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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
D
About this Hymn
Susannah Spurgeon once wrote, "Dear friends, some of us do not praise our God half enough. We 'raise an Ebenezer' (1 Sam. 7:12) now and then, but we pitifully fail to obey the command, 'Rejoice in the Lord always' (Phil. 4:4). Yet, how much we have to bless him for, and what sweet encouragement is given to our gratitude by his assurance, 'Whoever offers praise glorifies me!' (Ps. 50:23)." Praise is the best response to God's blessings in our lives.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing;
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above;
praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.
Verse 2
Here I raise mine Ebenezer,
hither by thy help I'm come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger
wand'ring from the fold of God.
He, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
Verse 3
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wand'ring heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above!
Verse 4
Oh, that day when, freed from sinning,
I shall see thy lovely face;
full arrayed in blood-washed linen,
how I'll sing thy sov'reign grace!
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
bring thy promises to pass;
for I know thy pow'r will keep me
till I'm home with thee at last!
Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing;
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above;
praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.
Verse 2
Here I raise mine Ebenezer,
hither by thy help I'm come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger
wand'ring from the fold of God.
He, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
Verse 3
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wand'ring heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above!
Verse 4
Oh, that day when, freed from sinning,
I shall see thy lovely face;
full arrayed in blood-washed linen,
how I'll sing thy sov'reign grace!
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
bring thy promises to pass;
for I know thy pow'r will keep me
till I'm home with thee at last!
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Robert Robinson, 1758; v. 4 alt. Bob Kauflin © 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise (Integrity Music / www.integratedrights.com)
Music: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Pt. 2, 1813
Music: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Pt. 2, 1813