Hymns of Promise ‎#36

36. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

1 Come, thou Fount of every 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 his name-- I'm fixed upon it--
name of God's redeeming love.

2 Here I raise to thee an altar,
hither by thy help I've come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
bought me with his precious blood.

3 O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee;
prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, O, take and seal it;
seal it for thy courts above.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, thou Fount of every blessing
• Title: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
• Author: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2015
• Topic: Praise to Christ

Tune Information

• Name: NETTLETON
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Key: D Major
• Source: John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, 1813