Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - story behind the hymn

[@annetteolson2428]

I think if we are honest with ourselves we have to agree with the phrase "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it", and guard aganst it with His strength every day.

[@AutumnLeaf24]

True that!

[@oldegoatee8450]

Yes, and even Paul exclaimed, "Oh wretched man that I am!"

[@LeeB5]

Yes! And “Prone to leave the God I love”…always moves my soul to tears❣️❤️

[@annetteolson2428]

❤❤@@LeeB5

[@healthrecord508]

Of course... daily battle.

[@johnnypetty1434]

“Prone to Wander, Lord, I feel it.” Is the best line in the song. It describes the human condition, anyone who can’t understand that line has some issues as well. That line and the lines that follow give me so much hope and peace.

[@johnlyon6170]

AMAN, AMAN, AMÉN?(!

[@MrMvn78]

Hit me hard this morning ❤

[@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10]

¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy Commandments. *-Psalm 119:10* *Cross-References: ⁷/⁹* ³ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for *His Name's sake.[His Mercy and His Grace]* *-Psalm 23:3* ³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy Law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. *-Psalm 119:34* ² Blessed are they that keep His Testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart. *-Psalm 119:2* ⁵⁸ I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy Word. *-Psalm 119:58* ¹³³ Order my steps in thy Word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. *-Psalm 119:133* ¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy Commandments. *-Psalm 119:176* ⁸ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. ⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. ¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. *-Psalm 143:8-10* *** **** ***** ****** ******* ********* ⁵ Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. *-Psalm 17:5* ²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: ²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. *-Psalm 139:23-24* ⁴ Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. ⁵ Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. *-Psalm 25:4-5*

[@JS-nr7te]

​​@@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10 yet even the aposlte Peter denied Christ 3 times on the day of His betrayal and crucifixion

[@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10]

@JS-nr7te the lesson to be learned from Peter's denial of his Saviour is.... *"Do Not Trust in Self"*

[@cathleenschaffroth8108]

When I was a young believer I was prone to wander and this hymn resonated with me. Now I In my 70’s i am settled into his love and care- never to worry about wandering again.

[@mikenixon2401]

I am much the same. Let's be a blessing.

[@BeyePerfectMinistries]

1 Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

[@Thebellism1]

God's goodness keeps us. And none can pluck us from his hand.

[@ammeblancolopez7169]

Amen 🙏

[@wisconsinkraut3445]

I remember the first time I sang this, it was maybe 2 weeks after my baptism and I was literally choking out the words through tears of joy as I understand that these words were for me and they were all true. One of my favorite hymns.

[@mikenixon2401]

The "praise songs" of today seem to be written with the presumed intention of "I need to write another new song." The great hymns -- in all fairness some of the later 20th century music as well -- are birthed from personal experience and being drawn to our Savior out of deep appreciation and surrender to God's will. Keep all verses.

[@lindacook8819]

Prone to wander, is my favorite line. It is so true.

[@mikenixon2401]

Proverbs 22:6 is the base of my testimony. As a child and youth my mother made sure my sister and I were involved in church and faith. Then I was prone to wander and did so. I returned to the Savior in my 50s. Now approaching 70 I am so thankful for all His directions and blessings. Now, let's go be a blessing.

[@milib2j]

Don’t we know it👍

[@milib2j]

He is So glad to hear us🎉sing

[@marioprevil1139]

Mine too❤😊

[@kathypartee3314]

We sung this hymn in my Ma Ma’s Methodist church in the 1960s. She played the piano. This 67 yo misses her Ma Ma.❤

[@tam.i3145]

Dear brother in Christ! Thank you for your humble but so precious work! I'm a youth from Romania who enjoys and feel blessed by your mission work. In my country not many people can speak and understand English. I would love to send this to my friends and my family so that they can understand and find courage and love for Christ just as I found!

[@thebeekbn7669]

I’ve literally cried the entire time watching this video. I can see myself in Robinson’s story. I love that he said “… prone to leave the God I love” because it almost doesn’t make sense that one can love God so desperately and yet still be prone to wander. “Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above”, that’s my prayer today.

