Scripture Verse

A fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. Zechariah 13:1

Introduction

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R. Kelso Carter (1849–1928)

Words: R. Kel­so Car­ter, in The Sil­ver Trum­pet, ed­it­ed by Hen­ry L. Gil­mour & R. Nel­son Car­ter (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1886), num­ber 101.

Music: From Swa­nee Ri­ver, by Ste­phen C. Fos­ter, 1851 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Stephen C. Foster (1826–1864)

Lyrics

Down at the cross, on Calv’ry’s mount­ain,
Where mer­cies flow,
I plunged in the re­deem­ing foun­tain,
Washed whit­er than the snow.
When no­thing in the whole cre­ation
Could pur­chase peace,
My Sav­ior brought His free sal­va­tion,
Gave me com­plete re­lease.

Refrain

Brothers, won’t you hear the sto­ry?
See the foun­tain flow!
Oh, glo­ry in the high­est, glo­ry!
Jesus saves me, this I know.

When lost in sin, my all I squan­dered,
Far from the fold;
My Sav­ior sought me where I wan­dered,
Gave me His wealth un­told;
All bonds of sin and Sa­tan rend­ing,
Christ made me whole;
I’ll ne’er for­get that joy trans­cend­ing,
When Je­sus saved my soul.

Refrain

All round my way the sun is shin­ing,
Darkness has fled:
On Je­sus’ breast I am re­clin­ing,
Daily by Him I’m fed.
My Lord has cast His robe around me,
No more I’ll roam;
The Shep­herd of the sheep has found me,
Jesus has brought me home.

Refrain