Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - story behind the hymn
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- A classic hymn written by a young Christian centuries ago. He became a minister but sadly backslid - making the words "prone to leave the God I love" seem like a prophecy.
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Sources used for for today's video:
- www.hymnary.org
- Kenneth W. Osbeck. 101 Hymn Stories. 1982. Kregal Publications: Grand Rapids
- W.J. Limmer Shepherd. Great Hymns and their Stories. 1923. Lutterwoth Press: London
LYRICS:
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it, Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Sorrowing I shall be in spirit, till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit, here Thy praises I'll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer; here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me, mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me, I cannot proclaim it well.
O to grace how great a debtor, daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above.
O that day when freed from sinning, I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothèd then in blood washed linen, how I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry, take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry me to realms of endless day.
If thou ever didst discover to my Faith the promis'd Land,
Bid me now the Stream pass over, on the heav'nly Borders stand;
Now surmount whate'er opposes, and to thine Embrace I'll fly;
Speak the Word thou spake to Moses; bid me, "Get me up and die."
I think if we are honest with ourselves we have to agree with the phrase "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it", and guard aganst it with His strength every day.
True that!
Yes, and even Paul exclaimed, "Oh wretched man that I am!"
Yes! And “Prone to leave the God I love”…always moves my soul to tears❣️❤️
❤❤@@LeeB5
Of course... daily battle.
I remember the first time I sang this, it was maybe 2 weeks after my baptism and I was literally choking out the words through tears of joy as I understand that these words were for me and they were all true. One of my favorite hymns.
“Prone to Wander, Lord, I feel it.” Is the best line in the song. It describes the human condition, anyone who can’t understand that line has some issues as well. That line and the lines that follow give me so much hope and peace.
AMAN, AMAN, AMÉN?(!
Hit me hard this morning ❤
¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy Commandments.
*-Psalm 119:10*
*Cross-References: ⁷/⁹*
³ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for *His Name's sake.[His Mercy and His Grace]*
*-Psalm 23:3*
³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy Law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
*-Psalm 119:34*
² Blessed are they that keep His Testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.
*-Psalm 119:2*
⁵⁸ I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy Word.
*-Psalm 119:58*
¹³³ Order my steps in thy Word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
*-Psalm 119:133*
¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy Commandments.
*-Psalm 119:176*
⁸ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
*-Psalm 143:8-10*
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⁵ Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
*-Psalm 17:5*
²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
*-Psalm 139:23-24*
⁴ Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
⁵ Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
*-Psalm 25:4-5*
@@RepairersoftheBreachEx.20.8-10 yet even the aposlte Peter denied Christ 3 times on the day of His betrayal and crucifixion
@JS-nr7te the lesson to be learned from Peter's denial of his Saviour is....
*"Do Not Trust in Self"*
When I was a young believer I was prone to wander and this hymn resonated with me. Now I
In my 70’s i am settled into his love and care- never to worry about wandering again.
I am much the same. Let's be a blessing.
1 Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
I always smile 😁 each time I get too " prone to wander, Lord i feel it prone to live by God i love here my heart oh take and steal it steal it for the court above""
Years ago I asked Jesus into my heart, only then to understand that no where in the bible does it give such instruction. A few years ago I was at the end of my rope. Sick with not job, they were going to take the house and me with a wife who was unable to work. I remember telling God to just let me win some money so I could fix the problems. See? I had this issue of blaming everyone one around me, till the Lord showed me my sins. The bible talks about people praying for the rocks to fall on them, I was just wanted to find a crack and fall into it. My heart was broken, I knew "asking Jesus into my heart wasn't going to do. I remember the thief on the cross who just had a simple request, "Lord remember me..." In tears with a broken soul before a Holy and Just God, I cried out for mercy. First time I heard this song I so understood it. Thanks for sharing
For salvation and eternity in Heaven with the Lord. Start by reading Acts 2:38. Then, study all 4 Gosples.
I pray you are doing well now my brother in Christ. Peace and strength of Christ be with both you and your wife.
God's goodness keeps us.
And none can pluck us from his hand.
Amen 🙏
Prone to wander, is my favorite line. It is so true.
Proverbs 22:6 is the base of my testimony. As a child and youth my mother made sure my sister and I were involved in church and faith. Then I was prone to wander and did so. I returned to the Savior in my 50s. Now approaching 70 I am so thankful for all His directions and blessings. Now, let's go be a blessing.
Don’t we know it👍
He is So glad to hear us🎉sing
Mine too❤😊
The "praise songs" of today seem to be written with the presumed intention of "I need to write another new song." The great hymns -- in all fairness some of the later 20th century music as well -- are birthed from personal experience and being drawn to our Savior out of deep appreciation and surrender to God's will. Keep all verses.
I love this channel! My wife and I live in San Antonio, Texas, USA. We just changed churches recently. The church we go to is called First Baptist Church San Antonio, a church that’s 163 years old. The service is traditional and we sing all hymns. We have sung this hymns.
Dear brother in Christ! Thank you for your humble but so precious work! I'm a youth from Romania who enjoys and feel blessed by your mission work. In my country not many people can speak and understand English. I would love to send this to my friends and my family so that they can understand and find courage and love for Christ just as I found!
This was the song my beautiful sister chose for her funeral ( liver cancer). My wonderful cousins sang this at the funeral and now it’s my favorite song for life. Thanks for this video
Ive come to realize that my worse enemy who I need God's protection from is not the Enemy, not the world, but me, for all reasons expressed in this great song.
I’ve literally cried the entire time watching this video. I can see myself in Robinson’s story. I love that he said “… prone to leave the God I love” because it almost doesn’t make sense that one can love God so desperately and yet still be prone to wander. “Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above”, that’s my prayer today.
Loved this rendition, so wonderful. This song, was the one song my mom was able to start singing AFTER her stroke and with Aphasia. It was SO SO precious to hear her start singing ..." streams of mercy". This song took a whole new meaning for me after that.
Thank you for sharing the history and the meaning of this hymn, and for singing it. It's one of my favorite hymns, and now that I know more about it and about the writer (possibly writers), and reflecting on my own walk with our Lord, the lyrics help hold me even closer to Jesus, my Savior, as does Romans 8:38-39.❤🙏
I am using your videos in my homeschool. Thank you for sharing your videos. God bless you, and your efforts.
What a wonderful and excellent idea to share those songs in your homeschool! You are to be commended,!
He is going to complete what He started in us ❤
Amen
I learned that God used that lady who was in the stagecoach to draw him back to Him.
"'Robinson continued working for the Lord until 1790, when he was invited to Birmingham, England, to preach for Dr. Joseph Priestly, a noted Unitarian. There, on the morning of June 8th, he was found dead at age 54, having passed away quietly during the night."
THEN SINGS MY SOUL
by Robert J. Morgan
Thanks for sharing this
Prodigal son came home 😇🤗❤️🎉
Thank you for sharing this I was thinking oh Lord I hope he repented and came back to his first love!
Tears are flowing. ..I grew up with these songs..the mighty songs of the church..thank you!
Yesterday, after a special experience with the hymn Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (which I’ll share briefly below) I searched for renderings of it on TH-cam. That’s when I came across your video. I loved your calm and peaceful discussion of the beautiful hymn and your singing of it. Thank you.
After a heavy Saturday’s work making a French drain in my backyard I came into the house. I was exhausted. As a soon-to-be eighty-year-old, I had found digging the trench in the heavy Northern Ireland clay soil quite backbreaking, not to mention filling the fifteen-meter ditch with perforated pipe and crushed stone. I was too tired even to pray about a spiritual purpose for the usual monthly fast beginning right after our supper. So, after a game of Settlers of Catan with my little wife, I went to bed. Waking early, I turned to the new (digital) hymn book, ‘Hymns for Home and Church’. There at No. 1 of the first thirteen to be released, was ‘Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing’. Singing along I was invigorated with fresh spiritual momentum. My thoughts went back nearly fifty years to recall how “Jesus sought me when a stranger” and brought me to His fold. How grateful I am for Jesus Christ and the atonement He wrought in Gethsemane and on Calvary. How blessed too we are by those who compose sacred music for worship.
Thank you again. I look forward to viewing more of your videos.
I remember an old church we used to go to called Ebenezer Baptist church in virginia where we would sing this song often in closing. so we found it rather fitting 😆
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Very good job on this hymn. I know in my life, my heart has wandered, backslid, and brought much pain in my life and shame on the wondrous name of Jesus. Yet God has been very merciful to me and like the father of the Prodigal son He has mercifully forgiven me time and time again!
