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SDA Hymnal 334

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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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.

2Here I raise my Ebenezer,
Hither by Thy 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.

3O, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind me closer still 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.

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Nettleton (Christ in Song #317, Hymns and Tunes 1886 #386, Hymns and Tunes 1886 #503)
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The verse

Meter
9.7.8.7.9.7.8.7
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 75% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,//?˘/˘˘/˘9A
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;/˘/˘///7B
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Call for songs of loudest praise./˘/˘/˘/7D
Teach me some melodious sonnet,/˘/˘/˘˘/˘9E
Sung by flaming tongues above;/˘/˘/˘/7F
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,/˘///˘/˘8G
Mount of Thy redeeming love./˘/˘/˘/7F

Verse 2

Here I raise my Ebenezer,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Hither by Thy help I've come;/˘˘////7B
And I hope by Thy good pleasure˘˘/˘///˘8C
Safely to arrive at home./˘˘˘/˘/7D
Jesus sought me when a stranger,/˘/˘/˘/˘8E
Wandering from the fold of God;/˘˘˘˘/˘/8F
He, to rescue me from danger,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8E
Interposed His precious blood./˘/˘/˘/7G

Verse 3

O, to grace how great a debtor˘˘///˘/˘8A
Daily I'm constrained to be!/˘/˘/˘˘7B
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,///˘/˘/˘8A
Bind me closer still to Thee./˘/˘/˘/7B
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Prone to leave the God I love;/˘/˘/˘/7D
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Seal it for Thy courts above./˘˘//˘/7D

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.