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[Come to the Father, O wanderer come]

Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Austin Miles Incipit: 56712 34143 56532 Used With Text: Somebody's Praying for You

Author: Ida L. Reed Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: Come to the Father, O Wanderer come Refrain First Line: For you I am praying Used With Tune: [Come to the Father, O Wanderer come]

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Somebody’s Praying for You

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Gospel Gems Number 1 #134 (1914) First Line: Come to the Father, O wanderer come Refrain First Line: For you I am praying Lyrics: 1 Come to the Father, O Wanderer come, Somebody’s praying for you; Turn from the sin-paths no longer to roam, Somebody’s praying for you. Somebody loves you wherever you stray, Bears you in faith to God day after day; Pray’rfully follows you all the dark way, Somebody’s praying for you, for you. Refrain: For you I am praying, For you I am praying, For you I am praying, I’m praying for you. 2 God’s voice is calling, O do not delay, Somebody’s praying for you; Bow at the mercy-seat, bend while you may, Somebody’s praying for you. Somebody’s wresting in pray’r for your soul, Longing to see you made perfectly whole; Down where the billows of Calvary roll Somebody’s praying for you, for you. [Refrain] 3 Quench not the spirit but yield from your heart, Somebody’s praying for you; God waits his pardon, his peace to impart, Somebody’s praying for you. Kneel in your weakness confessing your sin, Tho’ they are many and dark tho’ they’ve been; Open your heart, let love’s cleansing tide in, Somebody’s praying for you, for you. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Come to the Father, O wanderer come]

Somebody's Praying For You

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Christian Service Songs #242 (1939) First Line: Come to the Father, O wanderer, come Refrain First Line: For you I am praying Topics: Invitation; Revival; Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [Come to the Father, O wanderer, come] (Miles)

Somebody's Praying for You

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Hall-Mack Company's Book of Sacred Selections for Men's Voices #32 (1912) First Line: Come to the Father, O wanderer come Refrain First Line: For you I am praying Languages: English Tune Title: [Come to the Father, O wanderer come]

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C. Austin Miles

1868 - 1946 Composer of "[Come to the Father, O wanderer, come] (Miles)" in Christian Service Songs Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Author of "Somebody’s Praying for You" in Gospel Gems Number 1 Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)