Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful. 

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again this fund drive
Text:On a desert bleak and dreary
Author:Mrs. L. M. B. Bateman
Tune:CHILD, COME HOME
Composer:James E. Hawes

431. On a desert bleak and dreary

Text Information
First Line: On a desert bleak and dreary
Author: Mrs. L. M. B. Bateman
Refrain First Line: He is calling, calling ever
Language: English
Publication Date: 1911
Tune Information
Name: CHILD, COME HOME
Composer: James E. Hawes



Media
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us