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Author: L. H. Edmunds Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The living fount is flowing now Refrain First Line: Saviour, I am coming to the cleansing blood Lyrics: 1 The living fount is flowing now, Lord, help me enter in; The stream from Calv’ry’s sacred brow Shall take away my sin. Refrain: Saviour, I am coming to the cleansing blood, Coming where the healing waters flow; Wash me in the crimson flood, And I shall be whiter than the snow. 2 Thy kind, inviting voice I heard, Thy Spirit drew me near; Now may thy reassuring word Speak comfort, peace and cheer. [Refrain] 3 Sweet Mercy meets me at the cross, And breathes of love divine; Lord, free my heart from sinful dross, And make me wholly thine. [Refrain] 4 Dear Saviour, keep me every hour, When tides of blessing pour; And safe beneath the fountain’s pow’r, I’ll praise thee more and more. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [The living fount is flowing now]

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[The living fount is flowing now]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 12333 21235 56715 Used With Text: Saviour, I Am Coming

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Saviour, I Am Coming

Author: L. H. Edmunds Hymnal: Glorious Praise #173 (1904) First Line: The living fount is flowing now Refrain First Line: Saviour, I am coming to the cleansing blood Lyrics: 1 The living fount is flowing now, Lord, help me enter in; The stream from Calv’ry’s sacred brow Shall take away my sin. Refrain: Saviour, I am coming to the cleansing blood, Coming where the healing waters flow; Wash me in the crimson flood, And I shall be whiter than the snow. 2 Thy kind, inviting voice I heard, Thy Spirit drew me near; Now may thy reassuring word Speak comfort, peace and cheer. [Refrain] 3 Sweet Mercy meets me at the cross, And breathes of love divine; Lord, free my heart from sinful dross, And make me wholly thine. [Refrain] 4 Dear Saviour, keep me every hour, When tides of blessing pour; And safe beneath the fountain’s pow’r, I’ll praise thee more and more. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The living fount is flowing now]

Saviour, I Am Coming

Author: L. H. Edmunds Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #153 (1896) First Line: The living fount is flowing now Refrain First Line: Saviour, I am coming to the cleansing blood Languages: English Tune Title: [The living fount is flowing now]

Savior, I am coming

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Power #d269 (1909) First Line: The living fount is flowing now

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Savior, I Am Coming" Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[The living fount is flowing now]" in Glorious Praise William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman