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THE FOUNTAIN OPENED.
“In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of
David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.”
—Zechariah, xiii. 1.
From Zion's holy mountain
The tidings loud proclaim;
The Lord hath op'd a fountain,
Salvation is its name.
The tidings loud proclaim;
The Lord hath op'd a fountain,
Salvation is its name.
Its purifying waters,
The house of David know,
And Salem's sons and daughters,
There wash'd, are white as snow.
The house of David know,
And Salem's sons and daughters,
There wash'd, are white as snow.
From sin and from uncleanness
That fountain can redeem;
There age may find fresh greenness,
Thence youth with wisdom teem.
That fountain can redeem;
There age may find fresh greenness,
Thence youth with wisdom teem.
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The blind and deaf, there drinking,
At once both see and hear;
The lame, with feet unshrinking,
Are swift, as is the deer.
At once both see and hear;
The lame, with feet unshrinking,
Are swift, as is the deer.
The dumb, who seek in sadness
That water's living spring,
In grateful songs of gladness
Its hallow'd praises sing.
That water's living spring,
In grateful songs of gladness
Its hallow'd praises sing.
Breaking each chain asunder,
That fount can freedom give;
And, all-surpassing wonder,
Hath caus'd the dead to live!
That fount can freedom give;
And, all-surpassing wonder,
Hath caus'd the dead to live!
“Whence flows this tide of healing,
That does such wond'rous things?
Oh haste, its source revealing,
That I may seek its springs.”
That does such wond'rous things?
Oh haste, its source revealing,
That I may seek its springs.”
Sinner, thy prayer is granted,
It flows from Jesu's side;
Thence, whatsoe'er is wanted,
To man must be supplied.
It flows from Jesu's side;
Thence, whatsoe'er is wanted,
To man must be supplied.
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