In nine years of law practice, so-called, Cowper never once felt worthy to serve people nor could he manage to attract business for himself. Although he passed all the bar examinations he never achieved much success in his profession. However, he survived and at eighteen began to study law. When he was ten he was sent to boarding school and there his suffering was added to by the cruelty of the older boys. His mother died when he was only six years old and this tragedy left a life-long scar of grief. William Cowper was born in Great Berkhampstead in Hertfordshire in November 1731. "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood," is his most famous but before we can tell the story of the hymn it is necessary to set the scene by looking briefly at the life of the man himself. It was Cowper, working in collaboration with the great John Newton, who complied and produced "Olney Hymns" a publication to which he personally contributed at least sixty-four original hymns. Mention has already been made, in this book, of William Cowper, English poet and hymn writer who lived from 1731 until 1800. When this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue CLEANSING FOUNT | Hymn History | Bible Passage
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