“Here I
raise mine Ebenezer; hither by thy help I’m come; and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.” The following
was an excerpt from Robert Robinson’s hymn “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”. The excerpt contains an allusion to 1 Samuel
16:7 that says, “Afterwards, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between
Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, explaining,
‘The Lord has helped us to this point.’”
When we look at Robinson’s hymn as a whole, we see that it is a song of gratitude. To fit the purpose of showing gratitude, the
hymn alluded to the story in the Bible where Samuel sets up a stone to show
gratitude to God for defeating the philistines.
One can sing this song today in thankfulness of what God has done for
them.
I defiantly agree with you Mason. But I don't think the entire poem is about gratitude. Some parts, I think, are about him asking God to help him through the hard times. As said in the last two lines "Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above".
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