The Church — Lord's Supper

There is a fountain filled with blood

No. 1107
Metre C. M.
Tune FOUNTAIN.
Words William Cowper.
Music Unknown.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 4/4
6 stanzas

Words

There is a fountain filled with blood,Drawn from Immanuel's veins;And sinners plunged beneath that flood,Lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to seeThat fountain in his day;And there may I, though vile as he,Wash all my sins away.

Thou dying Lamb! thy precious bloodShall never lose its power,Till all the ransomed Church of GodAre saved, to sin no more.

E'er since by faith I saw the streamThy flowing wounds supply,Redeeming love has been my theme,And shall be till I die.

Lord, I believe thou hast prepared,Unworthy though I be,For me a blood-bought, free reward,A golden harp for me!

There in a nobler, sweeter song,I'll sing thy power to save,When this poor lisping, stammering tongueIs ransomed from the grave.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—LORD'S SUPPER.»; hymn number «1107» (large), tune name «FOUNTAIN. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «There», set in whole words without syllable hyphens («fountain», «Immanuel's», «sinners», «guilty»), except «be-» / «neath» at the system break. The music repeats the fourth line: the interlinear reads «…Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains.» (with «Fine.» after the first «stains,» and «D. S.» after the last); the line is written once below. Stanzas 2–6 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «179, 395, 581.» in italic figures (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 179, 395 or 581), numbered «2»–«6» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«6.» here like stanza 1); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented; «William Cowper.» in italics after stanza 6. The printer's thin space before «;» and «!» («veins ;», «day ;», «Lamb !», «me !») is closed up here; apostrophes are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («E'er since», «blood-bought»).