12257 | The Cyber Hymnal#12258 | 12259 |
Text: | The Prodigal Child |
Author: | William F. Cosner |
Tune: | SAND HILL ROAD |
Composer: | R. A. Glenn |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 The Savior invites you, poor wanderer, come,
The Father is waiting to welcome you home;
Now cease from your wand’ring, so lonely and wild,
Return to your Father, O prodigal child.
Refrain:
O come, trembling mourner, oh, come, and be blest,
Here lay down your burden that you may find rest.
Be cleansed from your sin, and to God reconciled,
Return to your Father, O prodigal child.
2 Return to the Father who holds you so dear;
Say, why will you perish when plenty is near?
Tho’ poor and unworthy, with sin all defiled,
The Father will welcome His prodigal child. [Refrain]
3 Poor wanderer, haste, for the night draweth nigh;
Say, will you linger still there in darkness and die?
Oh, leave the lone desert, where shadows are piled;
Return to your Father, O prodigal child. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Savior invites you, poor wanderer, come |
Title: | The Prodigal Child |
Author: | William F. Cosner |
Refrain First Line: | O come, trembling mourner, oh, come, and be blest |
Meter: | 11.11.11.11 D |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Song Victor, by R. A. Glenn (Cincinnait: F. W. Helmick, 1878) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: AFTON by Jonathan E. Spilman |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SAND HILL ROAD |
Composer: | R. A. Glenn |
Meter: | 11.11.11.11 D |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |