{"slug": "there-is-a-fountain-filled-with-blood", "title": "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood", "first_line": "There is a fountain filled with blood", "author": "william-cowper", "author_date": "1772", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Atonement", "Blood", "Grace"], "scripture": "Zechariah 13:1", "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "William Cowper (1731-1800), \"There is a fountain filled with blood,\" written by 1771 and first published in Conyers' Collection of Psalms and Hymns, 1772; reprinted in the Olney Hymns, 1779, Book I. Text from The Cyber Hymnal (all seven stanzas; Hymnary.org text authority there_is_a_fountain_filled_with_blood_dr, 2,786 hymnals, credits Cowper). The poem is Common Meter; the stanzas here are the poetic quatrains \u2014 the camp-meeting repetitions the Cyber Hymnal prints (line 4 sung three times, lines 3-4 reprised) belong to the tune CLEANSING FOUNTAIN and live in that setting's underlay. Sung elisions normalized for the C.M. meter as older hymnals print them: \"Emmanuel's\" is sung as three syllables (Em-man-uel's, stanza 1), \"power\" as \"pow'r\" (stanzas 3, 5, 7), and \"stammering\" as \"stamm'ring\" (stanza 5). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "there_is_a_fountain_filled_with_blood_dr", "total_instances": 2786}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "There is a foun -- tain filled with blood Drawn from Em -- man -- uel's veins; And sin -- ners plunged be -- neath that flood Lose all their guil -- ty stains.", "prose": ["There is a fountain filled with blood", "Drawn from Emmanuel's veins;", "And sinners plunged beneath that flood", "Lose all their guilty stains."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The dy -- ing thief re -- joiced to see That foun -- tain in his day; And there have I, though vile as he, Washed all my sins a -- way.", "prose": ["The dying thief rejoiced to see", "That fountain in his day;", "And there have I, though vile as he,", "Washed all my sins away."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Dear dy -- ing Lamb, Thy pre -- cious blood Shall nev -- er lose its pow'r Till all the ran -- somed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.", "prose": ["Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood", "Shall never lose its pow'r", "Till all the ransomed church of God", "Be saved, to sin no more."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flow -- ing wounds sup -- ply, Re -- deem -- ing love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.", "prose": ["E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream", "Thy flowing wounds supply,", "Redeeming love has been my theme,", "And shall be till I die."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Then in a no -- bler, sweet -- er song, I'll sing Thy pow'r to save, When this poor lisp -- ing, stam -- m'ring tongue Lies si -- lent in the grave.", "prose": ["Then in a nobler, sweeter song,", "I'll sing Thy pow'r to save,", "When this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue", "Lies silent in the grave."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Lord, I be -- lieve Thou hast pre -- pared, Un -- wor -- thy though I be, For me a blood bought free re -- ward, A gold -- en harp for me!", "prose": ["Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared,", "Unworthy though I be,", "For me a blood bought free reward,", "A golden harp for me!"]}, "7": {"syllabified": "'Tis strung and tuned for end -- less years, And formed by pow'r di -- vine, To sound in God the Fa -- ther's ears No oth -- er name but Thine.", "prose": ["'Tis strung and tuned for endless years,", "And formed by pow'r divine,", "To sound in God the Father's ears", "No other name but Thine."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}