Author Archives: Jeremy Kruizinga

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 fatherContinue reading “Come Thou Fount”

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 severalContinue reading “It is Well”

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, IContinue reading “The Goal of the Blog”