The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8244

8244. O Sinner, Come Home

1 O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting,
Return to thy Father, sin’s folly forsaking;
That Father still loves thee, and waits to embrace
His penitent child, when returning through grace.

Refrain:
Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready;
Prepared for the blind, the poor and the needy;
The worst are invited, all welcome will be;
Return, then, there’s room at this table for thee.

2 Thy sins have been great, thy wanderings far;
But greater His mercy; then follow yon star,
That leads thee to Him, whom the angels adore;
And be happy at home, thence to wander no more. [Refrain]

3 He will not upbraid thee with sins of the past;
The Lord will forgive; He is true to the last;
The law of His mercy can not be repealed,
It standeth forever, with blood it is sealed. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting
• Title: O Sinner, Come Home
• Author: Enoch Stubbs (1880)
• Refrain First Line: Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready
• Language: English
• Source: The Quiver of Sacred Song, by William Kirkpatrick & John Sweney (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1880)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting]
• Composer: John Robson Sweney
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain