The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16795

16795. Remember Mother's Prayer

1 Will a girl for­get her mo­ther’s pray­er,
Though she has left her ten­der care?
Out in the world, though all alone,
Her mo­ther prays for her at home.

Refrain:
Oh, come to Je­sus, come to­day,
Come back and walk the nar­row way;
You can’t re­sist the pow­er of sin
Without the pow­er of God with­in.

2 Will a girl for­get the last em­brace,
The anx­ious look on mo­ther’s face?
As from the door she stepped that day,
Out in the world to make her way. [Refrain]

3 No, nev­er in the years to come,
Will she for­get that mo­ther, home;
Sin may erase all thought of care,
Down in the heart that love is there. [Refrain]

4 It may be that per­haps she’s dead,
And mo­ther’s pray­ers have all been said;
Tonight you’re in the world alone,
Without a mo­ther, friend or home. [Refrain]

5 The mo­ther’s prayer is nev­er lost;
Faith’s an­swer comes at any cost;
Tears, pray­ers, are bot­tled in the sky,
Though af­ter mother’s gone on high. [Refrain]

6 Oh, child of ma­ny pray­ers and tears,
You’ve wan­dered, oh, so ma­ny years;
Oh, leave sin’s path, it is not gain;
Its pass­ing joys are but a name. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Will a girl for­get her mo­ther’s pray­er
• Title: Remember Mother's Prayer
• Author: Sherrard Beatty
• Refrain First Line: Oh, come to Je­sus, come to­day
• Meter: LMD
• Language: English
• Source: Rescue Hymns by Beatty and Fogg (Cincinnati: Rescue Mission Publishing, 1896)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TRIPURA
• Composer: Sherrard Beatty (1896)
• Meter: LMD
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain