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279. Saviour, source of every blessing

1 Saviour, source of every blessing,
Tune my heart to grateful lays;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for ceaseless songs of praise.

2 Teach me some melodious measure,
Sung by raptured saints above;
Fill my soul with sacred pleasure,
While I sing redeeming love.

3 Thou didst seek me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
Thou, to save my soul from danger,
Didst redeem me with Thy blood.

4 By Thy hand restored, defended,
Safe through life thus far I've come;
Safe, O Lord, when life is ended,
Bring me to my heavenly home.

Text Information
First Line: Saviour, source of every blessing
Publication Date: 1865
Topic: Opening Hymns
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GERTRUDE
Composer: H. N. Whitney
Meter: 8s & 7s
Key: E Major
Notes: by permission



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