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Come Thou fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious measure,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
O the vast, the boundless treasure,
Of my Lord's unchanging love!
Here I raise my 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,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Not alone hath grace redeemed me,
Bought me with Christ's precious blood,
Sought me out when I, a stranger,
Wandered from the fold of God;
But beyond this great salvation
God hath shown me wondrous grace--
Called me with a heavenly calling,
Ever to behold his face.
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
I will tread the way appointed,
Rough and thorny though it be;
In the steps of thine Anointed;
'Tis my privilege, I see.
Prone to wander—Lord, I feel it—
Prone to leave the God I love:
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it from Thy courts above.
O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.
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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,
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that goodness, like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to grieve the One I love:
Yet Thou, Lord, hast deigned to seal it,
With Thy Spirit from above.
Rescued thus from sin and danger,
Purchased by the Saviour's blood,
May I walk on earth a stranger,
As a son and heir of God.
Teach me some melodious measure,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
O the vast, the boundless treasure,
Of thy free, unchanging love!
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander—Lord, I feel it—
Prone to leave the God I love:
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7
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Dates:
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1758,1759
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Bible Refs:
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1 Sa 7:12;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1889 | # 866 | | 2005 | # 84 | | 1965 | # 17 | | 1977 | # 152 | | 1962 | # 494 | | 1956 | # 313 | | 1981 | # 43 | | 2004 | # 704 | | 1919 | # 684 | | 1960 | # 656 | | 1998 | # 354 | | 2000 | # 406 | | 1899 | # 525 | | 1983 | # 517 | | 1881 | # 354 | | 1988 | # 337 | | | # 2 | | 1964 | # 426 | | 1954 | # 417 | | 1990 | # 356 | | | # 1048 | | | # 673 | | 1917 | # 2083 | | 1982 | # 685 | | 1866 | # 648 | | 1961 | # 400 | | 1989 | # 400 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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NETTLETON
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 D
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1813
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 42 | No key | | # 149 | No key | | # 2 | D | | # 313 | Eb | | # 517 | Eb | | # 148 | Eb | | # 444 | Eb | | # 525 | Eb |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 7 8 7 | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 | | 8 7 8 7 | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 | | 8 7 8 7 D |
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