The Fountain

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: Called from above, I rise
Title: The Fountain
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

DENNIS (Nägeli)

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) arranged DENNIS and first published it in The Psaltery (1845), a hymnal he compiled with George. Webb (PHH 559). Mason attributed the tune to Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) but included no source reference. Nageli presumably pu…

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[Called from above, I rise]


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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d105

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d104

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d105

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #132

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #269

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d31

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A Pocket Hymn-book #287

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #CCLXXXVII

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #228b

A.M.E. Hymnal #d56

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #579b

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d100

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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #149

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Full Redemption Songs No. 3 #135

Full Salvation Hymnal #d15

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Gems of Gospel Song #141

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #108

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d71

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #108

Hymns for Schools and Families #d66

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #269

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New Hymn and Tune book #251g

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New Hymn and Tune Book #251g

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d34

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d35

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Rose of Sharon Hymns #135

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Salvation Army Songs #373

Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d14

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Songs and Music #195

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #579b

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d82

The Chapel Hymn Book #d49

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The Heart and Voice #218c

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #119

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #440

The Lesser Hymnal #d31

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The New Hymn Book #32

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The Salvation Army Music #314

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The Salvation Army Songs and Music #195

The Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d11

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The Salvation Soldiers' Song Book #121

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #d98

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #350

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The Tribute of Praise #350

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The Tribute of Praise #350

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