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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. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wand'ring from the face of God; He, to save my soul from danger, Interposed His precious blood. |
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O to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be! Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter, Bind my wand'ring heart to Thee. Teach me, Lord, some rapturous measure, Meet for me Thy grace to prove, While I sing the countless treasure Of my God's unchanging love. |
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Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; Prone to leave the God I love: Take my heart, oh, take and seal it With Thy Spirit from above. Rescued thus from sin and danger, Purchased by the Savior's blood, May I walk on earth a stranger, As a son and heir of God. |
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McGregor, Ontario, Canada
Acknowledging that God is good, that He helps me and speaks to my heart. Acknowledging that He loves me and I have experienced His love for me-
All means that He is real, that I need Him, that I am accountable, answerable to Him.
Yet why would I still want to be like a sheep, going my own way, why would I want to be so stubborn still?
The words to this hymn came to me as I asked myself those questions.
Yes Lord, You Have taken my heart and sealed it with Your Spirit. The rest of me is learning that You are SO trustworthy that even my stubbornness can melt in Your love.
Memphis Tennessee, United States
Janet Amen! Literally had a teacher send a video of himself sharing what God was speaking to Him, talking about how the coronavirus is calling us to depend on Him. God sends tribulation to keep our eyes fixed on Him so we won’t try and be independent. We are like the sheep who are prone to wander, and He is our Great Shepherd. In the Hebrew in Psalms 23 the Rod and Staff were sticks used for protection, support, and discipline. It’s a beautiful picture of how God is using this to strengthen our faith and to show that He is present here with us through His Holy Spirit, and that this period may sting but that He loves us enough to stay awake to the reality that we need Him!
West Des Moines, IA, United States
Coronavirus is raging all over the world… We just bought some laying hens..... Sitting in the fenced in area with the chickens, the label on the new chicken waterer said FOUNT. What a crazy way to bring this whole song to mind and I am listening to the words like I never have before. But the words in the melody are stuck in my head from childhood. Praise Jesus for hymns of old with words that meant so much when they were written and mean so much even today!
Greenville, SC, United States
I too have had the words “and thy Goodness like a fetter binds my wandering heart to Thee..... ” dancing in my mind from last night , through the night, now into mid morning. God is speaking to me and my listening has been reawakened because I am focusing . At a women’s retreat of 145 women for the weekend. What a free place and time to “listen”. Thank you for the words and writer of this old hymn and for the urging of God for me to return to a more disciplined God centered life.
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Amen. Oh to Grace how Grace a fetter.....
What a fount of Blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy Grace!!
Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Just woke up at 2 am with this hymn on my mind. How it cuts through all the baggage of life and draws us to the fountain of life.
I must have learned this hymn as a child in church and it's rooted in my soul. What a great heritage we have in such beautiful spiritual poetry.
He to rescue me from dander,
Interposed His Precious Blood.
Thank you Lord Jesus.
San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad And Tobago
Such a beautiful hymn for the Church. Personally, Prone to wander” There is the tendency to stray at times - but you feel it. Thank God for His amazing Grace that draws us back to Him.
Sussex, United Kingdom
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
I love it!
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Original lyrics by Robinson from CyberHymnal:
1. 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 sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
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2. Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I'll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
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3. Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.
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4. 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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5. O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothèd 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.
Warri, Delta, Nigeria
So much soul touching hymn I can't do without hymn.