The first allusion i found in Come Thou Fount was in the first verse when he says "streams of mercy never ceasing". By this i believe the author is saying that God has mercy for us that never runs out, no matter how much we mess up. Just like a real stream never stops flowing, it never runs out of water.
The next is "here i raise my Ebenezer; hither by thy help I'm come". Here he is alluding to a story in Samuel, when Samuel names a stone Ebenezer and raises it for help, so knowing the allusion he's using i would say that the author means that he needs God's help, he can't do it on his own.
The last one i found is "bind my wandering heart to thee". Our hearts and minds are all over the place most of the time. We're always somehow wandering from God. We get ditracted and we start to think less about God and more about our earthly things, so therefor we put earthly things before God. We're wandering from him. So when Robert Robinson wrote this line, he was saying he wants his heart to be fully focused on God and nothing else. He doesn't want to wandering from him any longer.
Jordan, I love your take on "streams of mercy never ceasing." I didn't discuss that allusion in my blog, though I found it, so it was refreshing to read that in your blog! Thank you and nice job.
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