"There Is a Fountain"

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.

Yesterday in church I referred to the backstory of William Cowper's graphic hymn, "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood". I got the information from cyberhymnal.org, and here is a link to that particular story if you're interested.

Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") felt enormous guilt over his actions and thoughts, but he found that the blood of Christ was powerful enough to provide forgiveness for even him. The same is true for all of us. There is no sin beyond His ability to forgive! That's why those of us who have experienced that forgiveness can feel these words resonate deeply in our hearts:

E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.

When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave,
Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I’ll sing Thy power to save.