We, who have been sealed by the Holy Spirit, have an eternal inheritance that will never fade away.
Our God who's our universal is so, ..... So, merciful. ❤
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wondering from the fold of God,he to rescue me from danger interposed his pracious blood
Through sadness he still yearns to come to God. Let the angels carry me to the heavens to my God above.
Been singing this song since a child ..... Count on God's blessings every moment and every day.....,
same, I think. I can't remember when I first heard this or sang it at church.
i heard that story about robinson. what a precious hymn that admits how dependent we are upon the Lord to save and to keep us too (indeed prone to wander because in my flesh dwells no good thing as per romans 7) and the daily surrender to the Lord to take our hearts and seal with them...and He does! His promises never fail. His Spirit holds us fast when we come by faith under that sin cleansing Blood -- our names written in the Lamb's Book of Life. hallelujah what a Savior! and that dear friend is another wonderful hymn! thanks for sharing. God bless you :)
What a beautiful story love that beautiful hymn what a blessing all.of ur sweet hymns are such an encouragement to me
I asked my sister to perform this at my wedding, it was the best version of the song I have ever seen performed, the conservative church broke out into applause. That was my first time applauding in a church and how could you not
I pray he reconciled with Christ and called upon Him before his last breath.❤
I stumbled on your channel by the Grace of God. It was what I needed. Growing up in the Anglican church, these hymns were a part of my life. In addition, the high school I attended had daily devotions, which included a hymn from Ancient & Modern the Anglican church prayer book. As a result I know most of these hymn verbatim. Coincidentally, in the late 20th century, there was a weakly radio program,'Great Christian Hymns of our Time', presented by an English priest who lived and worked worked in Jamaica. Similar to what you now do to, he gave a historical overview of origin and little known stories of these hymns. Blessing to you. Thanks for sharing.
This is one of my favorite hymns and I have always felt that same urge to wander. I believe that to be a normal part of being a Christian. A normal part of our fallen condition. But I also believe that once we are saved, nothing can snatch us from our Savior’s hand. We wonder after our own desires.
I have gone through periods of anger and depression where I turned from serving and worshiping God, but the Holy Spirit never stopped trying to bring me back to Him. ❤
Beautiful! I love learning these original words to a long favorite hymn. . . They spark renewed praise and conviction.
You did great with this hymn. I think the words"prone to wander" means that even if we've asked the Lord to forgive us of our sin, we still have that sin nature. God bless.
Martin Luther said, " He saves us from sin, but not from sinning."
Won't it be Wonderful when we are Home and cannot be able to be tempted anymore, Forever More!
@@RebeccaLee-d4g AMEN!
The Lord has so graciously called me to minister in a local jail as their chaplain. My most recent sermon in the jail came out of I Sam.7. What a blessing to hear this story about this hymn, and where the word Ebenezer originated. Thank you for this video and God bless you!
I listened to your commentary and it has blessed my heart. I actually love this song and words because it shows our human tendencies. But we need to trust God to keep us from falling away.
I cannot help but believe that I will see Robert in HeavenHome and tell him how grateful I have always been for this hymn.
The reason I feel this way is 2 Timothy 2:13
“If we do not believe, He still remains faithful. He cannot deny Himself.”
When I was young I was prone to wander. I am not young anymore and I am still prone to wander. So I learned to die daily, seek and talk to my God daily, give my life anew daily, and I shall do it with the help of Jesus for the days to come till my silver cord is cut. But I have a feeling Im going to see Jesus with all he's mighty angels coming in His glory soon!
My dear mother use to sing this song. I miss her.. Blessings to you
My late Mom too,its her favorite hymn n now its mine..Check out this song played on dulcimer, its so good.
Thank you for your hymn presentation! I was blessed!
A hymn that urges me to write great things for God.
Good for!
Never Stop!
Good for you!
Wonderful, one of my favourite hymns. Our Lord truly is the Fount and Source of every blessing ❤
Grateful to have found this channel. I love the old hymns.
I grew up singing this hymn in our church. Thank you for putting flesh on bones... you speak so well, and touch my heart with your words and thoughts. I needed to hear this song and history tonight. Thank you.
