{"slug": "fountain-of-never-ceasing-grace", "title": "Fountain of Never Ceasing Grace", "first_line": "Fountain of never ceasing grace", "author": "augustus-montague-toplady", "author_date": "1774", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Justification", "Righteousness of Christ", "Atonement"], "scripture": "John 7:37", "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Fountain of Never Ceasing Grace\" (fncgrace.htm); all six stanzas as printed there, credited \"Augustus M. Toplady, 1774\", with ST. MATTHEW (William Croft) as the tune.", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778), \"Fountain of never-ceasing grace\" (\"Thanksgiving for the Righteousness of Christ\"), first published in his Poems on Sacred Subjects (1759); the Cyber Hymnal credits the 1774 Gospel Magazine printing. Hymnary.org text authority fountain_of_neverceasing_grace; the Trinity Hymnal (1961 no. 440, 1990 no. 519) and Trinity Psalter Hymnal (2018 no. 458) sing it to this same tune, ST. MATTHEW. One metrical emendation against the Cyber Hymnal page: stanza 2 line 5 reads \"Our God in flesh, to set us free\" per Toplady's original (\"Our God in Flesh, to set us free\", Hymns and Sacred Poems, ed. Sedgwick 1860, p. 65 \u2014 archive.org item hymnssacredpoems00topl); the Cyber Hymnal's \"in the flesh\" is a nine-syllable corruption of the 8.6.8.6.D line. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "fountain_of_neverceasing_grace"}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Foun -- tain of nev -- er ceas -- ing grace, Thy saints' ex -- haust -- less theme, Great ob -- ject of im -- mor -- tal praise, Es -- sen -- tial -- ly su -- preme; We bless Thee for the glo -- rious fruits Thine in -- car -- na -- tion gives; The right -- eous -- ness which grace im -- putes, And faith a -- lone re -- ceives.", "prose": ["Fountain of never ceasing grace,", "Thy saints' exhaustless theme,", "Great object of immortal praise,", "Essentially supreme;", "We bless Thee for the glorious fruits", "Thine incarnation gives;", "The righteousness which grace imputes,", "And faith alone receives."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Whom Heav'n's an -- gel -- ic host a -- dores, Was slaugh -- tered for our sin; The guilt, O Lord, was whol -- ly ours, The pun -- ish -- ment was Thine: Our God in flesh, to set us free, Was man -- i -- fest -- ed here; And meek -- ly bare our sins, that we His right -- eous -- ness might wear.", "prose": ["Whom Heav'n's angelic host adores,", "Was slaughtered for our sin;", "The guilt, O Lord, was wholly ours,", "The punishment was Thine:", "Our God in flesh, to set us free,", "Was manifested here;", "And meekly bare our sins, that we", "His righteousness might wear."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Im -- pu -- ta -- tive -- ly guil -- ty then Our sub -- sti -- tute was made, That we the bless -- ings might ob -- tain For which His blood was shed: Him -- self He of -- fered on the cross, Our sor -- rows to re -- move; And all He suf -- fered was for us, And all He did was love.", "prose": ["Imputatively guilty then", "Our substitute was made,", "That we the blessings might obtain", "For which His blood was shed:", "Himself He offered on the cross,", "Our sorrows to remove;", "And all He suffered was for us,", "And all He did was love."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "In Him we have a right -- eous -- ness, By God Him -- self ap -- proved; Our rock, our sure foun -- da -- tion this, Which nev -- er can be moved. Our ran -- som by His death He paid, For all His peo -- ple giv'n, The law He per -- fect -- ly o -- beyed, That they might en -- ter Heav'n.", "prose": ["In Him we have a righteousness,", "By God Himself approved;", "Our rock, our sure foundation this,", "Which never can be moved.", "Our ransom by His death He paid,", "For all His people giv'n,", "The law He perfectly obeyed,", "That they might enter Heav'n."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "As all, when Ad -- am sinned a -- lone, In his trans -- gres -- sion died, So by the right -- eous -- ness of One, Are sin -- ners jus -- ti -- fied, We to Thy mer -- it, gra -- cious Lord, With hum -- blest joy sub -- mit, A -- gain to par -- a -- dise re -- stored, In Thee a -- lone com -- plete.", "prose": ["As all, when Adam sinned alone,", "In his transgression died,", "So by the righteousness of One,", "Are sinners justified,", "We to Thy merit, gracious Lord,", "With humblest joy submit,", "Again to paradise restored,", "In Thee alone complete."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Our souls His watch -- ful love re -- trieves, Nor lets them go a -- stray, His right -- eous -- ness to us He gives, And takes our sins a -- way: We claim sal -- va -- tion in His right, A -- dopt -- ed and for -- giv'n, His mer -- it is our robe of light, His death the gate of Heav'n.", "prose": ["Our souls His watchful love retrieves,", "Nor lets them go astray,", "His righteousness to us He gives,", "And takes our sins away:", "We claim salvation in His right,", "Adopted and forgiv'n,", "His merit is our robe of light,", "His death the gate of Heav'n."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}