Ebenezer (hymn)

Ebenezer, also known as Ton-y Botel, is a Welsh hymn tune composed by Thomas John Williams who brought it to hymnals in 1890 in Llaw lyfr Moliant.^[1]

Hymns

This tune is set to many hymn texts. Among them:

Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us (text by Janie Alford)^[2]^[3]
"God hath spoken by the prophets," United Methodist Hymnal #108^[4]
Let My People Seek their Freedom
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus (text by S. Trevor Francis)^[5]
Once to Every Man and Nation (text by James R. Lowell)^[6]
Singing songs of expectation, onward goes the pilgrim band (text by Bernard Severin Ingemann; tr. Sabine Baring-Gould) Hymn 527 in The Hymnal 1982 according to the use of The Episcopal Church
Thy strong word did cleave the darkness (text by Martin H. Franzman) Hymn 381 in The Hymnal 1982 according to the use of The Episcopal Church
Who is this, with garments gory (text by Arthur C. Coxe)^[7]
Christian Science Hymnal, hymn number 258

Secular usage

Michael Giacchino used this tune in the track "Red Square" on the Call of Duty video game soundtrack.
A variation of it, named "Dublin", is included in the soundtrack of Anno 1503.

References

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[1] ttp://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/t/h/othedeep.htm

[2] ttp://www.hymnary.org/text/come_o_spirit_dwell_among_us

[3] ttp://www.hopepublishing.com/html/main.isx?sub=307&search=618

[4] ttp://www.hymnary.org/hymn/UMH/108

[5] ttp://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/t/h/othedeep.htm

[6] ttp://hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/n/c/oncetoev.htm

[7] ttp://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/w/i/t/witwgory.htm