Come, Thou Fount of every blessing

After sunshine begins to dawn after a period of pain and sorrow, this song flew into my mouth and fingers.

What an amazing song! I am so often prone to wander, so it is an encouraging song. I love to wake up in the morning and sing a hymn with my devotions, and I often flip to this one.

I love this song so much. It blesses my soul always. For some days now I can't stop singing it out as my worship to God who has been faithful to me and my family.

I never tire of hearing this beautiful old hymn either. Learned it not from church, but from the leaders of a powerful ministry of which I have been a member for many years. Very stirring.

One of the most stirring, soul-inspiring hymns that surpasses the ages....I never tire of hearing this magnificent work....

Thank You Lord for Your in unchanging love! You are our everything!

This song is used at the church my family just joined.

The words and tune are wonderful.

Another verse:

I was lost in utter darkness
Til You came and rescued me;
I was bound by all my sin when
Your love came and set me free.
Now my soul can sing a new song,
Now my heart has found a home,
And Your grace is always with me
And I'll never be alone!

Chorus:
Come Thou Fount, come Thou King,
Come Thou precious Prince of Peace
Hear Your bride, to You we sing,
Come Thou Fount of our blessing.

Robert Robinson had always been prone to wander. Apprenticed to a barber at 14, he spent more time reading and playing with friends than cutting hair. Then, still a teen, he went to a George Whitfield meeting, intending to ridicule it - and instead was converted. After his apprenticeship was over, Robinson went into the ministry. He wrote this hymn at the age of 23 as he served at the Calvinistic Methodist Church in Norfolk, England.

Late in life, Robinson did stray from the faith. Once, in a stagecoach, he sat by a lady who was reading a hymnbook. She showed him "Come, Thou Fount," saying how wonderful it was. He tried to change the subject, but couldn't. Finally he said, "Madam, I am the unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds to enjoy the feelings I had then." - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton

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See David Jones' posting on 4/18/2010 for lyrics closer to the original. My favorite part of this hymn is the rich allusion of the memorable, "Here I raise my Ebenezer" (stone of help 1 Sam 7:2-14) in the original stanza 2.

This song is an exact expression of my heart to God, most especially the third verse.