The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9679

9679. The Old Fountain

1 By Samaria’s wayside well
Once a blessèd message fell
On a woman’s thirsty soul,
Long ago;
And to eyes that long were sealed
Was the glorious light revealed,
Thro’ a fountain that was opened
Long ago.

Refrain:
There’s a fountain that was opened
Long ago,
For the healing of the nations
Is its flow;
Along the line of ages
The prophets and the sages
Caught the singing of its waters,
Long ago.

2 And a little captive maid,
By a leper undismayed,
Told to him a simple story,
Long ago;
That the stream where he might lave
Had alone the power to save,
Thro’ his trust in that old fountain,
Long ago. [Refrain]

3 And a woman in a crowd,
Without word or cry aloud,
Just stooped down and touched His garment,
Long ago;
As her urgent soul appealed,
So her sinful soul was healed,
In that fountain that was opened,
Long ago. [Refrain]

4 As the eunuch tried to read
Philip taught him of his need,
And baptized him in the stream,
Long ago;
As the outward seal and sign
Of an inward work divine,
That was wrought through that old fountain,
Long ago. [Refrain]

5 O thou fountain, deep and wide,
Flowing from the wounded side,
That was pierced for our redemption,
Long ago;
In thy ever cleansing wave
There is found all power to save
’Tis the power that healed the nations,
Long ago. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: By Samaria’s wayside well
• Title: The Old Fountain
• Author: Emma Mansfield Johnston (1896)
• Refrain First Line: There’s a fountain that was opened
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 by John R. Sweney, William Kirkpatrick and Henrly L. Gilmour (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1896)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [By Samaria's wayside well]
• Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain