Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Far away from home I'm wandering
Topic: Invitation
Writer: J Lowe
Composer: Frederick Fillmore
Meter: 8s 5s and9
Tune: Come O Come To Me
Hymn Number: 622
Page Number: 239, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFAR away from home I'm wandering,
Far away from thee:
Art thou, O my Father, watching?
Art thou calling me?
Wanderer, wanderer, come, O come, to me.
In thy Father's house there's welcome,
And a home for thee.
Canst thou, wilt thou, O my Father,
Love me as thy child-
Love me in my sin and sorrow?
Wretched and defiled?
Wanderer, wanderer, come, O come to me.
In thy wanderings I have loved thee:
Haste, O haste to me.
Canst though turn my grief to gladness-
Turn my sighs to praise?
Canst thou grant me free forgiveness?
Tell me-canst thou save?
Wanderer, wanderer, come, O come to me.
All thy burdens I will carry:
Come, O come to me.
With a broken, contrite spirit,
Now to thee I flee;
Trusting not upon my merit,
Trusting only thee.
Saviour, Saviour, hear my fervent cry!
Help, O help me in this conflict-
Help me, or I die.