http://afcmin.org/ateam/631/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-variations Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 http://afcmin.org/ateam/631/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-variations/comment-page-1#comment-2941 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:59:20 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=631#comment-2941 Thanks for the encouragement, Charlie.
I think there are many people, like myself, who learned what Ebenezer means because of this hymn. This is one of those instances where the song drives us back to the Bible to understand it better. Such a phenomenon is mostly absent from contemporary worship music.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/631/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-variations/comment-page-1#comment-2940 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:20:51 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=631#comment-2940 Thanks for these two very interesting posts, Roger. Come Thou Fount is my favorite hymn because I feel it reflects so well my own journey to the cross — it becomes very much of a prayer whenever I sing it. I had never heard about the 5-stanza version before. It really is quite different from what we sing today. You've piqued my curiosity about its history.
I wrote a post a few years back about the meaning of the word “Ebenezer” in this song, and it has become my most popular posts. It's interesting how many people sing the song without understanding where that word comes from or what it signifies. Our Covenant hymnal recently dumbed down the song, changing “here I raise my Ebenezer” to “here I make to thee an altar.” Very irritating.
Thanks for the good post!

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