There is a fountain filled with blood

"Praise for the Fountain Opened", commonly known by its first line, "There is a fountain filled with blood," is a hymn written by William Cowper. It was one of the first hymns he wrote after his first major bout of depression.

There is a fountain filled with blood
William Cowper
Genre	Hymn
Written	1772
Text	by William Cowper
Based on	Zechariah 13:1
Meter	8.6.8.6
Melody	"Cleansing Fountain" and others

Text

Various compilers have altered the third line of the second stanza, "And there have I", substituting would or may for have.[1]

Musical settings

• "Walsall,", Henry Purcell, c. 1721
• "Wiltshire," George Smart, 1795
• "Cleansing Fountain," American folk tune
• "Horsley," William Horsley, 1844
• "Funeral: There is a Fountain/It Don't Make Sense," Jason Robert Brown, 1998
• "There is a Fount," Sean Michel, 2007
• "There is a Fountain," Citizens & Saints, 2015
• "Fountain", Wolves At The Gate, 2016

References

1. "The Hymns of Cowper". The Gospel magazine, and theological review. New Series. 2 (18): 312. June 1, 1867.

External links

• There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood (text), this version has only the first five verses and omits verses six and seven. The lines of the fifth verse are reordered from the original.
• There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood (mp3, organ only)