[@YepImThatGuy66]

Years ago I asked Jesus into my heart, only then to understand that no where in the bible does it give such instruction. A few years ago I was at the end of my rope. Sick with not job, they were going to take the house and me with a wife who was unable to work. I remember telling God to just let me win some money so I could fix the problems. See? I had this issue of blaming everyone one around me, till the Lord showed me my sins. The bible talks about people praying for the rocks to fall on them, I was just wanted to find a crack and fall into it. My heart was broken, I knew "asking Jesus into my heart wasn't going to do. I remember the thief on the cross who just had a simple request, "Lord remember me..." In tears with a broken soul before a Holy and Just God, I cried out for mercy. First time I heard this song I so understood it. Thanks for sharing

[@belva0208]

For salvation and eternity in Heaven with the Lord. Start by reading Acts 2:38. Then, study all 4 Gosples.

[@Seek_Yeshua]

I pray you are doing well now my brother in Christ. Peace and strength of Christ be with both you and your wife.

[@margaretperry7620]

He is going to complete what He started in us ❤

[@stevemabry2864]

Amen

[@mimip2108]

I learned that God used that lady who was in the stagecoach to draw him back to Him. "'Robinson continued working for the Lord until 1790, when he was invited to Birmingham, England, to preach for Dr. Joseph Priestly, a noted Unitarian. There, on the morning of June 8th, he was found dead at age 54, having passed away quietly during the night." THEN SINGS MY SOUL by Robert J. Morgan

[@lakeishas242]

Thanks for sharing this

[@TruthinLove33]

Prodigal son came home 😇🤗❤️🎉

[@jennifersanders4837]

Thank you for sharing this I was thinking oh Lord I hope he repented and came back to his first love!

[@ladyrangeline9715]

Tears are flowing. ..I grew up with these songs..the mighty songs of the church..thank you!

[@Fairford2001]

I love this channel! My wife and I live in San Antonio, Texas, USA. We just changed churches recently. The church we go to is called First Baptist Church San Antonio, a church that’s 163 years old. The service is traditional and we sing all hymns. We have sung this hymns.

[@Marmeeseven]

I am using your videos in my homeschool. Thank you for sharing your videos. God bless you, and your efforts.

[@lindathomas2350]

What a wonderful and excellent idea to share those songs in your homeschool! You are to be commended,!

[@matthewcamp9615]

This was the song my beautiful sister chose for her funeral ( liver cancer). My wonderful cousins sang this at the funeral and now it’s my favorite song for life. Thanks for this video

[@MrsBaird-gf1rx]

I have a friend/sister-in-Christ who is prone to become anxious in fluctuating circumstances. She has experienced God's faithful provision over and over, yet finds herself succumbing to worry when trouble looms (and sometimes even when it doesn't). Because she has experienced God's faithfulness over and over again, a few years ago she began writing down her various times of anxiety and the faithfulness of the LORD to supply, she calls her little diary her ""Book of Ebenezers".

[@stephenalevesque2361]

Ive come to realize that my worse enemy who I need God's protection from is not the Enemy, not the world, but me, for all reasons expressed in this great song.

[@williamwei9524]

Praise and thanks be to the Lord my God and Savior Jesus Christ.

[@traudymclarty8999]

I have loved this hymn for years. Yes, deep and powerful. It was sung at our wedding

[@marlenedaley6358]

Through sadness he still yearns to come to God. Let the angels carry me to the heavens to my God above.

[@tundratea2]

This has always been one of my fav hymns

[@tammynewville716]

I pray he reconciled with Christ and called upon Him before his last breath.❤

[@peterjenbowen3305]

Yesterday, after a special experience with the hymn Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (which I’ll share briefly below) I searched for renderings of it on KZbin. That’s when I came across your video. I loved your calm and peaceful discussion of the beautiful hymn and your singing of it. Thank you. After a heavy Saturday’s work making a French drain in my backyard I came into the house. I was exhausted. As a soon-to-be eighty-year-old, I had found digging the trench in the heavy Northern Ireland clay soil quite backbreaking, not to mention filling the fifteen-meter ditch with perforated pipe and crushed stone. I was too tired even to pray about a spiritual purpose for the usual monthly fast beginning right after our supper. So, after a game of Settlers of Catan with my little wife, I went to bed. Waking early, I turned to the new (digital) hymn book, ‘Hymns for Home and Church’. There at No. 1 of the first thirteen to be released, was ‘Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing’. Singing along I was invigorated with fresh spiritual momentum. My thoughts went back nearly fifty years to recall how “Jesus sought me when a stranger” and brought me to His fold. How grateful I am for Jesus Christ and the atonement He wrought in Gethsemane and on Calvary. How blessed too we are by those who compose sacred music for worship. Thank you again. I look forward to viewing more of your videos.

