Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (Jn. He said, “Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Jesus employed similar terms when He spoke to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. The imagery in the hymn is a reference to the “water of life” mentioned in Revelation 22:17. The 1st stanza speaks of “a healing stream” that flows “free to all” from “a precious fountain” on Calvary. Paul’s words in Galatians 6:14 have been the basis for a number of familiar hymns, but none more beloved than this simple yet profound setting by the phenomenal mind and rare sensitivity of a “sweet singer in the night,” the blind Fanny Crosby. “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Gal.
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