Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I come.
Hither: to this place; to this point; to this end
Ebenezer: a stone of help; a reminder of
Gods miraculous help for victory
over our enemies
For a while I (Libby) have been struggling with being very bossy to my younger siblings, but now God has been giving me victory over bossiness! When I went to ArtLife camp this year, we learned a lot about what Ebenezer means. To me, what an Ebenezer means is a reminder of God's victory; so my Ebenezer is whenever I see my little brother and sister, Tate and Jojo, I think of Gods grace for forgiving me from being bossy, and giving me my amazing siblings.
The song "Come Thou Fount" was written by Robert Robinson; when his father died he was not a Christian, and his mother could not control him, so she sent him to learn to be a barber. While he was learning to be a barber, he got into trouble. One night, he and his friends were at a fortune teller's house. He was drunk, but he felt God's presence; so that night, he suggested to his friends that they all go to the evangelist, George Whitefield's meeting. So he and his friends went, and Whitfield preached on Matthew 3:7. Robinson was touched; he felt as if Whitfield was speaking to him. Those words from the verse were speaking to him for three years, until December 10 (my older sister, Abbie's birthday), 1755, he became a Christian. From there, he became a pastor and served at Calvinist Methodist Chapel in Norfolk, England. Robinson continued working for the Lord until 1790, when he was in Birmingham, England.
We now remember him for writing "Come Thou Fount", one of the worlds best hymns.
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