[@bmbinney9613]

19:04 Very good job on this hymn. I know in my life, my heart has wandered, backslid, and brought much pain in my life and shame on the wondrous name of Jesus. Yet God has been very merciful to me and like the father of the Prodigal son He has mercifully forgiven me time and time again! We, who have been sealed by the Holy Spirit, have an eternal inheritance that will never fade away.

[@SamuelmajhokMachar]

Our God who's our universal is so, ..... So, merciful. ❤

[@ruthoftheshire]

Loved this rendition, so wonderful. This song, was the one song my mom was able to start singing AFTER her stroke and with Aphasia. It was SO SO precious to hear her start singing ..." streams of mercy". This song took a whole new meaning for me after that.

[@karonbarnhill2904]

Prone to wander resonates

[@Romans_8.38-39]

Thank you for sharing the history and the meaning of this hymn, and for singing it. It's one of my favorite hymns, and now that I know more about it and about the writer (possibly writers), and reflecting on my own walk with our Lord, the lyrics help hold me even closer to Jesus, my Savior, as does Romans 8:38-39.❤🙏

[@olivierfonte2999]

Been singing this song since a child ..... Count on God's blessings every moment and every day.....,

[@AutumnLeaf24]

same, I think. I can't remember when I first heard this or sang it at church.

[@merylinemulupi8746]

we are always prone to wonder that’s why we should take the cross every day and follow Him

[@RebeccaLee-d4g]

I cannot help but believe that I will see Robert in HeavenHome and tell him how grateful I have always been for this hymn. The reason I feel this way is 2 Timothy 2:13 “If we do not believe, He still remains faithful. He cannot deny Himself.”

[@ShyGuy_238]

As a Pentecostal, my favorite part of this song is the section read at 7:35. What beautiful lyrics!

[@kathypartee3314]

I will have this played at my funeral. ❤

[@CaroleMcDonnell]

A hymn that urges me to write great things for God.

[@RebeccaLee-d4g]

Good for! Never Stop!

[@RebeccaLee-d4g]

Good for you!

[@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10]

*Let Thy Goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee...* ¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought Thee: *O let me not wander from Thy Commandments.* ¹¹ Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, *that I might not sin against Thee.* *-Psalm 119:10-11* ⁵ *Hold up my goings in Thy paths,* that my footsteps slip not. *-Psalm 17:5*

[@hygst]

I love that line. His goodness being like a fetter, a restriction. God knows our hearts, and what will lead us away from Him. I do believe God will not allow those who truly love him to be so self deluded with their own achievements and successes that they gradually, wander away. Sometimes we wonder why we don't have exorbitant blessings in this life, God knows.

[@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10]

Amen... ²⁴ Now unto Him that is able to keep you *from falling [from sinning],* and to present you *faultless [blameless]* before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, *-Jude 24*

[@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10]

⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. *-Psalm 119:71* *Cross-References: ⁵/⁷* ¹² Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy Law; ¹³ That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. *-Psalm 94:12-13* ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. *-Psalm 119:67* ⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. *-Psalm 119:75* ⁹ By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. *-Isaiah 27:9* ¹⁵ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. ¹ Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. *-Hosea **5:15**-6:1* ³² But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. *-1 Corinthians 11:32* ¹⁰ For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹ Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. *-Hebrews 12:10-11* ¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. *-Revelation 3:10*

[@jannievorster3371]

When I was young I was prone to wander. I am not young anymore and I am still prone to wander. So I learned to die daily, seek and talk to my God daily, give my life anew daily, and I shall do it with the help of Jesus for the days to come till my silver cord is cut. But I have a feeling Im going to see Jesus with all he's mighty angels coming in His glory soon!

[@KarenOliveirajoyful]

This song was meaningful to me a year after losing our eldest daughter to a car accident.

[@cf-kw5qo]

I love the older hymns

[@dougjohnson6851]

The Lord has so graciously called me to minister in a local jail as their chaplain. My most recent sermon in the jail came out of I Sam.7. What a blessing to hear this story about this hymn, and where the word Ebenezer originated. Thank you for this video and God bless you!

[@tammynewville716]

Hold fast..It's worth more than a 1000 worlds to win the victory in Christ!!!❤ He. Is the fountain of life eternal.Praise be to my King!❤

[@CorimDanex]

All these "sadness" sections you talk about do not strike me as sadness at all, but as yearning to be united more fully with God. The entire song is positive to me.

[@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10]

*Sung by flaming tongues above...* ..."Not by might nor by power, *but by My Spirit,* saith the Lord of Hosts." *-Zechariah 4:6*

[@julieellis6793]

You did great with this hymn. I think the words"prone to wander" means that even if we've asked the Lord to forgive us of our sin, we still have that sin nature. God bless.

[@RebeccaLee-d4g]

Martin Luther said, " He saves us from sin, but not from sinning." Won't it be Wonderful when we are Home and cannot be able to be tempted anymore, Forever More!

[@julieellis6793]

@@RebeccaLee-d4g AMEN!

[@andreleibee354]

i heard that story about robinson. what a precious hymn that admits how dependent we are upon the Lord to save and to keep us too (indeed prone to wander because in my flesh dwells no good thing as per romans 7) and the daily surrender to the Lord to take our hearts and seal with them...and He does! His promises never fail. His Spirit holds us fast when we come by faith under that sin cleansing Blood -- our names written in the Lamb's Book of Life. hallelujah what a Savior! and that dear friend is another wonderful hymn! thanks for sharing. God bless you :)

[@AnnR-r1y]

Jesus sought me when a stranger, wondering from the fold of God,he to rescue me from danger interposed his pracious blood

[@robinandjohnvendelin229]

This is the favorite hymn of a man I know. It's because that tendency to wander is also his experience. Knowing this man's story, some people feel so badly about themselves that they is constantly vulnerable to the internal doubt and whispers about himself.

[@johnlyon6170]

We are nothing in this world without JESUS àre. LORD.

[@wmbaumann1540]

I believe that the writer of this song is now with God, for God forgives and loves sinners.

[@Alexander-me7xh]

Wow, I just found your channel and it is amazing. Come thy fount is one of my favorite hymns, but I never knew the story behind the song thank you so much!

[@soul_adventurist]

This is one of my favorite hymns and I have always felt that same urge to wander. I believe that to be a normal part of being a Christian. A normal part of our fallen condition. But I also believe that once we are saved, nothing can snatch us from our Savior’s hand. We wonder after our own desires. I have gone through periods of anger and depression where I turned from serving and worshiping God, but the Holy Spirit never stopped trying to bring me back to Him. ❤

[@janemariebennett3973]

Beautiful! I love learning these original words to a long favorite hymn. . . They spark renewed praise and conviction.

[@jaredmgrant1003]

I asked my sister to perform this at my wedding, it was the best version of the song I have ever seen performed, the conservative church broke out into applause. That was my first time applauding in a church and how could you not

[@dellahamilton4729]

My dear mother use to sing this song. I miss her.. Blessings to you

[@kitwarjri7086]

My late Mom too,its her favorite hymn n now its mine..Check out this song played on dulcimer, its so good.

[@louisebrislane6607]

In the Presbyterian churches in NSW we sing their version of the song. Not often but I always remember my grandparents as they lived in Ebenezer, NSW. The oldest Presbyterian church is there & my grandparents are buried there just on the high banks of the Nepean River facing east. I think that I like our version better as it is more uplifting & hopeful. 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 God’s unchanging love! 2 Here I raise my 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, wandering from the fold of God; he, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood. 3 O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be! Let that grace now, 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. Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal (2003)

[@jelkhorncamper6062]

I just read The Main Trail, a book by Ralph J Hall, a Sunday School Missionary for the Presbyterian church in the very early 1900s in New Mexico and the west.

[@Lonesoul9791]

That is the version I know as well. We still sing it this way in the church I attend now.

[@froesfamily335]

Ebenezer means stone of help. 1 Samuel 7:12. Israel had been defeated by the Philistines. The people gathered and repented of their sins and God miraculously defeated the Philistines! Israel was saved. Samuel set up the stone as a monument for generations to remember God's deliverance. Let us remember that God can once again deliver Israel from her enemies.

[@julie.daytona]

I agree that this version is more uplifting!!

[@lindalevitan521]

I grew up singing this hymn in our church. Thank you for putting flesh on bones... you speak so well, and touch my heart with your words and thoughts. I needed to hear this song and history tonight. Thank you.

[@davehart3249]

Grateful to have found this channel. I love the old hymns.

[@rebeccaparkin5220]

Wonderful, one of my favourite hymns. Our Lord truly is the Fount and Source of every blessing ❤

[@jenniferhurlock8174]

I stumbled on your channel by the Grace of God. It was what I needed. Growing up in the Anglican church, these hymns were a part of my life. In addition, the high school I attended had daily devotions, which included a hymn from Ancient & Modern the Anglican church prayer book. As a result I know most of these hymn verbatim. Coincidentally, in the late 20th century, there was a weakly radio program,'Great Christian Hymns of our Time', presented by an English priest who lived and worked worked in Jamaica. Similar to what you now do to, he gave a historical overview of origin and little known stories of these hymns. Blessing to you. Thanks for sharing.

[@cf-kw5qo]

This always been a favorite hymn

[@cathydemarest3572]

Raised on hymns.

[@michaelnorillacrider9493]

We sang this song at church last Sunday. After the service I searched to see if you had done a video on it. So it was a pleasant surprise when I was notified tonight your video was premiering shortly. Thank you.

[@divinecallministries7]

As I write this there are tears in my eyes…how poignant are these blessed Words inspired by God so long ago yet Eternally Anointed for God’s people. May the Lord continue to use it to provoke His Saints to gratitude…for the sake of the Name of His Dear Son, in Jesus’ Name I pray Amen and Amen! To God be ALL Glory!

[@kirksealls1912]

“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is my personal favorite hymn. I also grew up in churches singing contemporary music and enjoy it, but I find myself singing this hymn frequently, especially when times are tough

[@lavernejwharton4655]

Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it ...

[@sarah-lorraineross8100]

Beautiful praise God Amen 🙏

[@martinswells1987]

Hello Sarah, how are you doing?

[@garynichols8186]

Thank you for sharing the rich history of this song. I grew up in an Evangelical United Brethren Church that later became a United Methodist Church and we sang this song growing up. I loved it then and still love it.

[@BoomMC_Inc]

I think this song is the one hymn that always gets me. Because my heart is proned to wander and despite the blessings, faith from me takes collosal effort.

[@conniewright1113]

we battle our flesh, we all could be prone to leave. I was going to church, yet God showed me I was backsliding. Not reading God's word, not praying, my heart was not near to God.

[@brianwynn7334]

I grew up with this hymn and it was dear to my heart. Yes we are prone to wonder Lord I feel it. God is full of mercy He knows we are but dust.

[@ThinkOfAnApple]

Reminds me of my dear Father who passed in 2001. Cry each time I hear or sing it. Thank you for this.❤

[@brihe7029]

Remember singing this in a crusade choir (UK) in the 1990s!

[@pansyj1462]

O yes this is one my very favorites. You do it so beautifully.

[@tinavestal2154]

My grandparents sang it together as my grandfather passed away at 62 in the early 1940's. It always and forever will...bring tears to my eyes.

[@katkanning]

I've loved this hymn so much! It's so sad the author fell away. Do you suppose God is also sad when we sing it, remembering this man?

[@sheilaoneil18]

I first heard this song sung by a lovely gentle man on the Gaither channel. It brought me to tears then and again today when you sang it. It reminds me of all that the Lord has forgiven in me and how I need Him to keep drawing me back from wandering away. Not that I have any intention of leaving the Lord. I love Him. But distractions interfere sometimes. This world is full of them. But He reminds me that we are in this world but not part of this world. Guy Penrod sings a beautiful song, This World is not My Home. I love your playing and singing. Thank you for your wonderful channel. Come Lord Jesus Come.

[@bonniemoon6790]

I remember an old church we used to go to called Ebenezer Baptist church in virginia where we would sing this song often in closing. so we found it rather fitting 😆

[@janicecleary1362]

Amen! Such a beautiful hymn, but such a sad story 😢. Yes, we need the spirit of humility and gratitude for what we have, and abide in him always. Thank you Luke.

[@lavernejwharton4655]

The apostles spoke in their own tongue, but each man heard in his own tongue, many nations in the crowd . It is written!

[@1966marmar]

This truly blessed my burdened heart this morning ❤

[@totallydomestic433]

Jesus IS the fountain of all blessing! How foolish to wonder from him.

[@GoodGraceToday]

I love how you speak the truth. I know many believe we are once saved always saved, but that is not the case, and this writer clearly understands that as he himself felt his lost condition. I am glad though as a backslider myself was able to find God's forgiveness and restorations some 15 years ago. We can walk away from God at any time. God does not keep us fenced in and we are free moral agents and can choose to serve God or not. Thank you again for your truthfulness in relating the story behind the hymn. God bless you.

