sufjan stevens - come thou fount of every blessing

[kyorgadorgen]

instantlyaddicted.



[imwatchingyousleep]

oh wow i just realized my url kind of kills the mood of my last comment... whoops

[imwatchingyousleep]

"lord, i feel it." just gets me. this whole song just gets me.

[cibomatto47]

So moving. Just brings me to tears.

[Trexlerator]

This is the only great version. There are good ones, but this just takes the cake.

[oihanen]

The language of older church music can be a little hard to understand sometimes, but in this instance, "fetter" is a good thing that binds you to God and their ways, rather than something that holds you back from good things.

In the same vein, an "ebenezer" literally means "stone of help". You can also think of it more as an altar.

[benslawnbowlclub]

What's a fetter??

[Chlorineboy2005]

@benslawnbowlclub It's a type of shackle.

[benslawnbowlclub]

What's a fetter??

[TazHall]

@benslawnbowlclub It's like a handcuff attached to a chain.

[starburstnoway]

Brought tears to my eyes.

Amazing.

[imflyingthrough]

yes amen to this song! you dont have to be a "christian" to sense the peace and gentleness of God on this song and on sufjan stevens! I pray all nonbeleivers can feel God when listening to this.

[Aurelie1821]

I heard this at church last night and I couldn't stop thinking about it. Its hauntingly beautiful.

[clsund]

For those asking about the seeming contradiction between God's love and hell, God does indeed love each and every person in this world. He would that everyone would be enfolded in His love;but there is a barrier- sin. Hell is eternal seperation from God. Sin separates us from God. But God didn't leave us to perish in our sin. In His mercy, He sent Jesus as the Fount of every blessing to save us from our wandering and strife.

[clsund]

God loved man so much that He sent Jesus to shed His blood for our sins. His side was the Fount from which His soul-cleansing blood flowed

[jiggawhat67]

This is the first song of Sufjan's I heard, and it'll always hold a special place in my heart. What a talented man.

[sarahjt913]

tune my heart to sing Thy grace.

[lisasoars]

This is perhaps my favorite hymn, lyrically as well as the simply beautiful melody. Sufjan makes everything about my relationship with God so...yummy.

[spicyhabenera1559]

This is proof that hymns need more banjos.

[foxyfoxyroxy]

Good Lord. I've never heard of Sufjan Stevens and had never heard this song in my life but last night I heard it at the end of an episode of Friday Night Lights and so I got online and found it first thing this morning. This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I'm at work & had to shut my office door because I was crying. Absolutely amazing. How can I not have ever heard of this wonderful artist before? Really....one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my life.

[wastingmytime]

sometimes religious debates ruin everything :( cant we just enjoy the song?

[bluemoon1442]

"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."

It gets me every time.

[auggie08relpol]

@bluemoon1442 ugh...me too, and then you get hit with: "...prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love, here's my heart take and seal it." Whoa.

[bluemoon1442]

@auggie08relpol seriously! it just hits home!

[Amiya0Kyuketsuki]

We all need to fixed upon the mount! Praise his holy name!

[IFindMeaning]

@nubbs If you see beauty in Christianity, why not be apart of it?

[TalkAboutLove2]

Psalm 43:3; "Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me... to the place where you dwell." John 1:1-4; "...the word was God... In him was life, and that life was the light of men." Psalm 36:9; "with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light." Psalm 46...:4; "There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God," Psalm 36:8b; "you give them drink from your river of delights." Revelation 17:15b; "The waters you saw... are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages"

[erzebet1961]

Such a beautiful voice , and hymn !!

[Mrgooberloop]

Please tell me, does anybody know the chords he's using on the banjo here?

[leeuniverse]

I'm depressed that Youtube deleted the "good" version of this one by Sufjan. :( Of course, this is the base version of the good one, just without the extra stuff. The other one was much more powerful. So sad...... :(

[joebriggs7]

Friday Night Lights

[Daphydyl]

MegaTiml- "Religion" is not as inspiring as the music because religious persons are imperfect. I encourage you to seek your spiritual solace where you can and understand that no human is perfect.

[orangepiex]

great song! they even included it in the Friday Night Lights soundtrack, the rest of the soundtrack is so sick too!

[DawnCandace]

This is my favorite hymn too. I always cry when I hear it or sing it.

[TheBloodbought1]

Jesus loves you who read this. not just us, but you. the individual. flaws and all. if you understand one thing in this life, understand this: you are the one jesus loves.

[muahahaha101]

@TheBloodbought1 I dont want to get into a huge argument about this. I am truly curiouse. Please correct me if anything I say is incorrect Im am not a christian. But it seems mixed messages are sent. Jesus loves us all, yes if we are not christian I am going to get sent to hell? Please explain I am not trying to bash on christianity, or anything I really want to understand the thought behind it all.

[jjjkjkjkjjj]

@muahahaha101 I think it's less about deserving hell and more about deserving heaven. If we are imperfect people, why do we deserve perfection? The Jesus loves us bit comes from the sacrifice of a perfect being choosing to suffer and die an extremely painful death so we can have this perfection we don't really deserve. This is a very basic explanation after being limited to 500 characters. I apologize if this offends, it's not how everyone sees it. If you want to ask more questions, message me

[littleflock1232]

@muahahaha101 Every bad action deserves to be punished, right? if someone breaks a law, they should go to jail or pay a fine. it's the same way with christianity. when sin, we're breaking God's law and need to be punished.Our punishment for sin is eternal seperation from Christ; hell.but because God loves us so much,he couldn't bear to see us suffer and be seperated from him and sent his perfect son to die on the cross and take our place.Jesus' love saves us from Hell. Our sin sends us to hell.

