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Text: | Far, Far Away / I Will ArIse |
Tune: | RESTORATION (I WILL ARISE) |
Harmonizer: | Charles H. Webb |
1 Far, far away from my loving father,
I had been wand’ring, wayward, wild,
fearing only lest his anger
overtake his sinful child.
Refrain:
I will arise and go to Jesus,
he will embrace me in his arms.
In the arms of my dear Savior,
oh, there are ten thousand charms.
2 Fain had I fed on the husks around me,
till to myself I came, and said,
“Plenty have my father’s servants;
perish I for want of bread.” [Refrain]
3 I will arise, though faint and weary,
home to my father I will go.
Woe to me that e’er I wandered,
ah, that I such need should know. [Refrain]
4 “Father,” I’ll say, “I have sinned before thee,
no more may I be called thy son.
Make me only as thy servant;
pity me, a wretch undone!” [Refrain]
5 Then I arose and came to my father.
Mercy amazing! Love unknown!
He beheld me, ran, embraced me,
pardoned, welcomed, called me “son”!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Far, far away from my loving father |
Title: | Far, Far Away / I Will ArIse |
Refrain First Line: | I will arise and go to Jesus |
Meter: | 10.8.8.7 |
Publication Date: | 2020 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Comfort; Confession of Sin; Conversion and New Life(4 more...) |
Source: | based on Luke 15:1–24; vers. anon., “The Prodigal Son,” Gospel Songs (USA), 1874 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RESTORATION (I WILL ARISE) |
Harmonizer: | Charles H. Webb |
Meter: | 10.8.8.7 |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | American traditional (USA), Southern Harmony, 1835 |