd His precious Blood.

3. Oh, to Grace how great a Debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that Grace, Lord, like a Fetter,
Bind my wand'ring Soul to thee!
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it!
Prone to leave the God I love -
Here's my Heart - Oh take and seal it!
Seal it for thy Courts above!

4 Oh that Day when freed from Sinning!
I shall see thy lovely Face!
Clothed in thy Blood-wash'd Linnen
How I'll sing thy Sov'reign Grace!
Come, dear Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my raptur'd Soul away;
Send thine Angels down to carry
Me to Realms of Endless Day.

5 If thou ever didst discover
To my Faith the promis'd Land,
Bid me now the Stream pass over,
On the heav'nly Borders stand;
Now surmount whate'er opposes,
And to thine Embrace I'll fly;
Speak the Word thou spake to Moses;
Bid me, "Get me up and die."

Text Information

• First Line: Come thou Fount of ev'ry Blessing!
• Title: Desiring to praise worthily
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1791
• Topic: Supplicatory Hymns
• Notes: Public Domain.

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