[RainingMontauk]

@littleflock1232 This is explained lovely

[littleflock1232]

@muahahaha101 does that make sense? if not, or if you want to learn more please message me! i would love to discuss it more with you :)

[muahahaha101]

@littleflock1232 I can see the sense in what you are saying. Still one of the reason I never felt a connection to christianty. That fact that if I dont believe in Jesus I am going to hell. Of couse, not only chiristianity this is true with many religions and i feel the same for all of them. If i dont do anything bad, why should I go ot hell? Because not believeing in Jesus is considered a sin? I dont hurt anyone by not practicing christianity. My own opinion. No offense meant.

[grifter84]

@muahahaha101 It's a valid question that sadly turns a lot of otherwise open people away from Christianity. The fact is that many Christians (myself included) do believe that the path to heaven is open to non-Christians and several Christian churches teach this doctrine. There's no universal consensus on the issue within the faith, but plenty of us can see how the words "salvation through Christ" can mean far more than just calling oneself a Christian and going to a Christian church on Sunday.

[cjklooz]

It would be terrible going through life resting on mans intelligence, thinking that there was no superior being.

Thinking that things just happened, with no ultimate purpose.

Some people who call themselves Christians because they go to church on Sunday are sometimes very narrow minded.

But theres noway that a REAL Christian can be narrow minded with the belief that the God who created the universe would also choose to show us the mercy and love that this song talks about.

[MegaTiml]

Beautiful. Why can't religion be like their music, free of divisiveness, self-righteousness, and sometimes outright hatred of other groups.

[Messier83]

why cant people be more like what their religion teaches is the real question...

[violettevingthuit]

@Messier83

if we could be like what our religion teaches then we wouldn't need it.

[Rodderz13]

@MegaTiml I am a "christian", in that I love God and try to follow Jesus, but I agree. It might sound hypocritical but I dont call myself religious, I just follow Jesus - religions have so much of imperfect human design (traditions, judgement of other groups). I think that if everyone who claimed to be christian actually fully followed what Jesus taught (eg mostly about love) then it would look very different.

you have no idea how much it hurts me when I see "christians" spouting hatred

[nubbs]

this is the kind of song that makes an atheist like me see the beauty in christianity

[MrMormonboy99]

thats awsome! =]

[ezratea]

@nubbs wheres the beauty in atheism? is there any beauty in believing in nothing? If you can't see the beauty in self sacrifice, then you were just not meant to see it...

[nubbs]

youre being very closed minded. atheist believe in the wonders of the natural world, which is all we can know. god is an assumption you dont need to make. and i CAN see the beauty in self sacrifice. you don't need a religion based on the failed apocalyptic eschatology of an entirely jewish preacher

if you do have an open mind, watch the "feyman pleasure of finding things out" clip on youtube. then you'll understand the beauty of this world

ps if i wasnt meant to see, thats gods fault not mine

[auggie08relpol]

@nubbs that is really nice of you to say.

[tkenned9]

@nubbs It is because this is what REAL Christianity is about! It is about beauty, love, companionship, trust, and truth. I am glad that this song has shown you the true beauty of what it means to love God. God is the creator and he created us with the ability to make beautiful music like this. It is to be recognized and appreciated, bringing meaning to our life.

[tkenned9]

@nubbs It is because this is what REAL Christianity is about! It is about beauty, love, companionship, trust, and truth. I am glad that this song has shown you the true beauty of what it means to love God. God is the creator and he created us with the ability to make beautiful music like this. It is to be recognized and appreciated, bringing meaning to our life.

[kennjad]

@nubbs this might be my favorite comment ive ever seen on youtube... so thanks

[SEALEDFOREVER]

@nubbs I am, so happy to read your words. As a Christian believer with an atheist french daughter-in law to- be, I am delighted with your expressed comments .This means God`s radiance and beauty can shine into every beautiful heart thru` music and soul- felt renditions like Sufjan`s . I love you in Jesus name.Thank you for giving me hope Linda

[oihanen]

@SEALEDFOREVER What on earth does being French have to do with it?

[RukaAkiye100]

Gorgeous. I love hymns.

[blackolds33]

I am moved by this...and I don't even go to church...

[hellodestroyers]

@blackolds33: Acts 2:42, Church is the community of friends who are spurred by love. I am moved by your honesty.

[hellodestroyers]

@blackolds33: Acts 2:42-47, You don't need to go to a building to let the truth move you... I am moved by your honesty, thanks.

[MrPokekart]

@blackolds33 church doesn't make people christians

i will give an example: Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

[otnemem760]

@MrPokekart Maybe a deeper explanation would be beneficial. We believe that that the spirit of God dwells within us as followers of Christ. Therefore going to a building isn't what makes us a Christian. We are Christians because we have placed all of our faith in the redemptive work of Christ. The times we gather are simply time to learn the bible better and spend time in fellowship with other believers.

[MrPokekart]

@otnemem760 thank you for advice. i will take it a add it to my life

[josiahliston]

@MrPokekart And what @otnemem760 means learning the bible, is learning "God's word." or literally things God had said through people, and what he means by "fellowship" is hanging out

[godsgrace2010]

I think Stevens' version of this song is the prettiest. :) Absolutely lovely.

[taytay71092]

this song is so beautiful. and sufjan stevens made it truly a spectacular song that glorifies the almighty and AWESOME God.

[petakaren]

thanks for uploading the whole song!