Hymns · 1772
There Is a Fountain
Songwriter William Cowper, Traditional American Melody, Lowell Mason
Made popular by John Newton
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Verse 1
There is a fountain filled with blood (Zech. 13:1, John 19:34)
Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins; (Isa. 7:14, Matt. 1:23)
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains. (I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5, Isa. 1:18, Rev. 7:14, Ps. 51:2)
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
Verse 2
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day; (Luke 23:39-43)
And there have I, though vile as he,
Washed all my sins away. (I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5, I Cor. 6:9-11)
Washed all my sins away,
Washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he,
Washed all my sins away.
Verse 3
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood (John 1:29, John 1:36, I Pet. 1:18-19)
Shall never lose its power (Heb. 9:12)
Till all the ransomed church of God (Acts 20:28)
Be saved, to sin no more. (Rev. 5:9, John 8:11)
Be saved, to sin no more,
Be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved, to sin no more.
Verse 4
E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply, (Zech. 12:10, John 19:34, John 19:37)
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die,
And shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
Verse 5
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy power to save, (Rom. 1:16, I Cor. 1:18)
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue (Isa. 32:4)
Lies silent in the grave.
Lies silent in the grave,
Lies silent in the grave;
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave.
Verse 6
Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared,
Unworthy though I be,
For me a blood bought free reward, (John 14:2-3, Col. 1:12-14, I Cor. 2:9)
A golden harp for me! (Rev. 14:2-3)
A golden harp for me,
A golden harp for me;
For me a blood bought free reward,
A golden harp for me!
Verse 7
’Tis strung and tuned for endless years,
And formed by power divine,
To sound in God the Father’s ears
No other name but Thine; (Acts 4:12, Phil. 2:9-11)
No other name but Thine,
No other name but Thine;
To sound in God the Father’s ears
No other name but Thine.