“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Chris Rice
1 Samuel 7:10-12
Sing it. Nothing here is quoting. But Ebenezer is not a mood word; it is the name of a stone raised after a battle the LORD won. Know the event, and the line gets its meaning back.✓ Nothing is presented as scripture: no verse cited, no quotation framing, a biblical name borrowed and used the way the text uses it, for remembered help
⚠ The word only works if you know it. Sung without 1 Samuel 7, the stanza's key noun is opaque, which is why several hymnals have replaced or removed it. The better fix is reading the chapter
