Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing is a well-loved Christian hymn written by Robert Robinson in 1758. The hymn expresses themes of gratitude, grace, and the need for God’s guidance. It begins with an invocation to God as the source of blessings and reflects on the importance of faith and reliance on divine grace.
The hymn’s imagery includes metaphors of streams of mercy and a “prone to wander” tendency, highlighting human frailty and the need for God’s help to remain faithful. Its melody is often attributed to a folk tune named “Nettleton,” which enhances its enduring popularity in worship settings.
Overall, the hymn serves as a poignant reminder of the believer’s relationship with God and the journey of faith.
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Lyrics
Come, 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 God’s unchanging love!
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 his precious blood.
O 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 for thy courts above.
