Songs of the Kingdom ‎#200

200. Nearer the Fount

1 Nearer the fount of Jesus’ love,
peacefully, purely flowing,
Nearer the fount that gleams above,
Daily thro’ grace I’m going.

Refrain:
Nearer the fount,
Nearer the fount,
Nearer I come today,
Nearer the fount,
Nearer the fount,
To wash my sins away.

2 Calvary’s height no more shall be
Only a gloomy mountain,
While from its side there flows for me
Ever a cleansing fountain. [Refrain]

3 Jesus will lead me ev’ry day
Nearer the fount of blessing,
If for His guiding hand I pray,
All of my guilt confessing. [Refrain]

4 Jesus, who wept and bled and died,
Make all my pathway clearer,
Bring me at last o’er Jordan’s tide,
Nearer to Thee, yes, nearer. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Nearer the fount of Jesus' love
• Title: Nearer the Fount
• Author: Josepine Pollard
• Refrain First Line: Nearer the fount
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1896
• Scripture:
  Revelation 7:17
• Topic: Faith and Trust

Tune Information

• Name: [Nearer the fount of Jesus' love]
• Composer: T. E. Perkins