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Hymn: Return O wanderer to thy home (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Return O wanderer to thy home

Topic: The Gospel Invitations

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: Hastings

Meter: CM

Tune: Return

Hymn Number: 214

Page Number: 083, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Return, O wanderer, to thy home,

Thy Father calls for thee:

No longer now an exile roam,

In guilt and misery.

Return, return!



Return, O wanderer, to thy home,

'T is Jesus calls for thee;

The Spirit and the Bride say--come;

Oh! now for refuge flee;

Return, return!



Return, O wanderer, to thy home,

'T is madness to delay;

There are no pardons in the tomb,

And brief is mercy's day:

Return, return!