Hold fast..It's worth more than a 1000 worlds to win the victory in Christ!!!❤ He. Is the fountain of life eternal.Praise be to my King!❤
Tjis is my Late mom Favourite hymn n now its mine.
All these "sadness" sections you talk about do not strike me as sadness at all, but as yearning to be united more fully with God. The entire song is positive to me.
Este himno me encanta, me llena de sentimientos y me fortalece espiritualmente, la letra es muy profunda, habla de las bendiciones que recibimos de Dios. En la Iglesia Presbiteriana Conservadora de México se sigue cantando para apertura del culto.❤✝️
We sang this song at church last Sunday. After the service I searched to see if you had done a video on it. So it was a pleasant surprise when I was notified tonight your video was premiering shortly. Thank you.
In the Presbyterian churches in NSW we sing their version of the song. Not often but I always remember my grandparents as they lived in Ebenezer, NSW. The oldest Presbyterian church is there & my grandparents are buried there just on the high banks of the Nepean River facing east. I think that I like our version better as it is more uplifting & hopeful.
1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing;
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above;
praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
mount of God’s unchanging love!
2 Here I raise my Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’m come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
3 O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace now, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart; O take and seal it;
seal it for thy courts above.
Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal (2003)
I just read The Main Trail, a book by Ralph J Hall, a Sunday School Missionary for the Presbyterian church in the very early 1900s in New Mexico and the west.
That is the version I know as well. We still sing it this way in the church I attend now.
Ebenezer means stone of help. 1 Samuel 7:12. Israel had been defeated by the Philistines. The people gathered and repented of their sins and God miraculously defeated the Philistines! Israel was saved. Samuel set up the stone as a monument for generations to remember God's deliverance. Let us remember that God can once again deliver Israel from her enemies.
I agree that this version is more uplifting!!
Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it ...
Thank you Luke for all the efforts you make to tell us about the background of all these beautiful hymns. I love all the old hymns. The writer of this song says Take my heart O take and seal it. Seal it for thy courts above. It shows that he really longed to be with God. He did not want to be lost. Hope he repented in the end.
Yes, I hope so. But it goes to show that even the Faith 'greats' have issues. That should encourage us to cling all the tighter to Jesus and check ourselves. We need to make sure we stay with God. And pray that He will keep us standing firm in Him till the end!
We are sealed with the Holy Spirit until the day of our redemption
Prone to wander resonates
we battle our flesh, we all could be prone to leave. I was going to church, yet God showed me I was backsliding. Not reading God's word, not praying, my heart was not near to God.
Wow, I just found your channel and it is amazing. Come thy fount is one of my favorite hymns, but I never knew the story behind the song thank you so much!
*Sung by flaming tongues above...*
..."Not by might nor by power, *but by My Spirit,* saith the Lord of Hosts."
*-Zechariah 4:6*
This is the favorite hymn of a man I know. It's because that tendency to wander is also his experience. Knowing this man's story, some people feel so badly about themselves that they is constantly vulnerable to the internal doubt and whispers about himself.
Than God for January 15 2017 when I assisted to a reformed church in Harlingen Texas and I heard this hymn so lovely it was like water to a parched land. Ever since I been assisting to listen to this sound word of God and I been greatly blessed, I speak broken English but the merciful God and his Holy Spirit is teaching me. Thanks for this powerful hymn and many blessings to you and family.
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is my personal favorite hymn. I also grew up in churches singing contemporary music and enjoy it, but I find myself singing this hymn frequently, especially when times are tough
Thank you for sharing the rich history of this song. I grew up in an Evangelical United Brethren Church that later became a United Methodist Church and we sang this song growing up. I loved it then and still love it.
This was a favorite hymn of my father's, and I love it as well. It is such an honest expression of the writer's struggles with his sin nature. I don't see it as sad; I think he looks forward to the purity of heaven so much that, like Paul says in Philippians 1:21, for him "to live is Christ, and to die is gain." By the way, I did read in a book I have about hymns that the writer did return to faith in Christ after backsliding.
I was wondering if he did, after that encounter with that lady talking about his Hymn how could he not come back to the Lord?
