Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - story behind the hymn

[@KyleBaird-im8iw]

I wandered for six years. I asked the Lord for forgiveness and asked Him back into my heart a week ago tonight.

[@annetteolson2428]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@debianation]

Excellent

[@nightowl16201]

As I came what seemed the end of road when I was in the Navy. I grew up in the the church and asked Jesus in my heart. I found myself becoming an alcoholic. This hymn came to me and never drank again, 43yrs now I have drawn closer to him. ❤

[@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 ❤

[@RepairerofthebreachEx.20v.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]

​​@@RepairerofthebreachEx.20v.10 yet even the aposlte Peter denied Christ 3 times on the day of His betrayal and crucifixion

[@RepairerofthebreachEx.20v.10]

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

[@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.❤

[@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.

[@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.

[@Pure_Religion]

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

[@olivierfonte2999]

Yes, me too. I am now 70 and thank God for His blessings ... sang this song at church since a child....

[@pameladrennan2922]

I resonate with this no fear of going back into bondage because I love the Lord more and more than I did before. He so outranks these other temptations that I don’t gaze with longing to the world of sin and death I love, love, love the king of Kings and I experience his love for me. This is how we have confidence. Our closeness to the Lord Jesus is our protection. I praise the Lord when I started thinking about giving him the first hundred spots in my heart it created more distance between him and any other love. Worthy is the lamb who was slain! Amen

[@margaretperry7620]

He is going to complete what He started in us ❤

[@stevemabry2864]

Amen

[@nellycarvajal5851]

My hope is in him and his love and power as i have nothing to give. Thank you lord.

[@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❤😊

[@ladyrangeline9715]

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

[@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!

[@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".

[@marlenedaley6358]

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

[@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!

[@CaroleMcDonnell]

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

[@RebeccaLee-d4g]

Good for! Never Stop!

[@RebeccaLee-d4g]

Good for you!

[@johnlyon6170]

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

[@Thebellism1]

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

[@ammeblancolopez7169]

Amen 🙏

[@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.

[@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!

[@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,!

[@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.

[@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.

[@sunshinenbluesallday1920]

Your voice can heal my sad, lonely and worried soul. I love the hymn.. as a Christian child I probably heard the hymn and didn't even know it.. And this weekend our church's choir (including myself) will be singing it. I'll never tire of hearing it.

[@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!

[@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!

[@nambelansofu3716]

2024❤my mother would sing this song ,I lost her this year and God do I miss her very much

[@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.

[@ulanigabbott5004]

“Prone to wonder, lord I feel it” is such an important line and touches so many hearts, it allows his raw pain to be a lesson and message for anyone who relates. This is often how art works and I love it so much.

[@gretarutty6782]

This reminds me of my days in the Presbyterian Church. Beautiful,brings you to the throne of grace.

[@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.”

[@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. ❤

[@RepairerofthebreachEx.20v.10]

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

[@AnnR-r1y]

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

[@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.

[@michaelmarvinafriyie7433]

I am in tears 😢

[@kathypartee3314]

I will have this played at my funeral. ❤

[@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.

[@cathydemarest3572]

Raised on hymns.

[@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

[@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.

[@brihe7029]

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

[@ChristianaEmeka-c6s]

I always smile 😁 each time I get too " prone to wander, Lord i feel it prone to live by God i love here my heart oh take and steal it steal it for the court above""

[@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.

[@elviraabraham3618]

​@@Seek_YeshuaAmen! Will keep our beloved Christbredren and his wife in prayer. GOD knows their circumstances. All because of Grace 🙏📖

[@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'.

[@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.

[@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.

[@ThinkOfAnApple]

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

[@vickirogers2844]

I grew up with hymns like this in my church. My church is now singing contemporary songs accompanied by our praise band with words illuminated on a large screen! I love these songs, but as I’ve gotten older found my heart yearning for the old hymns! I recently voiced this desire… we had an evening hymn sing…so many attended! What a great time of fellowship! Amen!

[@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.

[@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.

[@rebeccaparkin5220]

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

[@sarah-lorraineross8100]

Beautiful praise God Amen 🙏

[@martinswells1987]

Hello Sarah, how are you doing?

[@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.

[@skylarporter2831]

This song has stuck with me trough out years, I love how the song talks about God keeping me and the blood that Christ shed for me … May God bless each person in the comments and our brother that made this video and May God keep us , make his face to shine on us, be gracious us and give us peace, may God help us to draw near to Him in Jesus name ✝️🩸🙌

[@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.

