Lyrics
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’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer:
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wand’ring from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace now, like a fetter,
Bind my yielded heart to Thee.
Let me know Thee in Thy fullness;
Guide me by Thy mighty hand,
Till, transformed, in Thine own image
In Thy presence I shall stand.
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Meaning & Inspiration
“O Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is a prayer for a heart continually tuned to divine grace. Images of unending mercy, praise, and redeeming love shape the opening stanza, while the raised Ebenezer recalls help already received from God. The hymn places hope for final arrival at home beside a confession that Jesus seeks the wandering and rescues from danger. Its language holds gratitude and dependence together rather than treating faithfulness as personal achievement.
The final stanza describes grace as both a gift and a binding influence upon a yielded heart. Its request for guidance, fuller knowledge of God, and transformation in the divine presence gives the song a clear movement from remembrance to perseverance. The reference to Ebenezer directly echoes 1 Samuel 7:12, while the picture of Jesus seeking someone who has wandered closely parallels the shepherd imagery in Luke 15. The closing hope of being transformed in God’s image also aligns with the expectation expressed in 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Related Scripture
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Samuel raises the Ebenezer stone to remember the Lord’s help.
- Luke 15:4-7 Jesus describes a shepherd seeking and recovering a wandering sheep.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 The passage speaks of believers being transformed into the Lord’s image.