Thanks 🙏🏼 PTL this Song 🎶 I needed not so familiar as with many IAm but a new song and a new beginning again only so many of those stone of Ebineezer PTL
As I write this there are tears in my eyes…how poignant are these blessed Words inspired by God so long ago yet Eternally Anointed for God’s people. May the Lord continue to use it to provoke His Saints to gratitude…for the sake of the Name of His Dear Son, in Jesus’ Name I pray Amen and Amen! To God be ALL Glory!
*Let Thy Goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee...*
¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought Thee: *O let me not wander from Thy Commandments.*
¹¹ Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, *that I might not sin against Thee.*
*-Psalm 119:10-11*
⁵ *Hold up my goings in Thy paths,* that my footsteps slip not.
*-Psalm 17:5*
I love that line. His goodness being like a fetter, a restriction. God knows our hearts, and what will lead us away from Him. I do believe God will not allow those who truly love him to be so self deluded with their own achievements and successes that they gradually, wander away. Sometimes we wonder why we don't have exorbitant blessings in this life, God knows.
Amen...
²⁴ Now unto Him that is able to keep you *from falling [from sinning],* and to present you *faultless [blameless]* before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
*-Jude 24*
⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
*-Psalm 119:71*
*Cross-References: ⁵/⁷*
¹² Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy Law;
¹³ That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
*-Psalm 94:12-13*
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
*-Psalm 119:67*
⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
*-Psalm 119:75*
⁹ By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
*-Isaiah 27:9*
¹⁵ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
¹ Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
*-Hosea **5:15**-6:1*
³² But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
*-1 Corinthians 11:32*
¹⁰ For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
¹¹ Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
*-Hebrews 12:10-11*
¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
*-Revelation 3:10*
I believe that the writer of this song is now with God, for God forgives and loves sinners.
Amen! Such a beautiful hymn, but such a sad story 😢. Yes, we need the spirit of humility and gratitude for what we have, and abide in him always. Thank you Luke.
We are nothing in this world without JESUS àre. LORD.
I grew up with hymns like this in my church. My church is now singing contemporary songs accompanied by our praise band with words illuminated on a large screen! I love these songs, but as I’ve gotten older found my heart yearning for the old hymns! I recently voiced this desire… we had an evening hymn sing…so many attended! What a great time of fellowship! Amen!
Beautiful praise God Amen 🙏
Hello Sarah, how are you doing?
thanks dear Luke for your lovely channel. My favourite hymn is "And can it be that i should....." i love the indept story you covered. have a blessed day.
I love this Hymn very much,also it's history you shared.I am familiar with verses 1,2,3,..the most.Enjoyed Thank you .
Yes, the first time I heard this, I was watching the movie, 'Love Comes Softly'. There's a scene in the movie where one of the stars in the movie is singing a verse and it endeared me to the song. Especially the verse that says 'Prone to wonder, Lord I feel it'.
Thanks much for the history of this song. Keep up the good work,
Awwwwwwww we used to sing it In Presbyterian Church
This channel is wonderful! I teach elementary aged homeschoolers and we do hymn study every week. They love to sing the hymns! Very thankful for your hard work and I love the way you're put the video together with the history, narrating through the lyrics and then playing it for us to sing along. Thank you!
That is so sweet... Teaching homeschooling sounds like something I want to do! I currently teach 8th grade in a public charter school but I *so* want to teach and talk about Christ. Sadly, if I do so, I can get fired. I really feel like searching elsewhere, perhaps even a Catholic school even though I'm not Catholic. I have two Christian clubs but it doesn't feel like enough. Can't tell if it's just my desires or if it's God's. I just want to openly talk about God and teach. I'm so glad to hear that you, a teacher, teaches these hymns.😊 God bless!!
I've loved this hymn so much! It's so sad the author fell away. Do you suppose God is also sad when we sing it, remembering this man?
My grandparents sang it together as my grandfather passed away at 62 in the early 1940's. It always and forever will...bring tears to my eyes.
Reminds me of my dear Father who passed in 2001. Cry each time I hear or sing it. Thank you for this.❤
The apostles spoke in their own tongue, but each man heard in his own tongue, many nations in the crowd . It is written!
I have two arrangements of this piece. One builds from a soft melody with a flute or oboe solo to a roaring tocatta form with melody in the pedals (I'm an organist).
The other one is combined into a medley with Handel's Horn Pipes from Water Music Suite. Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing the history.
