The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12258

12258. The Prodigal Child

1 The Savior invites you, poor wanderer, come,
The Father is waiting to welcome you home;
Now cease from your wand’ring, so lonely and wild,
Return to your Father, O prodigal child.

Refrain:
O come, trembling mourner, oh, come, and be blest,
Here lay down your burden that you may find rest.
Be cleansed from your sin, and to God reconciled,
Return to your Father, O prodigal child.

2 Return to the Father who holds you so dear;
Say, why will you perish when plenty is near?
Tho’ poor and unworthy, with sin all defiled,
The Father will welcome His prodigal child. [Refrain]

3 Poor wanderer, haste, for the night draweth nigh;
Say, will you linger still there in darkness and die?
Oh, leave the lone desert, where shadows are piled;
Return to your Father, O prodigal child. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: The Savior invites you, poor wanderer, come
• Title: The Prodigal Child
• Author: William F. Cosner
• Refrain First Line: O come, trembling mourner, oh, come, and be blest
• Meter: 11.11.11.11 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Song Victor, by R. A. Glenn (Cincinnait: F. W. Helmick, 1878)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: AFTON by Jonathan E. Spilman

Tune Information

• Name: SAND HILL ROAD
• Composer: R. A. Glenn
• Meter: 11.11.11.11 D
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain