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Author: Mrs. W. G. Moyer Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Only a fond old father Refrain First Line: Lift now the latch, my boy, my boy Topics: Invitation Used With Tune: [Only a fond old father]

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[Only a fond old father]

Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 32112 17434 52332 Used With Text: The Latch of Father's Door

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The Latch of Father's Door

Author: Mrs. W. G. Moyer Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #190 (1897) First Line: Only a fond old father Refrain First Line: Lift now the latch, my boy, my boy Lyrics: 1 Only a fond old father, Facing the window pane; Peering with anxious longing Into the dark and rain: Only the weary wand’rer, Home from foreign shore, Waiting outside, and fears to lift The latch of his father’s door. Refrain: Lift now the latch, my boy, my boy, And wait outside no more; There’s love and rest for thee, my boy, Within thy father’s door. 2 Only a father weeping, Weeping o’er the dead, Seeing no form approaching, Hearing no manly tread; Only a trembling wand’rer, Longing for home once more; Weary and worn, too faint to lift The latch of his father’s door. [Refrain] 3 Only a restful homestead Waits the returning one; Only a heav’nly Father Welcomes a long-lost son; Only a weary sinner, Broken in heart, and sore, Almost persuaded now to lift The latch of his father’s door. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Only a fond old father]

The Latch of Father's Door

Author: Mrs. W. G. Moyer Hymnal: Genuine Gems of Sacred Song #18 (1911) First Line: Only a fond old father Refrain First Line: Lift now the latch, my boy, my boy Languages: English Tune Title: [Only a fond old father]

The Latch of Father's Door

Author: Mrs. W. G. Moyer Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #41 (1907) First Line: Only a fond old father Refrain First Line: Lift now the latch, my boy, my boy Topics: Invitation Tune Title: [Only a fond old father]

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H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Composer of "[Only a fond old father]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry