1
O God, Thou art the source of life,
Divine, and rich and free!
As living water flowing out
Unto eternity!
Divine, and rich and free!
As living water flowing out
Unto eternity!
2
In love Thou in the Son didst flow
Among the human race;
Thou dost as Spirit also flow
Within us thru Thy grace.
Among the human race;
Thou dost as Spirit also flow
Within us thru Thy grace.
3
Though we in sin and wickedness
Went far from Thee apace,
Yet in the Son Thou didst redeem,
Bestowing life and grace.
Went far from Thee apace,
Yet in the Son Thou didst redeem,
Bestowing life and grace.
4
Though we have often slighted Thee,
Thy Spirit often grieved,
Yet Thou dost still as Spirit come
As life to be received.
Thy Spirit often grieved,
Yet Thou dost still as Spirit come
As life to be received.
5
Thou as the Spirit in the Son
Hast mingled heretofore;
Thou wilt thru fellowship anoint
And increase more and more.
Hast mingled heretofore;
Thou wilt thru fellowship anoint
And increase more and more.
6
The love of God, the grace of Christ,
The Spirit’s flowing free,
Enable us God’s wealth to share
Thru all eternity.
The Spirit’s flowing free,
Enable us God’s wealth to share
Thru all eternity.
7
The Father, Son, and Spirit—one,
So richly care for us;
Thy love with one accord we sing
And e’er would praise Thee thus.
So richly care for us;
Thy love with one accord we sing
And e’er would praise Thee thus.
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Siloam Springs, AR, New Zealand
Wonderful
Delhi, India
O God you are the Source of Life.
Hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
Acworth, Georgia, United States
Love, light, life in the spirit in the churches.
The house of God...
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
The writer of the music for this hymn was Charles Hutchinson. Born in 1792, Glasgow Scotland and died January 20, 1860, Glasgow, Scotland.
Hutchinson was a merchant in Glasgow, and a member of Saint George’s Parish Church. An amateur composer and founding member of the Glasgow Dilettanti Society, he published an essay on church music and a number of hymn-tunes in Christian Vespers (1832).
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Stanza 6 of this hymn is the blessing of Paul as seen in 2 Corinthians 13:14–“the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all”:
The love of God is the source, since God is the origin; the grace of the Lord is the course of the love of God, since the Lord is the expression of God; and the fellowship of the Spirit is the impartation of the grace of the Lord with the love of God since the Spirit is the transmission of the Lord with God for our experience and enjoyment of the Triune God— The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, with Their divine virtues.
In the blessing of the apostle Paul, the Triune God comes to people for their enjoyment; Paul not only brought people into the presence of God but also brought God into them.
Love, grace, and fellowship are the three stages of God for our enjoyment—love is within, grace is love expressed, and fellowship
(the application of love) is the transmission of grace into us.
In Numbers 6:22-27 we see a pattern of blessing by the priests; this blessing is neither an Old Testament blessing nor a New Testament blessing; rather it is the eternal blessing of the Triune God which is the Triune God dispensing Himself in His Divine Trinity into us for our enjoyment:
“Jehovah bless you and keep you" can be ascribed to the Father—(v. 24). The Father blesses us in every way and in every aspect in His love (Eph. 1:3) and He keeps us in every way and in every aspect of His power.
John 17:11
“Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you” can be ascribed to the Son—(v. 25) The word face signifies presence, as One whose face shines upon us, Christ the Son is the visible presence of the invisible God—2 Pe. 1:16-18.
"Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace" can be ascribed to the Spirit—(v. 26)The countenance denotes the expression of the person; to lift up our countenance upon a person means that we confirm, assure, promise, and give everything to that person.
Jesus came as the face of God, and the Holy Spirit comes as a countenance of God; if we grieve Him, His countenance will drop, but if we obey Him, He will be happy with us, and He will lift up His countenance to confirm us, assure us, guarantee us, promise us, and give us everything.
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In Psalms 23:6 we also have the blessing of the Triune God. “Surely goodness and loving- kindness will follow me. ” This is the fifth stage of Christ’s shepherding which is the lifelong enjoyment of the divine goodness and lovingkindness in the house of Jehovah.
Under the organic shepherding of the pneumatic Christ, goodness and loving-kindness “follow us all the days of our life” referring to the present age. Goodness refers to the grace of Christ, lovingkindness to the love of the Father, and follow implies the fellowship of the Spirit.
Psalm 23:6 footnote 1.
I love this song
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Oh God we praise thee!!!
Glenfield, Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand
Abba Father!!! We praise you for your love of God, the grace of Christ
The Spirit’s flowing free,
Enable us God’s wealth to share
Thru all eternity.
El Paso De Robles, California, United States
Thank You Father, Son and Spirit... for Your rich care for us!
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Amen. Praise God! The Source of LIFE!!