5*. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

8,7.
by R. Robinson
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Come, Thou fount of every blessing,
 
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
 
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
 
Call for ceaseless songs of praise.
“For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.” (Psalm 36:9)
“Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” (Psalm 150:6)
“While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.” (Psalm 146:2)
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Jesus sought me when a stranger,
 
Wandering from the fold of God;
 
He, to rescue me from danger,
 
Interposed His precious blood.
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10)
“How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?” (Matthew 18:12)
“That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.” (Ephesians 2:12)
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God.” (Ephesians 2:19)
“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” (1 Peter 1:18-19)
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Oh to grace how great a debtor
 
Daily I’m constrained to be!
 
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
 
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)
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Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
 
Prone to leave the God I love:
 
Yet Thou, Lord, hast deigned to seal it
 
With Thy Spirit from above.
“Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?” (Psalm 56:8)
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.” (Ephesians 1:13)
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” (Ephesians 4:30)
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Rescued thus from sin and danger,
 
Purchased by the Savior’s blood,
 
May I walk on earth a stranger,
 
As a son and heir of God.
“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” (Acts 20:28)
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” (1 Peter 2:11)
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8:17)
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