Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
John 4:13–14
Words & Music: Francis A. Blackmer, Gospel in Song (Springfield, Massachusetts: F. A. Blackmer, 1884), number 7 (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hymnals give the author and composer as A. Francis, Blackmer’s pseudonym.
Oh, wondrous words that Jesus spake
To thirsty souls, a sweet refrain;
Who drinks the draught that I shall give,
Shall never thirst again.
Refrain
Come, drink of the water,
Come drink of the water of life;
Who drinks of the water that Christ shall give
Shall nevermore thirst, but evermore live;
Come drink of the water of life.
Wondrous the words, more wondrous still
That promise doth for us remain,
And we may of the water drink,
And never thirst again.
Refrain
Ye souls athirst for life and peace,
Let not this message come in vain;
But quickly take the cleansing draught,
And never thirst again.
Refrain