117 - Word of Life, Thou purest fountain

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1. Word of Life, Thou purest fountain, which from heaven gently flows, living pow'rs to all those giving who their hearts to Thee disclose. All who like a withered flower which the burning sun has bleached, thirsty from a land of desert, bow down at the spring they've reached. Thirsty from a land of desert, bow down at the spring they've reached.
2. Ah, what is the earth without Thee, but a curse encumbered vale and without Thee what is heaven? Paradise in guarded dale. What is life on earth without Thee? A repeated death and gloom and without Thee what is dying? Gruesome night within the tomb. And without Thee what is dying? Gruesome night within the tomb.
3. Word of Life, Thou dost enlighten, warming is Thy light divine. Unto us Thou showest mys'tries of the heaven that is Thine. Teach us how we may preserve then Spirit's sword, the living word! Help us here on earth to conquer, there to gain the crown, O Lord. Help us here on earth to conquer, there to gain the crown, O Lord!