Religion

A Fountain opened for Sin and Uncleanness

by James Montgomery 1771–1854

From Sacred Poems and Hymns (1854)

Religion

Come to Calvary's holy mountain,
Sinners ruin'd by the fall;
Here a pure and healing fountain
Flows to you, to me, to all,
In a full, perpetual tide,
Open'd when our Saviour died.

Come in poverty and meanness,
Come defiled, without, within;
From infection and uncleanness,
From the leprosy of sin,
Wash your robes and make them white:
Ye shall walk with God in light.

Come, in sorrow and contrition,
Wounded, impotent, and blind;
Here the guilty free remission,
Here the troubled peace may find;
Health this fountain will restore,
He that drinks shall thirst no more:--

He that drinks shall live for ever;
'Tis a soul-renewing flood:
God is faithful;--God will never
Break his covenant in blood,
Sign'd when our Redeemer died,
Seal'd when he was glorified.

MLA

Montgomery, James. “A Fountain opened for Sin and Uncleanness.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/montgomery_j/56/.

Chicago

Montgomery, James. “A Fountain opened for Sin and Uncleanness.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/montgomery_j/56/.

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