[@susancoutinho2679]

Thank you Luke for all the efforts you make to tell us about the background of all these beautiful hymns. I love all the old hymns. The writer of this song says Take my heart O take and seal it. Seal it for thy courts above. It shows that he really longed to be with God. He did not want to be lost. Hope he repented in the end.

[@AutumnLeaf24]

Yes, I hope so. But it goes to show that even the Faith 'greats' have issues. That should encourage us to cling all the tighter to Jesus and check ourselves. We need to make sure we stay with God. And pray that He will keep us standing firm in Him till the end!

[@tatjanasutube]

We are sealed with the Holy Spirit until the day of our redemption

[@davisadams1360]

I listened to your commentary and it has blessed my heart. I actually love this song and words because it shows our human tendencies. But we need to trust God to keep us from falling away.

[@ella5319]

"Jesus sought me when a stranger, wondering from the fold of God", that was me and the whole world I suppose, the Lord seeks us sometimes at our lowest hour.

[@debcarroll8192]

This was a favorite hymn of my father's, and I love it as well. It is such an honest expression of the writer's struggles with his sin nature. I don't see it as sad; I think he looks forward to the purity of heaven so much that, like Paul says in Philippians 1:21, for him "to live is Christ, and to die is gain." By the way, I did read in a book I have about hymns that the writer did return to faith in Christ after backsliding.

[@dougvanminnen7537]

I was wondering if he did, after that encounter with that lady talking about his Hymn how could he not come back to the Lord?

[@claudiaadams3431]

Than God for January 15 2017 when I assisted to a reformed church in Harlingen Texas and I heard this hymn so lovely it was like water to a parched land. Ever since I been assisting to listen to this sound word of God and I been greatly blessed, I speak broken English but the merciful God and his Holy Spirit is teaching me. Thanks for this powerful hymn and many blessings to you and family.

[@jessebelelear7107]

absolutely my favorite. When I feel as though I am straying, this brings me back. I cry then I hear this.

[@mapgirl7559]

Yes, we need to search these beautiful hymns as their lyrics are powerful words for the church. And the history behind each hymn is worthy of thought for us today. First Peter 2:23-25 you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

[@rachelchandran6631]

It is very true, we are prone to wandering away from God.

[@ThePyramidone]

I was blessed to have been a layman performing as the church song leader. It was my duty to select the hymns for each church service. I am not a trained musician, however previously, I had sung in many school choirs and could follow sheet music. I had a competent pianist and it was amazing how the Lord would guide me with hymn selection that matched the Pastor's sermon. This is one of the songs that I selected for congregational singing, quite frequently. The Lord saw fit to bring me to another place 2000 miles away, and I no longer am involved with singing, as the churches here no longer sing hymns. I do miss it.

[@silenthunter601]

I am old school and just cannot get into contemporary christian music. There is nothing as powerful as the old classic hymns. The wording and lyrics speak to me as no other!

[@mapgirl7559]

I agree! The One year Book of HYMNS and 365 devotional readings compiled by Robert K. Brown is a great gift to me. This devotional story is in this book along with the lyrics to this hymn.

[@karenparinisi3182]

I've never heard this hymn. Thank you for introducing it to me.

[@kitwarjri7086]

Tjis is my Late mom Favourite hymn n now its mine.

[@BonnieKetterman-qw8vd]

What a beautiful story love that beautiful hymn what a blessing all.of ur sweet hymns are such an encouragement to me

[@maryanngames9353]

Yes, prone to wander Lord I feel it Prone to leave the God I love, oh yes, from the age of 17 when He saved me until one more week when I will be 80 it has been a battle in this world to continually love, honor and glorify my Triune God. Amen

[@markbarnes7331]

Thank you for your hymn presentation! I was blessed!

[@lindamckay2611]

I call this my Anthem song. So sad to hear about the writer of the song. Incredible that one can write such a powerful song and yet fall away????

[@martinswells1987]

Hello Linda, how are you doing?

[@martinswells1987]

Where are you from?

[@jesussaves7973]

@@martinswells1987 shame on you!

[@martinswells1987]

@@jesussaves7973 shame on you too

[@lashellemoxey9006]

Yes, the first time I heard this, I was watching the movie, 'Love Comes Softly'. There's a scene in the movie where one of the stars in the movie is singing a verse and it endeared me to the song. Especially the verse that says 'Prone to wonder, Lord I feel it'.

[@tessaviljoen6320]

Pity I don't know this hymn at all. But I will download it and from this day I will come to know it

[@cathcolwell2197]

Doesn’t get any better than that