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FAITH AND CONSECRATION

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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(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.

Jesus, and Shall It Ever Be

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(FEDERAL STREET. L. M.)

Henry K. Oliver, 1832

Joseph Grigg, 1765

1. Jesus, and shall it ever be,
   A mortal man ashamed of thee?
   Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise,
   Whose glories shine thro' endless days ?
   
2. Ashamed of Jesus ! sooner far
   Let evening blush to own a star
   He sheds the beams of light divine
   O'er this benighted soul of mine.
   
3. Till then, nor is my boasting vain,
   Till then I boast a Saviour slain ;
   And may this my glory be,
   That Christ is not ashamed of me. Amen.

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