Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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1. 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 redeeming love.

2. Here 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.

3. O 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.

Words by: Robert Robinson
Music by: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second
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Story of Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

The hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is a timeless Christian song written in 1758 by Robert Robinson, a young English pastor who had once lived a rebellious life before turning to Christ.

About the Author: Robert Robinson (1735–1790)
Robinson lost his father at a young age and was sent to London to apprentice as a barber. As a teenager, he lived recklessly. But in 1755, at age 20, he attended a sermon by the famous evangelist George Whitefield, and it changed his life. He surrendered to Christ and eventually became a preacher himself.
Three years later, at just 23, he wrote the words to “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing.”

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The hymn is a prayer for spiritual renewal and guidance. It reflects Robinson's awe at God's grace and his honest admission of human weakness. It’s rich in scriptural allusions and deep theology.

"Come, Thou Fount" endures because it is both worshipful and honest. It praises God’s grace while admitting human weakness, and points every heart back to the ultimate source of blessing—God Himself.