Come Thou Fount

Many different versions of Come Thou Fount have been recorded over the years, in a range of styles from traditional to modern. Our version stays very close to the original hymn, with a few unique chord changes and a flute melody before each verse. The original words were written by Robert Robinson, and the original music was written by John Wyeth. Both are Public Domain.

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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

Here I raise my Ebenezer, here 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 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, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above

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We didn't write this song, so we can't speak directly to the verses that inspired it. However, the second verse directly references 1 Samuel 7:12.

Session:

Spring Jam 2017

Attribution:

"Come Thou Fount" © 2017 by Open Skies Praise is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Original words: Robert Robinson. Original music: John Wyeth. Public Domain. For more information and additional resources, visit https://openskiespraise.org.

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Video information:

Filmed at Dingmans Falls in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania.

For more information about how this license allows you to use our songs, visit the Using Our Music page.

COME THOU FOUNT