Bread and to Spare

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To the house of his father the prodigal came

Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin
Tune: [To the house of his Father the prodigal came]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 To the house of his Father the prodigal came,
All wounded and sore, in rags and in shame;
He had said in his sorrow, with tears and with prayer,
The house of my Father has bread and to spare.

Refrain:
Oh, why do I linger in sorrow and care?
The house of my Father has bread and to spare,
Has bread and to spare, has bread and to spare,
The house of my Father has bread and to spare.

2 I have wasted my substance in riot and sin;
I weep as I think of what I have been;
Here I perish with hunger, but will not despair,
The house of my Father has bread and to spare. [Refrain]

3 Oh, this word is for thee, sinner, hasten and come,
‘Tis time to remember that heav’n is home;
It is time to remember, with penitent prayer,
The house of my Father has bread and to spare. [Refrain]

Source: On Joyful Wing : A Book of Praise and Song #81

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Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin

Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book,… Go to person page >

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First Line:	To the house of his father the prodigal came
Title:	Bread and to Spare
Author:	Jeremiah E. Rankin
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O, why do I linger in sorrow and care
Copyright:	Public Domain