Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing is a beautiful hymm written by Robert Robinson in year 1757. This hymm with the theme of Sovereign Grace was inspired from the book 1 Samuel in which Prophet Samuel in 1 Samuel 7:12, took a stone and called its name Ebenezer and said "Till now the LORD has helped us". In the context of 1 Samuel(1 Samuel 4-7), Israel has been defeated against Philistine as Israel people has taken for granted the grace from God in which God delivered them from slavery at Egypt and all the way to guide them to the promised land but they still sinned against the LORD by idol worshipping Baals and Ashtaroth. The Israelites has thought that by the act of bringing the ark of God to the war will bring them victory against Philistine, but God knows this hideous thought of theirs and bring them defeat instead. As the Israelites was defeated, the ark of God was taken captive by the Philistine, and the ark was brought to the house of Dagon and placed next to the