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Text:Return, O Wanderer!
Author:Wm. B. Collyer
Tune:BALERMA
Arranger:R. Simpson

167. Return, O Wanderer!

1 Return, O wanderer, return,
And seek thy Father's face;
Those new desires which in thee burn,
Were kindled by his grace.

2 Return, O wanderer, return;
Thy Saviour bids thee live;
Come to his cross, and, grateful, learn
How freely he'll forgive.

3 Return, O wanderer, return,
And wipe the falling tear;
Thy Father calls no longer mourn;
'Tis love invites thee near.

Text Information
First Line: Return, O wanderer, return
Title: Return, O Wanderer!
Author: Wm. B. Collyer
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Returning to God; Invitation and Repentance: Returning to God
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: BALERMA
Arranger: R. Simpson
Meter: C. M.
Key: A Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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