Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Child of sin and sorrow
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Hastings
Meter: 6s and 4s
Tune: Child of Sin and Sorrow
Hymn Number: 246
Page Number: 094, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsChild of sin and sorrow,
Filled with dismay,
Wait not for tomorrow,
Yield thee today;
Heaven bids thee come,
While yet there's room;
Child of sin and sorrow,
Hear, and obey.
Child of sin and sorrow,
Why wilt thou die?
Come while thou canst borrow
Help from on high:
Grieve not that love,
Which from above--
Child of sin and sorrow--
Would bring thee nigh.
Child of sin and sorrow,
Where wilt thou flee!
Through that long to-morrow,
Eternity!
Exiled form home,
Darkly to roam--
Child of sin and sorrow,
Where wilt thou flee?
Child of sin and sorrow,
Lift up thine eye!
Heirship thou canst borrow
In worlds on high!
In that high home,
Graven thy name:
Child of sin and sorrow,
Swift homeward fly!