Hymn #459: Come, O Fount of Every Blessing
This anonymous American folk tune is named NETTLETON because it was attributed to Asahel Nettleton, a nineteenth-century evangelist. Although he is not believed to be the composer, his name continues to be used with this tune.
John Wyeth’s (1770-1858) Repository of Sacred Music (1813) marks the first printed use of this anonymous American tune. It may be an old tune that was sung with “Go tell Aunt Tabby her old gray goose is dead.” A similar melody exists in the African American spiritual tradition.