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Terms You Should Know: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Saturday, November 30, 2013 by Kevin Schultz 3 Comments

Have you ever been unsure of what you were singing in the hymn “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”?  If we are honest, all of us have at one point.  There are several obscure terms and biblical references used in this hymn which was written in 1758. Let’s address them one by one with the help of merriam-webster.com.

sonnet –  a poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern

flaming tongues – Acts 2:3 – supernatural phenomena of the Holy Spirit

Ebenezer – 1 Samuel 7:12 – a memorial stone

interposed – to place (someone or something) between two or more things or people

fetter –  a chain or shackle for the feet

prone – likely to do, have, or suffer from something

With this new understanding, read through the words of this great hymn and glorify our great God of grace and mercy!

Verse 1

Come Thou fount of ev’ry 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 mine Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I’m 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

Verse 3

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let Thy grace Lord like a fetter
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee
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

 

John Wyeth | Robert Robinson
© Words: Public Domain
Music: Public Domain

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Kevin Schultz

About Kevin Schultz

Kevin is the Director of Music at Grace Fellowship. Whether by playing guitar with the band or talking too much in Connections, he hopes to make much of Jesus by encouraging our church to rejoice in the truth of the Gospel in order to spread the fame of God.

Comments

  1. Art Kraft III says

    Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 12:44 am

    The line,
    “praise the mount I’m fixed upon it mount of thyredeeming love”
    Is the one line that leaves a question for me for which I’m not able to get an answer. It seems likely that he is referencing mount Calvary where Christ atoning death provides the ultimate redeeming love and the only deliverance from sin for all, who by faith obtain saving Grace, praise God!. If there is another mount that he is referring to being fixed upon I would like to know which one that would be and why he would be fixed upon it. I apologize in advance if it appears that I have a firm grasp of the obvious but since I can find no commentary on this most important line I would love to hear a scholarly explanation. Thank You so much in advance. God Bless you and keep you as only Christ’s redeeming love can!

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  2. Art Kraft III says

    Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 12:48 am

    Thank you kindly and in advance for your reply so my question.

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  3. Kevin Schultz says

    Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 11:33 am

    Art – thanks for visiting our site. I think the line can be taken two ways. First, as you read it, the author looking at Calvary and recognizing the significance of the cross in redemption and God’s love displayed through it. Another view would be comparing God’s love to a mountain (large, immovable, permanent) and how the author keeps his gaze fixed upon God’s unchanging love.

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