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[Out in the wilderness wild and drear]

Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Coles Stebbins Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 17654 56356 71716 Used With Text: The Prodigal Son (Chisholm)

Author: Thomas Obediah Chisholm Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: Out in the wilderness wild and drear Refrain First Line: Back to my Father and home Lyrics: 1. Out in the wilderness wild and drear, Sadly I’ve wandered for many a year, Driven by hunger and filled with fear, I will arise and go; Backward with sorrow my steps to trace, Seeking my heavenly Father’s face, Willing to take but a servant’s place, I will arise and go. Refrain Back to my Father and home, Back to my Father and home, I will arise and go Back to my Father and home. 2. Why should I perish in dark despair, Here where there’s no one to help or care, When there is shelter and food to spare? I will arise and go; Deeply repenting the wrong I’ve done, Worthy no more to be called a son, Hoping my Father His child may own, I will arise and go. [Refrain] 3. Sweet are the memories that come to me, Faces of loved ones again I see, Visions of home where I used to be, I will arise and go; Others have gone who had wandered, too, They were forgiven, were clothed anew, Why should I linger with home in view? I will arise and go. [Refrain] 4. O that I never had gone astray! Life was all radiant with hope one day, Now all its treasures I’ve thrown away, Yet I’ll arise and go; Something is saying, God loves you still, Tho’ you have treated His love so ill, I must not wait, for the night grows chill, I will arise and go. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Out in the wilderness wild and drear]

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The Prodigal Son (Chisholm)

Author: Thomas Obediah Chisholm Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5682 First Line: Out in the wilderness wild and drear Refrain First Line: Back to my Father and home Lyrics: 1. Out in the wilderness wild and drear, Sadly I’ve wandered for many a year, Driven by hunger and filled with fear, I will arise and go; Backward with sorrow my steps to trace, Seeking my heavenly Father’s face, Willing to take but a servant’s place, I will arise and go. Refrain Back to my Father and home, Back to my Father and home, I will arise and go Back to my Father and home. 2. Why should I perish in dark despair, Here where there’s no one to help or care, When there is shelter and food to spare? I will arise and go; Deeply repenting the wrong I’ve done, Worthy no more to be called a son, Hoping my Father His child may own, I will arise and go. [Refrain] 3. Sweet are the memories that come to me, Faces of loved ones again I see, Visions of home where I used to be, I will arise and go; Others have gone who had wandered, too, They were forgiven, were clothed anew, Why should I linger with home in view? I will arise and go. [Refrain] 4. O that I never had gone astray! Life was all radiant with hope one day, Now all its treasures I’ve thrown away, Yet I’ll arise and go; Something is saying, God loves you still, Tho’ you have treated His love so ill, I must not wait, for the night grows chill, I will arise and go. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Out in the wilderness wild and drear]

The Prodigal Son

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #2 (1915) First Line: Out in the wilderness wild and drear Refrain First Line: Back to my Father and home Languages: English Tune Title: [Out in the wilderness wild and drear]

The Prodigal Son

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Victorious Life Hymns #2 (1919) First Line: Out in the wilderness wild and drear Refrain First Line: Back to my Father and home Topics: Aspiration; Evangelism; Invitation; Surrender Tune Title: [Out in the wilderness wild and drear]

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Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Person Name: Thomas Obediah Chisholm Author of "The Prodigal Son (Chisholm)" in The Cyber Hymnal Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much as Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: George Coles Stebbins Composer of "[Out in the wilderness wild and drear]" in The Cyber Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)