Classic Hymns From The Shadowlands

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing is a Christian hymn written by the 18th century pastor and hymnodist Robert Robinson Robert Robinson penned the words at age 22 in the year 1757 In the United States the hymn is usually set to an American folk tune known as Nettleton composed by printer John Wyeth or possibly by Asahel Nettleton In the United Kingdom the hymn is also often set to the tune Normandy by C Bost The Nettleton tune is used extensively in partial or full quotation by the American composer Charles Ives in such works as the First String Quartet and the piano quintet and song The Innatesource wikipedia httpsenwikipediaorgwikiComeThouFountofEveryBlessingLyrics1 Come thou Fount of every blessingtune my heart to sing thy gracestreams of mercy never ceasingcall for songs of loudest praiseTeach me some melodious sonnetsung by flaming tongues abovePraise the mount Im fixed upon itmount of Gods redeeming love2 Here I find my greatest treasurehither by thy help Ive comeand I hope by thy good pleasuresafely to