Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) ‎#433

433. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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 fixed upon it,
Mount of thy redeeming 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,
Interposed his precious blood.

3 O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand'ring heart to thee:
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it for thy courts above.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing
• Title: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
• Author: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  1 Samuel 7:12
  ;
  Luke 19:10
  ;
  2 Corinthians 5:14
  ;
  Ephesians 4:30
  ;
  2 Timothy 1:12
• Topic: Blessing; Commitment; Grace; Homecoming; Journey, Pilgrimage; Mercy, Forgiveness; Music; Praise; Redemption; Saving Blood of Christ; Song; Worship and Adoration

Tune Information

• Name: NETTLETON
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
• Key: D Major
• Source: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, 1813