The Living and Learning Chronicles
May. 8, 2008
My favorite hymn!

Posted in Faith

I was waiting for my milk to heat up to make yogurt while all the house is asleep (except for one reading nightowl upstairs!), and I thought, I actually could blog right now.  So here I am!  My favorite hymn is by William Cowper and titled "There is a Fountain."  I love it because of the words and also because of a quote I read by Cowper once.  It read, "There is no stain so deep the blood of Christ cannot remove."  That may be a paraphrase but I still love that quote. 

Here are the words:

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.
Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to sin no more, be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.

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.
And shall be till I die, and shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.

Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I’ll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.
Lies silent in the grave, lies silent in the grave;
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.

Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared, unworthy though I be,
For me a blood bought free reward, a golden harp for me!
’Tis strung and tuned for endless years, and formed by power divine,
To sound in God the Father’s ears no other name but Thine.

And here is my favorite version (without the video- a word to the wise, the video is graphic and just is NOT necessary to appreciate the depth of beauty of the song.  Just my 2 cents!)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6sXbHuATvo

If you enjoy this version, too, check out more music at Red Mountain Church.  (They rearrange old hymns to new music.  Truly lovely.)

I hope you have experienced the depth of love and mercy of the forgiveness of the blood of Christ.  May the Holy Spirit remind us all of how great is His love that we may love Him all the more!


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