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Come, thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing they 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 on it,
Mount of they redeeming love.
Here I raise mine Ebenezer*;
Hither by thy help to 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.
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 they courts above.
Words, Robert Robinson, 1758. Tune NETTLETON, Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813.
*1 Samuel 7:12
Come, Thou Fount photo plates
All photo credits: J. Heston • Location: Eminence, Missouri (Shannon County) • SOTO © Archive. 04/10/2010
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(PLATE 2) Butterflies gather to the pools of water created by an artesian well.
(PLATE 3) An artesian well near Eminence bubbles over with fresh water.
(PLATE 4) Looking deep into the drinkable artesian well.