The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6556

6556. 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.
Lose all their guilty stains,
lose all their guilty stains;
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 have I, though vile as he,
washed all my sins away.
Washed all my sins away,
washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he,
washed 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.
Be saved, to sin no more,
be saved, to sin no more;
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.
And shall be till I die,
and shall be till I die;
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.
Lies silent in the grave,
lies silent in the grave;
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!
’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
• Title: There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood
• Author: William Cowper (1772)
• Meter: CMD
• Language: English
• Source: Conyer's Collection of Psalms and Hymns, 1772
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: BELMONT, Sacred Melodies, by William Gardiner, 1812 (uses only first two lines of each verse); COWPER, Lowell Mason, 1792-1872; HORSLEY, William Horsley, 1844; SOLON, in The Columbian Harmony, by Shaw & Spilman, 1829; WALSALL, attributed to Henry Purcell in Anchor's A Choice Collection, circa 1721; WILTSHIRE, George T. Smart, 1795

Tune Information

• Name: CLEANSING FOUNTAIN
• Meter: CMD
• Incipit: 13565 11651 35565
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: 19th Cen­tu­ry Amer­i­can camp meet­ing tune
• Copyright: Public Domain