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[O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Robson Sweney Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55551 12123 33467 Used With Text: O Sinner, Come Home

Author: Enoch Stubbs Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting Refrain First Line: Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready Lyrics: 1 O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting, Return to thy Father, sin’s folly forsaking; That Father still loves thee, and waits to embrace His penitent child, when returning through grace. Refrain: Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready; Prepared for the blind, the poor and the needy; The worst are invited, all welcome will be; Return, then, there’s room at this table for thee. 2 Thy sins have been great, thy wanderings far; But greater His mercy; then follow yon star, That leads thee to Him, whom the angels adore; And be happy at home, thence to wander no more. [Refrain] 3 He will not upbraid thee with sins of the past; The Lord will forgive; He is true to the last; The law of His mercy can not be repealed, It standeth forever, with blood it is sealed. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting] Text Sources: The Quiver of Sacred Song, by William Kirkpatrick & John Sweney (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1880)

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O Sinner, Come Home

Author: Enoch Stubbs Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8244 First Line: O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting Refrain First Line: Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready Lyrics: 1 O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting, Return to thy Father, sin’s folly forsaking; That Father still loves thee, and waits to embrace His penitent child, when returning through grace. Refrain: Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready; Prepared for the blind, the poor and the needy; The worst are invited, all welcome will be; Return, then, there’s room at this table for thee. 2 Thy sins have been great, thy wanderings far; But greater His mercy; then follow yon star, That leads thee to Him, whom the angels adore; And be happy at home, thence to wander no more. [Refrain] 3 He will not upbraid thee with sins of the past; The Lord will forgive; He is true to the last; The law of His mercy can not be repealed, It standeth forever, with blood it is sealed. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting]

O Sinner, come Home

Author: Rev. Enoch Stubbs Hymnal: The Quiver of Sacred Song #46 (1880) First Line: O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting Refrain First Line: Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready Languages: English Tune Title: [O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting]

O Sinner, come Home

Author: Rev. Enoch Stubbs Hymnal: The Quartet #237 (1884) First Line: O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting Refrain First Line: Then, sinner, come home; the feast is all ready Languages: English Tune Title: [O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: John Robson Sweney Composer of "[O sinner, come home, the banquet is waiting]" in The Cyber Hymnal John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission