Timeless Truths ‎#143

143. Come, Prodigal Child

1 Come, prodigal child, to your Father,
Why feed on the mountains so bare?
I’m waiting, why stay any longer?
There’s bread enough and to spare.

Refrain:
Come home, come home,
Though weary and tired you roam;
Come home, come home,
O prodigal child, come home.

2 Come, prodigal child, there is danger
Of staying away too long;
Oh! stop where you are and remember,
You’ve gone from the right to the wrong. [Refrain]

3 Come, prodigal child, do not tarry;
Why perish with hunger and cold?
Though fearful and wretched and weary,
The Father says, “Come to the fold.” [Refrain]

4 Come, prodigal child, oh, remember
From whence you are fallen, to roam;
Make haste and return to the Father,
Whose mercy will welcome you home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Come, prodigal child, to your Father
• Title: Come, Prodigal Child
• Author: Barney E. Warren
• Refrain First Line: Come home, come home
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.4.7.4.7
• Scripture:
  Luke 15:20
• Topic: Invitation
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Come_Prodigal_Child); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (29); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (362)

Tune Information

• Name: [Come, prodigal, child, to your Father]
• Composer: J. B. Vaughan (1911)
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.4.7.4.7
• Key: D♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Come_Prodigal_Child); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (29); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (362)