Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
333 Family Circle
Words: Robert Robinson, 1758
Music: R. E. Brown and B. F. White, 1850. Alto Anna Blackshear, 1902
Meter: 8s & 7s.
Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
[chorus]
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord, O my brother!
Shout and sing, O my sister!
Give Him glory, O my father!
And rejoice, O my mother!
And we’ll travel on together,
And we’ll join heart and hands for Canaan.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount — O fix me on it —
Mount of God’s unchanging love.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee.
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
[chorus]
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord, O my brother!
Shout and sing, O my sister!
Give Him glory, O my father!
And rejoice, O my mother!
And we’ll travel on together,
And we’ll join heart and hands for Canaan.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount — O fix me on it —
Mount of God’s unchanging love.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee.