{"slug": "come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing", "title": "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing", "first_line": "Come, Thou Fount of every blessing", "author": "robert-robinson", "author_date": "1758", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Grace", "Devotion"], "scripture": ["1 Samuel 7:12"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "evangelical-hymnal-1921", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Robert Robinson, 1758. Author d. 1790.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "come_thou_fount_of_every_blessing", "total_instances": 2411}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Come, Thou Fount of ev -- ery bless -- ing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mer -- cy, nev -- er ceas -- ing, Call for songs of loud -- est praise. Teach me some me -- lo -- dious son -- net, Sung by flam -- ing tongues a -- bove. Praise the mount! I\u2019m fixed up -- on it, Mount of Thy re -- deem -- ing love.", "prose": ["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\u2019m fixed upon it,", "Mount of Thy redeeming love."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Sorr\u2019w -- ing I shall be in spir -- it, Till re -- leased from flesh and sin, Yet from what I do in -- her -- it, Here Thy prais -- es I\u2019ll be -- gin; Here I raise my Eb -- en -- e -- zer; Here by Thy great help I\u2019ve come; And I hope, by Thy good plea -- sure, Safe -- ly to ar -- rive at home.", "prose": ["Sorr\u2019wing I shall be in spirit,", "Till released from flesh and sin,", "Yet from what I do inherit,", "Here Thy praises I\u2019ll begin;", "Here I raise my Ebenezer;", "Here by Thy great help I\u2019ve come;", "And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,", "Safely to arrive at home."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus sought me when a stran -- ger, Wand\u2019r -- ing from the fold of God; He, to res -- cue me from dan -- ger, In -- ter -- posed His pre -- cious blood; How His kind -- ness yet pur -- sues me Mor -- tal tongue can nev -- er tell, Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me I can -- not pro -- claim it well.", "prose": ["Jesus sought me when a stranger,", "Wand\u2019ring from the fold of God;", "He, to rescue me from danger,", "Interposed His precious blood;", "How His kindness yet pursues me", "Mortal tongue can never tell,", "Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me", "I cannot proclaim it well."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O to grace how great a debt -- or Dail -- y I\u2019m con -- strained to be! Let Thy good -- ness, like a fet -- ter, Bind my wand\u2019r -- ing heart to Thee. Prone to wan -- der, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here\u2019s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts a -- bove.", "prose": ["O to grace how great a debtor", "Daily I\u2019m constrained to be!", "Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,", "Bind my wand\u2019ring heart to Thee.", "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,", "Prone to leave the God I love;", "Here\u2019s my heart, O take and seal it,", "Seal it for Thy courts above."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O that day when freed from sin -- ning, I shall see Thy love -- ly face; Cloth -- ed then in blood washed lin -- en How I\u2019ll sing Thy sover -- eign grace; Come, my Lord, no long -- er tar -- ry, Take my ran -- somed soul a -- way; Send thine an -- gels now to car -- ry Me to realms of end -- less day.", "prose": ["O that day when freed from sinning,", "I shall see Thy lovely face;", "Clothed then in blood washed linen", "How I\u2019ll sing Thy sovereign grace;", "Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,", "Take my ransomed soul away;", "Send thine angels now to carry", "Me to realms of endless day."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}