We Shall Rest at the Fountain

There's a fountain free flowing 'neath life's tree

Author: David E. Dortch
Tune: [There's a fountain free flowing 'neath life's tree]
Published in 13 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 There’s a fountain free flowing ‘neath life’s tree,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
There the happy soul never shall grow old,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by.

Refrain:
We shall rest at the fountain by and by,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by,
There we all shall stand with the angel band,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by.

2 There’s a fountain bright in that land of light,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
On its banks are flow’rs growing ‘mid heav’n’s bow’rs
We shall rest at the fountain by and by. [Refrain]

3 There’s a fountain sweet where we all shall meet,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
Songs of joy we’ll raise to our Saviour’s praise,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by. [Refrain]

4 There’s a fountain free, sinner, ‘tis for thee,
We shall rest at the fountain by and by;
Will you meet me there and its blessings share?
We shall rest at the fountain by and by. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 3 #24

Author: David E. Dortch

Born: March 5, 1851, The­ta, Ten­nes­see. Died: No­vem­ber 9/11, 1928, Ten­nes­see. Buried: Rose Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see. Dortch was teach­ing mu­sic in Mau­ry, Ten­ness­ee, in 1880, and was work­ing as an evan­gel­ist by 1886. His works in­clude: Tid­ings of Joy (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: 1878) National Tid­ings of Joy (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1878) Gospel Mel­o­dies, with Will­iam Dale & Charles Pol­lock (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­ian Pub­lish­ing House, 1890) Spirit and Life, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, 1893)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There's a fountain free flowing 'neath life's tree
Title: We Shall Rest at the Fountain
Author: David E. Dortch
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We shall rest at the fountain by and by
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 13 of 13)

Choice Songs [No. 1] #d51

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Crowning Day No. 3 #24

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Dortch's Gospel Voices No. 1 #33

Gems for the Sunday Schools #d30

Gospel Melodies #d171

Hymns of Victory #96

Joyful Lays, No.2 #d139

Ministry of Song #d123

Our Cumberland Presbyterian Hymnal #d338

Perennial Songs #d203

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Spirit and Life #122

The Crown #d130

Zion's Battle Cry #d121

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