[@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.

[@mefirstpink]

This was one of my grandfathers favorite songs. And it always brings back warm memories of him. It is now one of my favorites.

[@tammynewville716]

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

[@liliamcc1]

Thank you for telling this amazing story. This hymn has always been my favorite because there is so much humility to it. There is the fear of giving into the flesh and praising God for saving us because we aren't great on our own. There is a desperation of needing Him. It is good to be aware always of our need for him to walk out our salvation in fear and trembling.

[@rachelchandran6631]

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

[@ljdhammond]

The prayers for preservation resonate with me from awareness of the tug of “the old nature”. Many who struggle with addiction can feel helpless in the grip of it. This hymn is a sweet prayer from one who had “not yet arrived”. Thank God for His mercy.

[@ammeblancolopez7169]

O how sad. Its beyond me how he ended. 😢 But thank you for this video.

[@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

[@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!

[@williamwei9524]

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

[@pansyj1462]

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

[@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.

[@ShyGuy_238]

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

[@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.

[@ackgospelchannel2819]

That particular Hymn was purposely composed for me by the Writer, it speaks to me and all about me. May the GOOD Lord continue touching many through through this beautiful Hymn. Anyumba Gordon in Siaya County - Kenya.

[@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

[@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?

[@karenparinisi3182]

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

[@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!❤

[@janebutterfield5501]

His story reminds me a bit like Sampson’s. I’ve heard sermons of all his exploits but had never really looked at Judges 13 - the announcement of his birth. Quite beautiful and miraculous. My hope and prayer is that like Sampson, the writer of this song repented and tuned back to Jesus before he died. What a merciful, gracious and loving God we serve

[@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.❤🙏

[@johannahowardtripp8907]

I sang this song and learned it at the Rouville Baptist church where the Lord accepted me into His love. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful hymns.😊

[@trishmcmahon1617]

Thank you so much. What a blessing this is. I am so sorry to hear how this man fell back into a sinful life. It shows how vulnerable we all are.

[@tundratea2]

This has always been one of my fav hymns

[@John14-06]

I remember singing this song as a 10 year old. My aunt , who was only 5 years older than I was, would look at me when we sang "Here, I raise my Ebenezer" and we would both start laughing (not out loud of course) and we spent the rest of the song trying to muffle our laughter and hide our smiles.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@traudymclarty8999]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@alexbimboonatunji7782]

God bless you richly for singing the song.

[@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.

[@dianatanner55]

Been singing this hymn since my childhood

[@dianatanner55]

What I love about hymns is the ministry in song

[@dianatanner55]

Amen 🙏

[@vickithompson3362]

This is one of my favorite hymns. Twila Paris sings it so beautifully. Thanks for sharing this.

[@Bruno-fd7em]

I went to a closed brethren assembly for a total of 20 years of my 38 years of our Great Salvation and so enjoyed this hymn. Yes we all should count our blessings one by one and see what The Lord has done.

[@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.

[@karonbarnhill2904]

Prone to wander resonates

[@KarenOliveirajoyful]

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

[@elviraabraham3618]

Sending Christfilled Sincerest Condolences ❤. I'm so sorry about your daughter. I most certainly understand your loss. I to lost my 20 year old son at the hands of another. HUGS from one mom to another! GOD is Gracious 🙏📖

[@Gapch5530]

So glad I found you. As a worship leader, when we sing hymns, I try to tell the story. Shows just how human these authors were and how often they wrote them in their greatest trials. Come Thou Fount is one of my absolute favorites.! Such a blessing! ❤️

[@jessebelelear7107]

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

[@johnwambs1636]

The hymn is so touching and thoughtful😊😊😊we used to sing this hymn in a school choir... sometimes I do play it with my Clarinet Teach me melodious sonet,

[@spoiledbrat19]

This is one of those beautiful old hymns we've been singing in the Methodist church since I was a child....more than 60 years ago. Thank you for sharing the history and allowing me to sing along!

[@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.

[@BonnieKetterman-qw8vd]

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

[@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.

[@mattmunns9609]

Beautifully said. I love this song and saw it sung live by The Tabernacle Choir 8 years ago! I highly recommend that video on KZbin. Very powerful ❤