Come Home

O wanderer on a dreary waste

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Tune: [O wanderer on a dreary waste]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 O wand’rer on a dreary waste,
How dark thy life must be!
No home, no hope, no resting place,
On life's wide restless sea.

Refrain:
Come home, come home,
While open stands the gate;
Come home, come home,
O come ere it be too late.

2 O wand’rer on a desert wild,
Why wilt thou longer stay?
The sands of time are ebbing fast,
Thy Father calls today. [Refrain]

3 O wand’rer in a weary land,
Oppressed with want and woe,
Arise at once; O tarry not,
But to Thy Father go. [Refrain]

4 A step, a look, an act of faith,
A simple heart-felt pray'r,
Will bring thee to thy Father's home,
To dwell forever there. [Refrain]

Source: Sacred Songs No. 1: compiled and arranged for use in gospel meetings, Sunday schools, prayer meetings and other religious services #10

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

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First Line: O wanderer on a dreary waste
Title: Come Home
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Come home, come home, while open stands the gate
Copyright: Public Domain

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