Come Back, Wanderer

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O homeless wanderer sad and lone

Author: George P. Hott
Tune: [O, homeless wanderer, sad and lone]
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 O, homeless wand’rer, sad and lone,
An invitation, sweet, is giv’n;
Lay down your burden at His feet,
And claim a mansion, fair, in heav’n.

Refrain:
Come back, wand’rer, why longer stray?
Jesus, thy Saviour,
Calls thee today.
Come back, wand’rer, why longer stray?
Jesus, thy Saviour,
Calls thee today.

2 Why wander longer from thy God?
When saints and angels ever wait,
Thy quick turn, with crowns of gold,
And welcome at the golden gate. [Refrain]

3 To find the blissful paradise,
Thy feet should hasten on the way;
Nor tarry, ‘till the shades of night,
Are lost in an eternal day. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 2 #171

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Author: George P. Hott

20th Century Hott, a minister in the United Brethren Church, was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (now Shenandoah University), Winchester, Virginia (1887-96). His works include: Christ the Teacher (Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1900) --www.hymntime.com… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O homeless wanderer sad and lone
Title:	Come Back, Wanderer
Author:	George P. Hott
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Come back, wanderer, why longer stray?
Copyright:	Public Domain