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FOUNTAIN OF GOOD, TO OWN THY LOVE

Scripture Verse

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me. Matthew 25:40

Introduction

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George A. Löhr (1821–1897)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751) & oth­ers.

Music: St. Fran­ces George A. Löhr, 1861 (🔊 ).

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Lyrics

Fountain of good, to own Thy love,
Our thank­ful hearts in­cline;
What can we ren­der, Lord, to Thee,
When all the worlds are Thine?

But Thou hast needy breth­ren here,
Partakers of Thy grace,
Whose names Thou wilt Thy­self con­fess
Before the Fa­ther’s face.

And in their accents of dis­tress
Thy plead­ing voice is heard;
In them Thou may’st be clothed and fed
And vi­sit­ed and cheered.

Thy face with rev­er­ence and with love
We in Thy poor would see;
O may we min­is­ter to them,
And in them, Lord, to Thee.