Hymn we Praise
A blog about hymns: their history, their significance in my life and how they teach me more about the beauty and glory of Jesus Christ
Come Thou Fount
History Come Thou Fount (Of Every Blessing) was a hymn written by Robert Robinson at the young age of 22 in 1758 (a century before our brother Horatio Spaddford wrote ‘It is Well’). Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; Horatio grew up in a broken home, where his father…
It is Well
History It is Well (With my Soul) was a hymn written by Horatio G. Spafford in 1873. It was written in light of the suffering that he and his family faced. Horatio was a lawyer and buisness owner in Chicago and he and his wife Anna had five children. In 1871, the first of several…
The Goal of the Blog
I have wanted to start a blog for a long time. As you can tell I created this on January 15th, with the hope of writing my first blog post soon after. Now, in April, with a few weeks of rest at home, I have decided to begin writing again. So before I begin, I…
Hymn we Praise 