Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

I am greatly impressed that Tantara Records, the copyright owners of this video (located on BYU campus) are alright with the video being posted. I would recommend everyone buy the DVD. It has some great music on it.

Available at http://www.TantaraRecords.com The BYU Combined Choruses sing "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" arranged by Mack Wilberg from the album "A Thanksgiving of American Folk Hymns" (© Tantara Records). I would encourage everyone to buy the DVD or CD, even if just for this song. You can get them at http://www.TantaraRecords.com

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[marg5gram]

I have been in Baptist church music as vocalist, pianist and organist for over 60 years and have never, ever heard a more beautiful or worshipful arrangement of this lovely old hymn. I've listened to it numerous times and it still brings me to tears and makes me worship. So uplifting. It's just incredible !  The tempo, orchestral accompaniment and arrangement are perfect. The arranger Mack Wilburg has earned himself numerous crowns to lay at the feet of Jesus in Heaven. WOW ! Gorgeous!

[Houdini774]

Tomorrow is Easter. I will not say if I am mormon, protestant, catholic or pentecostal. I only wish to say that in the next six minutes and thirty seconds I will let my heart fill with joy as I listen to these beautiful children sing this heartfelt song about my God, our God. And I will hate or judge no man. And I will open my heart to all those who believe that He died so that we may live. And I will cry for his pain. And I will rejoice in the day when we will be known only as His children.

[Evan Fowler]

This is just wonderful!

[brentphd11]

David, Very true but to share our message we have to meet the world where they are and thus I am a Mormon.

[David Murray]

That's an interesting statement, considering they have an ad campaign where the repeated tag line in every commercial is "and I'm a Mormon."

[Rotogravier]

Hello Brent,

While I am not LDS I do acknowledge this faithful interpretation by Mack Wilberg, he does more justice to the composer than do most modern hymnals. The BYU Orchestra and Choir are also to be greatly applauded.

Equality before God is determined by divine judgement not by human desires, the LDS/Christianity tension is more complex and serious than what simple equivalency of wording allows.

[Rotogravier]

Verse 4

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.

[Rotogravier]

Verse 3

Jesus sought me when a stranger,

Wandering from the fold of God;

He, to rescue me from danger,

Interposed His precious blood.

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.

[Rotogravier]

Verse 2

Here I raise my Ebenezer;

Hither by Thy help I’ve come;

And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,

Safely to arrive at home.

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.

[Rotogravier]

Verse1.

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.

[Devin Simmons]

Wow, God has really formed people into the best we can be!

[gussiegander]

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