There is a Fountain
When a large religious service was being conducted at the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco, many people quickly became aware that the minister delivering the main address was not thoroughly orthodox. Although a gifted speaker, he began to direct most of his eloquence against the power of the blood of Christ.
Ruth
E. Marsden relates that when his fluent oratory ended, a timid, elderly
lady stood up in the midst of the crowd and softly began to sing a great
hymn by William Cowper as a touching rebuttal to the modernist’s
remarks.
A
hush fell over the assembly as they heard those faint but familiar
words: “There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel’s
veins, and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty
stains.”
Before
she could begin the second stanza, approximately a hundred people rose
to join her.
By
the time she reached the third verse, nearly a thousand Christians all
over the audience were singing that blessed song of faith.
The
triumphant, thrilling strains rang out loud and clear: “Dear dying
Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power, ’til all the
ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more.”
Many
were deeply moved as that humble believer stood up for her Lord and with
the light of Heaven upon her face.
There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood
(1) There
is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emmanuel's veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that blood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains.
And sinners, plunged beneath that blood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
(2) 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.
(3) Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
'Til all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved, to sin no more,
Be saved, to sin no more,
Be saved, to sin no more,
'Til all
the ransomed Church of God
Be saved, to sin no more.
(4) E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be 'til I die.
And shall be 'til I die.
And shall be 'til I die.
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be 'til I die.
(5) 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.
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