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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing To Katie Jean and Joshua David Graves on the day of their wedding Tune, NETTLETON, from Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813 Arranged by Julian David Bryson
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Text 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 Thy redeeming love.
2. 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;
3. 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. Program Notes Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing has long been a favorite hymn of mine. It reminds me to embrace humility and admit my mistakes as I seek to live out the greatest commandments: loving God and loving each other. As we live in days where grace and mercy are scarce commodities, the text calls on us to give these gifts freely to one another, and just as importantly, accept them when others offer them to us. The University of Tennessee provided me with many transformative experiences, not the least of which was the privilege of conducting the Women’s Chorale for two semesters. Over the course of that year, I recognized that choral music would be my home—the place where I felt most comfortable and rewarded. I arranged this hymn as a gesture of thanks to the wonderful women who allowed me to make music with them. In a sense, this was my Ebeneezer—my monument of gratitude. It marked how far I had come during college and continues to provide a reference point for any progress I’ve made since then. The piano solo version is an adaptation of the choral arrangement that I prepared for and premiered during the wedding ceremony of Katie Jean and Joshua David Graves in 2010. —J.D.B.
SSA Version Premiered by the University of Tennessee Women’s Chorale, April 6, 2004. TTB Version Premiered by the University of Kansas Men’s Glee Club, October 22, 2017. Available for SATB, SAB, SSA, and TTB voicings as well as for Piano Solo. Cover image, Glistening taken by the composer on the Sea of Galilee, December 31, 2008. This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.