"Praise for the Fountain Opened", commonly known by its first line, "There is a fountain filled with blood," is a hymn written by William Cowper. It was one of the first hymns he wrote after his first major bout of depression.
There is a fountain filled with blood <br /> Drawn from Immanuel's veins; <br /> And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, <br /> Lose all their guilty stains: <br /> Lose all their guilty stains, <br /> Lose all their guilty stains; <br /> And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, <br /> Lose all their guilty stains. <br />
The dying thief rejoiced to see <br /> That fountain in his day; <br /> And there may I, though vile as he, <br /> Wash all my sins away: <br /> Wash all my sins away, <br /> Wash all my sins away; <br /> And there may I, though vile as he, <br /> Wash all my sins away. <br />
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood <br /> Shall never lose its pow'r, <br /> Till all the ransomed Church of God <br /> Be saved, to sin no more: <br /> Be saved, to sin no more, <br /> Be saved, to sin no more; <br /> Till all the ransomed Church of God <br /> Be saved to sin no more. <br />
E'er since by faith I saw the stream <br /> Thy flowing wounds supply, <br /> Redeeming love has been my theme, <br /> And shall be till I die: <br /> And shall be till I die, <br /> And shall be till I die; <br /> Redeeming love has been my theme, <br /> And shall be till I die. <br />
When this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue <br /> Lies silent in the grave, <br /> Then in a nobler, sweeter song <br /> I'll sing Thy pow'r to save: <br /> I'll sing Thy pow'r to save, <br /> I'll sing Thy pow'r to save; <br /> Then in a nobler, sweeter song <br /> I'll sing Thy pow'r to save. <br />