Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Robert Robinson · 1758 · tune NETTLETON
Key of D · public domain

Words

Verse 1Come, 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

Verse 2Here I raise mine Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I'm 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

Verse 3O 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

The story

Robert Robinson was twenty-two and had been a Christian for three years. The story that he later wandered from the faith and was found weeping over his own hymn on a coach is probably not true, though it has been repeated for two centuries, which tells you something about how the third verse lands. Here I raise mine Ebenezer is the line most people sing without knowing. In 1 Samuel 7 the Philistines are driven back and Samuel sets up a stone between Mizpeh and Shen and calls it Ebenezer, saying hitherto hath the LORD helped us. It is a rock in a field marking the exact spot where God turned up. That is what you are singing about.

Chords in D

Verse 1 D G D Come, Thou Fount of every blessing D A Tune my heart to sing Thy grace D G D Streams of mercy, never ceasing D A D Call for songs of loudest praise G D Teach me some melodious sonnet A D Sung by flaming tongues above D G D Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it D A D Mount of Thy redeeming love Verse 2 D G D Here I raise mine Ebenezer D A Hither by Thy help I'm come D G D And I hope by Thy good pleasure D A D Safely to arrive at home G D Jesus sought me when a stranger A D Wandering from the fold of God D G D He, to rescue me from danger D A D Interposed His precious blood Verse 3 D G D O to grace how great a debtor D A Daily I'm constrained to be D G D Let Thy goodness, like a fetter D A D Bind my wandering heart to Thee G D Prone to wander, Lord I feel it A D Prone to leave the God I love D G D Here's my heart, O take and seal it D A D Seal it for Thy courts above

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Common questions

Who wrote Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing? Robert Robinson wrote the words in 1758.

What tune is it sung to? NETTLETON, set here in the key of D.

What scripture is it built on? 1 Samuel 7:12.

Is Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing free to use in church? Yes. The words are public domain, which means any church may sing them, print them in a bulletin, put them on a screen or record them, without asking permission and without paying anyone.

Themes

Grace · Repentance · Testimony

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