The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13052

13052. How Free The Fountain Flows

1 How free the fountain flows
Of endless life and joy!
That spring, which no confinement knows,
Whose waters never cloy!

2 How sweet the accents sound
From the Redeemer’s tongue!
"Assemble, all ye nations round,
In one obedient throng.

3 "The Spirit bears the call
To all the distant lands;
The Church, the bride, reflects it back,
While Jesus waiting stands.

4 "Ho, every thirsty soul,
Approach the sacred spring;
Drink, and your fainting spirits cheer,
Renew the draught, and sing.

5 "Let all that will, approach;
The water freely take;
Free from Mine opening heart it flows,
Your raging thirst to slake."

6 With thankful hearts we come
To taste the offered grace;
And call on all that hear to join
The trial, and the praise.

Text Information

• First Line: How free the fountain flows
• Title: How Free The Fountain Flows
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: SM
• 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
• Notes: Alternate tune: BOYLSTON by Lowell Mason

Tune Information

• Name: BRIGHTON
• Meter: SM
• Key: C Major
• Source: The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book by Lowell Mason, Edward A. Parks and Austin Phelps (New York: Mason Brothers, 1859)
• Copyright: Public Domain