Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: The Lord is the fountain of goodness and love
Topic: Evangelizing and Recruiting Songs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 226
Page Number: 313, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHE Lord is the fountain of goodness and love,
Which flowing in Eden, in streams from above,
Refresh'd ev'ry moment the first happy pair
Till sin stopp'd the current and brought in despair.
O wretched condition! what anguish and pain;
They thirst for the fountain, and seek it in vain;
To sin's bitter waters they fly for relief;
They drink, but the draught still increases their grief.
Glad tidings! glad tidings! no more we complain!
Our Jesus has open'd the fountain again:
Now mingled with mercy, and rich with free grace,
From Zion 'tis flowing to all the lost race.
How happy the prospect! how pleasant the road,
When led down the stream by the angel of God;
Though shallow at first, yet we find it at last
A river so boundless it cannot be pass'd.
Come, sinners! poor sinners! tis boundless and free,
In Eden once flowing 'twas open'd for thee,
This water has virtue to heal all complaints;
Come, drink, ye distress'd, and rejoice with the saints.
Say not--"I'm a sinner and must not partake;"
For this very reason the Lord bids you take;
Say not--"Too unworthy, the vilest of all;"
For such, not the righteous, the Lord came to call.
Come, all the dead sinners, here life you may find,
Come, all ye poor beggars, ye halt, and ye blind;
The Spirit invites you, the Bride bids you too;
Come, call all your neighbors, they're welcome with you.