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.

A Blessed Song. Oh, nice.

The Melody is beautiful, soul-catching. Perhaps The Lord may inspire some to write more songs with this Music. Some of their fresh enjoyment of The Lord or from a truth from a message.

Thank you so much for your website. How wonderful when convalescing to listen to these old hymns and sing along.

Many thanks to David Jones from the United Kingdom, These are the words my friend and I remember only we could only recall the last four lines of the second verse. God has blessed us both with this hymn. Thanks be to HIM.

I first heard this song as part of a 3 CD set of '100 Best Love Hymns'. After playing the CD over and over, the song caught my attention and I was drawn to its melody and certain words I was able to make out. Wanting to find out more, I went on the net to research its lyrics and found your site. This song is truly beautiful. This was since last year. Yesterday (18 Sept 2010), I heard it in my spirit, click on the bookmark and listen to it again as the song minister to me once more and brought tears to my eyes.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and tommorrow. Praise His holy name!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.

Praise be to His Name! I needed to hear this song and remember His Grace.

I love this song.

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 unchanging love

Here I raise my Ebenezer

Here there by Thy great help I've 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

O to grace how great a debtor

Daily I'm constrained to be

Let that grace now, 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, oh, take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts above

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 unchanging love