Lyrics
Verse 1
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
Verse 2
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I come
And I hope by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood
Bridge
So to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let Thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
So to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let Thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Chorus
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Outro
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Come Thou Fount is a prayer for grace to shape an unstable heart. The opening asks the source of every blessing to tune the singer toward praise, answering ceaseless mercy with worship. Its reference to Ebenezer recalls the stone raised by Samuel after divine help, making remembrance a safeguard against forgetfulness and wandering.
The hymn then traces rescue through Christ, describing a stranger sought, brought back from danger, and redeemed by precious blood. Grace creates both gratitude and dependence: the singer is a debtor who needs God’s goodness to bind a heart prone to leave. The final plea to take and seal that heart acknowledges weakness while trusting God’s keeping power. First Samuel 7:12 explains the Ebenezer image, and Ephesians 2:8 supports the emphasis on salvation as God’s gift of grace. James 1:17 also fits the opening confession that every good gift comes from above. The repeated chorus turns honest awareness of spiritual drift into a direct prayer for preservation.
Related Scripture
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Samuel raises Ebenezer to remember that the Lord had helped his people.
- Ephesians 2:8 Paul describes salvation by grace as God’s gift rather than human achievement.
- James 1:17 James says every good and perfect gift comes from above.