New Songs of the Gospel No. 3 ‎#64

64. A Mother's Prayer

1 There’s a mother on her knees in prayer,
You have often seen her kneeling there;
She is asking God to send you home,
From the path of sin in which you roam.

Refrain:
“O my Father! Send him back to me,
My boy, my boy;
It’s no matter what his life may be,
Or how wrong the way he may have trod;
“O my Father! Send him back to me,
My boy, my boy;
Grant that he may turn, today,
And no longer stay
From home and God.”

2 She remembers you in youth’s glad hour,
Ere you felt the hold of sin’s sad pow’r,
And to her the boy is just the same,
Tho’ he follows now the path of shame. [Refrain]

3 Shall her pray’r for you unanswered be,
Can you, then, withstand her earnest plea?
Must her form be laid away to rest,
Ere you yield to this her last request? [Refrain]

4 Turn and seek your mother’s God just now,
In his presence come and humbly bow;
That your mother’s prayer may answered be,
And from sin’s strong hand you may be free. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: There's a mother on her knees in prayer
• Title: A Mother's Prayer
• Author: C. A. M.
• Refrain First Line: “O my Father! Send him back to me
• Publication Date: 1907

Tune Information

• Name: [There's a mother on her knees in prayer]
• Composer: C. Austin Miles