Scripture Verse

Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters. Isaiah 55:1

Introduction

Words: Frank W. Gun­sau­lus, in Cân a Mawl, ed­it­ed by Dan­iel Pro­ther­oe (Gen­er­al As­sem­bly Cal­vin­is­tic Me­thod­ist Church­es of the U S A, 1918), num­ber 178, alt.

Music: Froe­lich Gi­de­on Froe­lich, 1885 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Froe­lich (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Frank Gunsaulus
(1856–1921)

Lyrics

O come to the wa­ters o’er­flow­­ing
With pur­ity, love and de­light,
As crys­tal as truth, and be­stow­ing
Full glo­ry of God for thy sight.
O soul ov­er­weary and sor­rowed,
And thirs­ty at all thou hast found,
For trou­ble and woe thou hast bor­rowed,
O drink of God’s full­ness un­bound.

Rejoice that thy sins in His sav­ing,
In depths all di­vine of His love,
Are lost in for­give­ness, o’er­lay­ing
From fount­ains of love—far ab­ove.
Love’s wa­ters, so deep and eter­nal,
And strong­er than sin, are thine own;
For Gen­tile and Jew ev­er ver­nal,
They flow from be­neath God’s white throne.