Drinking at the Fountain

I come to thee, O blessed Lord, I'm at the fountain drinking

Author: William B. Blake
Tune: [I come to Thee, O blessed Lord]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: William B. Blake

William Burdine Blake, 1852-1938. William B. Blake, Sr., was born January 21, 1852, in London, Ohio; went to Virginia in the early 1870s and became connected with the music publishing house of the Ruebush-Kieffer Company, and remaining with this firm until 1889, when he moved to Ronceverte. He married Miss Alice Mary Horne, of Augusta county, Virginia, a daughter of Strother P. and Sarah Home. (Strother P. Horne was a Confederate soldier throughout the Civil war.) To this union were born seven children: Charles Stanley Blake, Bessie Mabel, William B,. Jr.. Henry St. John, Robert Russell, Mary Ellen and Edward Lester. At Ronceverte, Mr. Blake, Sr., associated himself in partnership with J. W. Hess in the publication of the Ronceverte News, a… Go to person page >

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First Line: I come to thee, O blessed Lord, I'm at the fountain drinking
Title: Drinking at the Fountain
Author: William B. Blake
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Glory to God, I'm at the fountain drinking
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Zion Songster Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #51

Eureka Carols #d32

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