William Cowper (pronounced “Cooper”) was one of the few hymn writers that was also a recognized secular poet. This much-beloved and yet tormented literary figure was born in his father’s rectory at Great Berkhampstead, England, on Nov. 26, 1731. His father, George II, was a chaplain. His mother died when […]
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There is a fountain filled with bloodDrawn from Immanuel’s veins;And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,Lose all their guilty stains:Lose all their guilty stains,Lose all their guilty stains;And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to seeThat fountain in His day;And there may I, though […]