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Text:Return, O wanderer, to thy home
Author:Dr. Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872
Tune:SAWLEY
Composer:James Walch, 1837-1901

304. Return, O wanderer, to thy home

1 Return, O wanderer, to thy home,
Thy Father calls for thee;
No longer now an exile roam
In guilt and misery.

2 Return, O wanderer, to thy home,
'Tis Jesus calls for thee:
The Spirit and the Bride say, Come;
O, now for refuge flee.

3 Return, O wanderer, to thy home,
'Tis madness to delay;
There are no pardons in the tomb,
And brief is mercy's day.

Text Information
First Line: Return, O wanderer, to thy home
Author: Dr. Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Spirit: And the Bride; Christ: Refuge; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Evangelism (11 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SAWLEY
Composer: James Walch, 1837-1901
Meter: C.M.
Key: Bâ™­ Major



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