Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: O thou fount of every blessing
Topic: Public Worship/Gratitude and Praise
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Nettleton
Hymn Number: 512
Page Number: 187, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO thou fount of ev-ery bless-ing!
Tune my heart to sing thy grace!
Steams of mercy, nev-er ceas-ing,
Call for songs of loud-est praise.
Teach me ev-er to a-dore thee,
May I still thy good-ness prove,
While the hope of end-less glo-ry
Fills my heart with joy and love.
Here I'll raise my Ebenezer,
Hither by thy help I've come,
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from thy fold, O God!
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.
Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind me closer still to thee.
Never let me wander from thee,
Never leave thee, whom I love;
By thy Word and Spirit guide me,
Till I reach thy courts above.