Robert Robinson: Did his hymn help to restore him?

Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Robert Robinson is best remembered as the writer of the beloved hymn, “Come Thou Fount.” Born in the 1700s, he was a contemporary of evangelist George Whitefield and fellow minister Jonathan Edwards. Robinson was born in Suffolk, England to parents who struggled to make ends meet. To make matters worse, his father abandoned the family when Robinson was around seven years old and passed away a year later. His mother struggled to pay for his