Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Theological Analysis
Robinson's hymn is remarkable for its honest acknowledgment of human proneness to wander while trusting in God's pursuing grace. The "Ebenezer" reference (1 Samuel 7:12) is rich with meaning.
✓ Theological Strengths
- Honest about human frailty ('prone to wander')
- Emphasizes God's pursuing grace
- Biblical imagery (Ebenezer)
- Prayer for perseverance
- Recognition of daily need for grace
Line-by-Line Analysis
"Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love"
Remarkably honest confession. Robinson wrote this at 22, later struggling with faith. The hymn's honesty makes it relatable.
Full Lyrics
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I've come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
This hymn is in the public domain.