Introduction
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), Volume 2, number 866.
Music: Fountain of Grace W. C. Hall, in Joy Bells, edited by William A. Ogden (Toledo, Ohio: W. W. Whitney, 1878), number 67 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tunes:
- Cayuga Thomas Commuck. Harmony by Thomas Hastings, in Indian Melodies (New York: G. Lane & C. B. Tippett, 1845) (🔊 pdf nwc)
- David from George F. Handel, 1732 (🔊 pdf nwc)
- Fountain of Peace, The R. A. Glenn, Song Victor (Cincinnati Ohio: F. W. Helmick, 1878), number 78 (🔊 pdf nwc)
- Scudder in the New Hymn and Tune Book: An Offering of Praise for the Use of the African M. E. Zion Church of America, edited by Philip Phillips (New York: A.M.E.Z. Book Concern, 1889), page 385 (🔊 pdf nwc)
If you know Hall’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
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