Fountain of Mercy, God of Love

Fountain of mer­cy

God of love

Whose gifts all crea­tures share

The roll­ing sea­sons as they move

Proclaim Thy con­stant care.

When in the bo­som of the earth

The sow­er hid the grain

Thy good­ness marked its sec­ret birth

And sent the ear­ly rain.

The spring’s sweet in­fluence

Lord

was Thine

The sea­sons knew Thy call;

Thou mad’st the sum­mer sun to shine

The sum­mer dews to fall.

These va­ri­ous mer­cies from above

Matured the swell­ing grain;

And now the har­vest crowns Thy love

And plen­ty fills this plain.

O ne’er may our for­get­ful hearts

O’erlook Thy boun­te­ous care

But what our Fa­ther’s hand im­parts

Still own in praise and pray­er.

To Fa­ther

Son

and Ho­ly Ghost

The God whom we ad­ore

Be glo­ry

as it was

is now

And shall be ev­er­more.