Lift Every Voice and Sing II 39
There Is a Fountain
- Tune
- [there is a fountain filled with blood]
- Author(s)
- William Cowper (1731-1800)
- Composer(s)
- Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
- Tune Source(s)
- American melody
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1 There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel’s veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains: Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
2 The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away: Wash all my sins away, Wash all my sins away; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away
3 Thou dying Lamb, Thy precious blood Shall never lose its pow’r; Till all the ransomed Church of God Are saved, to sin no more: Are saved, to sin no more, Are saved to sin no more; Till all the ransomed Church of God Are saved, to sin no more.
4 E’er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply; 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.
5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save; When this poor, lisping stamm’ring tongue Lies silent in the grave: Lies silent in the grave, Lies silent in the grave; When this poor lisping, stamm’ring tongue Lies silent in the grave.