Timeless Truths ‎#1024

1024. The Fountain of Cleansing

Oh, come to the fountain of cleansing,
Dear sinner, why longer delay?
The Savior is earnestly pleading,
The fountain is open today.

Refrain:
Then come, sinner, come
To the fountain so full and so free;
Be cleansed from your sin,
Be made pure within,
The fountain is open for thee.

Thy sins though like scarlet or crimson,
His love as a river doth flow;
Oh, plunge in this fountain of cleansing,
And thou shalt be whiter than snow.

A voice from the cross, “It is finished!”
The fountain for sin opened wide;
The purchase of life and salvation
Through Jesus, the Lamb crucified.

Then come, sinner, come to the fountain
And plunge in its soul-cleansing wave;
Launch out on the infinite mercy,
Of Jesus, the Mighty to save.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, come to the fountain of cleansing
• Title: The Fountain of Cleansing
• Author: O. A. Pratt
• Refrain First Line: Then come, sinner, come
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.5.8.5.5.8
• Scripture:
  Zechariah 13:1
• Topic: Blood
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Fountain_of_Cleansing); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (414); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (35)

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh, come to the fountain of cleansing]
• Composer: Nellie L. Miller (1907)
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.5.8.5.5.8
• Key: C Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Fountain_of_Cleansing); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (414); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (35)