The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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The Army and Navy Hymnal
edited by Henry Augustine Smith
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
lyrics by Robert Robinson, composed by Anonymous
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"Nettleton" is often attributed to John Wyeth, in whose Repository of Sacred Music (1813) it was first published. It was listed as a new tune, but no authorship was listed. It is also often attributed to Asahel Nettleton, hence the piece's name, but Nettleton published this hymn in Village Hymns (1825) without music and there is no evidence of him having ever composed any hymn tunes.

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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing 112
(NETTLETON. 8, 7, 8, r, 8, 7, 8, 7)
Robert Robinson, 1758 John Wyeth, 1812
 
  1. O Come, thou fount of every blessing,
    Tune my heart to sing thy grace
    Streams of mercy never ceasing,
    Call for songs of loud-est praise.
    Teach me some melodious sonnet,
    Sung by flaming tongues above ;
    Praise thy mount; I'm fixed upon it,
    Mount of God's unchanging love !
  2. Here I raise my 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 with precious blood.
  3. 0 to grace how great a debtor
    Daily I'm constrained to be!
    Let that grace now, 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 from my courts above. Amen.

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