The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#301

301. O Fount of Truth and Mercy

1 O Fount of truth and mercy,
Thy promise cannot fail;
What Thou hast said must ever
In heaven and earth prevail;
"Call upon Me in trouble,
And I will help afford."
Yea, to my latest moment,
I'll call upon Thee, Lord.

2 What comfort in affliction
To rest upon Thy grace,
And in Thy wise direction
My fainting heart to place!
When Thou, O Lord, didst teach me
In Thine own Name to pray,
Unto my hope Thou gavest
A refuge and a stay.

3 The yearnings of my bosom
Thou hearest, Lord, I know;
What to my weal pertaineth
I know Thou wilt bestow.
In times of deepest anguish
Thy helping hand is near,
And on Thy loving bosom
My sorrows Thou wilt bear.

4 And to this blest assurance
I'll cling for evermore;
And never shall I weary
A Father to implore.
Depart, despair and anguish
That oft my soul oppress;
I'll cling unto my Saviour
Till He my soul shall bless.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Fount of truth and mercy
• Title: O Fount of Truth and Mercy
• Author: Per Olof Nyström (1816)
• Translator: Claude W. Foss
• Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Psalm 50:15
• Topic: Worship: Prayer and Praise; Lent, Second Sunday; Sixth Sunday after Easter; Trinity, Seventh Sunday; Comfort; Thanksgiving; Trials

Tune Information

• Name: VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN
• Composer: Melchior Teschner (1613)
• Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
• Key: C Major