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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Come tell me wand'ring sinner (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Come tell me wand'ring sinner

Topic: Evangelizing and Recruiting Songs

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

Composer:

Meter: 7s and 6s

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 205

Page Number: 295, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

COME, tell me, wand'ring sinner,

Say whither do you roam,

O'er this wide world a stranger--

Have you no Saviour known?



He calls you to his bosom,

But, ah! you still delay:

He'll fit your soul for heaven,

And guide you in the way.



Now angels are attending

To waft the news above,

Your Saviour still presenting

The joys of pard'ning love;

O! come, accept the offer

Of pardon and free grace,

And own his mighty power

In songs of love and praise.



He will remove your sorrow,

And grace and peace bestow;

Then leave not till to-morrow

The joy he offers now.

This is the time accepted:

O may redeeming love,

No more by you rejected,

Your lasting solace prove.