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SDA Hymnal 336

There Is a Fountain

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1There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.

RefrainLose all their guilty stains,
Wash all my sins away,
Are saved, to sin no more,
And shall be till I die,
A golden harp for me!
Is ransomed from the grave.

2The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

3Thou dying Lamb! Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Are saved, to sin no more.

4E'er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

5Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared,
Unworthy though I be,
For me a blood-bought, free reward,
A golden harp for me!

6There in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Is ransomed from the grave.

Words
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Music
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Tune
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Also sung to
Cowper (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #384)
Meter
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The verse

Meter
8.6.8.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 64% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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Verse 1

There is a fountain filled with blood/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;/˘/˘˘/6B
And sinners plunged beneath that flood˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Lose all their guilty stains.//˘/˘/6B

Verse 2

The dying thief rejoiced to see˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
That fountain in his day;˘/˘˘˘/6B
And there may I, though vile as he,˘/˘˘//˘˘8A
Wash all my sins away.//˘/˘/6B

Verse 3

Thou dying Lamb! Thy precious blood//˘///˘/8A
Shall never lose its power,˘/˘/˘/˘7B
Till all the ransomed church of God//˘/˘/˘/8C
Are saved, to sin no more.˘/˘/˘/6D

Verse 4

E'er since by faith I saw the stream//˘/˘/˘/8A
Thy flowing wounds supply,//˘/˘/6B
Redeeming love has been my theme,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8A
And shall be till I die.˘˘˘/˘/6B

Verse 5

Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared,/˘˘///˘/8A
Unworthy though I be,˘/˘/˘˘6B
For me a blood-bought, free reward,˘˘˘??/˘/8C
A golden harp for me!˘/˘/˘˘6B

Verse 6

There in a nobler, sweeter song,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
I'll sing Thy power to save,////˘˘/7B
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue/˘//˘/˘˘/9C
Is ransomed from the grave.˘/˘˘˘/6B

Refrain

Lose all their guilty stains,//˘/˘/6A
Wash all my sins away,//˘/˘/6B
Are saved, to sin no more,˘/˘/˘/6C
And shall be till I die,˘˘˘/˘/6D
A golden harp for me!˘/˘/˘˘6E
Is ransomed from the grave.˘/˘˘˘/6F

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.