Remember singing this in a crusade choir (UK) in the 1990s!
I was blessed to have been a layman performing as the church song leader. It was my duty to select the hymns for each church service. I am not a trained musician, however previously, I had sung in many school choirs and could follow sheet music. I had a competent pianist and it was amazing how the Lord would guide me with hymn selection that matched the Pastor's sermon. This is one of the songs that I selected for congregational singing, quite frequently. The Lord saw fit to bring me to another place 2000 miles away, and I no longer am involved with singing, as the churches here no longer sing hymns. I do miss it.
I grew up with this hymn and it was dear to my heart. Yes we are prone to wonder Lord I feel it. God is full of mercy He knows we are but dust.
Jesus IS the fountain of all blessing! How foolish to wonder from him.
absolutely my favorite. When I feel as though I am straying, this brings me back. I cry then I hear this.
Doesn’t get any better than that
Pastor Luke,
Thank you for sharing) and every) this song. It cuts me to the heart when I hear the music or recall the words. I am and have been so prone to wander and yes, He has and does reach out to me.
I grew up with most of the hymns you present, in a Bible church. The Lord did again lead me to a Bible church when we moved. There are hardly any hymns sung there, almost entirely contemporary Christian music. I really, really miss the hymns we sang.
I will say, this music praises and instructs, but it all sounds the same, same melody (for lack of a better term) different words, like the worship team is crying!
Spending time listening to these sacred hymns is such a gift. (This hymn convicts me, always has, and made me, a continual backslider, weep- none of the contemporary Christian music does that). What a gift, treasure these offerings of songs, lyrics and history are!
Thank the Lord for His provision, thank your for your faithfulness, praise Him for joy and remembrance lthrough your ministry! 🤲🙏🛐✝️
God Bless you, your loved ones and the Body in your congregation!
Toni P.
CT, USA
Prone to wonder is so true. And also had that feeling of wanting God to just take me home. I have wondered in recent years and don't feel the joy i used to because ive allowed a pattern of sin to come back in. Please say a prayer for me for genuine repentance and that i will feel the joy i once felt again.
Such a beautifully explained video and hymnal. Thank you.
Yes, we need to search these beautiful hymns as their lyrics are powerful words for the church. And the history behind each hymn is worthy of thought for us today. First Peter 2:23-25 you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
I saw reference to this song this morning in a book that I picked up from the thrift store and just began reading called New Morning Mercies by Paul David Tripp.
I first heard this song sung by a lovely gentle man on the Gaither channel. It brought me to tears then and again today when you sang it. It reminds me of all that the Lord has forgiven in me and how I need Him to keep drawing me back from wandering away. Not that I have any intention of leaving the Lord. I love Him. But distractions interfere sometimes. This world is full of them. But He reminds me that we are in this world but not part of this world.
Guy Penrod sings a beautiful song, This World is not My Home.
I love your playing and singing. Thank you for your wonderful channel.
Come Lord Jesus Come.
Raised on hymns.
Lovely program. Inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for helping us yo edify our life
Thank you for going through the hymns. This is such a blessing. I’ve never heard this one before watching your video, and it’s now one of my favorites. I grew up in the Catholic Church, then an atheist, now a born again Christian and trying to learn the hymns (my church sings contemporary music). I don’t know most of them. Thank you again, and for your gentle spirit!
I love how you speak the truth. I know many believe we are once saved always saved, but that is not the case, and this writer clearly understands that as he himself felt his lost condition. I am glad though as a backslider myself was able to find God's forgiveness and restorations some 15 years ago. We can walk away from God at any time. God does not keep us fenced in and we are free moral agents and can choose to serve God or not. Thank you again for your truthfulness in relating the story behind the hymn. God bless you.
"Jesus sought me when a stranger, wondering from the fold of God", that was me and the whole world I suppose, the Lord seeks us sometimes at our lowest hour.
This song was meaningful to me a year after losing our eldest daughter to a car accident.
I call this my Anthem song. So sad to hear about the writer of the song. Incredible that one can write such a powerful song and yet fall away????
Hello Linda, how are you doing?
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Yes, prone to wander Lord I feel it Prone to leave the God I love, oh yes, from the age of 17 when He saved me until one more week when I will be 80 it has been a battle in this world to continually love, honor and glorify my Triune God. Amen