Come Thou Fount
Jimmy Mcneal Lyrics
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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
I'll praise the mount I'm fixed upon it
Mount of thy redeeming love
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
Wondering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood
O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee
Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above
The song "Come Thou Fount" by Jimmy McNeal is a hymn of assurance and dedication to God. The first verse describes how the singer sees God as the source of all blessings, and asks for His help in tuning his heart to sing His grace. The second verse asks God to teach him to sing like the tongues of angels, and to praise the mount of His redeeming love.
In the third verse, the singer raises an Ebenezer stone, which was a marker of God's help in Old Testament times, and expresses hope in God's help to safely arrive at his eternal home. The fourth verse tells how Jesus sought and rescued the singer, paying with His own blood. The last verse expresses the singer's dependence on God's grace and goodness, asking God to keep his wandering heart bound to Him, and to take his heart and seal it for His courts above.
The hymn is a declaration of faith and commitment to God, acknowledging His role as the source of all good things and expressing the desire to stay close to Him. It is a reminder of the importance of tradition and the markers of God's faithfulness, as well as the centrality of Jesus and His sacrifice in Christian faith.
Line by Line Meaning
Come thou fount of every blessing
Oh divine source of every gift and power
Tune my heart to sing thy grace
Guide and tune my heart to sing your abundant goodness
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Uninterrupted flows of compassion and forgiveness
Call for songs of loudest praise
Deserve and elicit anthems of joy and gratitude
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Teach me a beautiful song of praise
Sung by flaming tongues above
That angels and heavenly beings sing with fervor
I'll praise the mount I'm fixed upon it
I will worship and glorify the foundation of my faith
Mount of thy redeeming love
The love that has bought me salvation
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Here I thank the Lord for his help and blessings
Hither by thy help I come
I have come only by your divine assistance
And I hope by thy good pleasure
I trust that your favor will bring me safely home
Safely to arrive at home
To reach home safely and be with God
Jesus sought me when a stranger
The Lord reached out to save me when I was lost
Wondering from the fold of God
Wandering aimlessly away from the safety of God's love
He, to rescue me from danger
He came to deliver me from all harm and danger
Interposed His precious blood
He shed His precious blood to redeem me
O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be!
Oh, how much I owe to grace, which compels me every day to live a righteous life
Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee
May your kindness be like chains, binding me to You
Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
I am susceptible to stray, and I recognize the urge to abandon the God whom I adore
Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above
Here is my very being; please accept and commit me irrevocably to Your perfect realm
Contributed by Makayla R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.