The phrase "wandering child" resonates through 10 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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Welcome home, O wandering child,
Leave sin’s mountain dark and wild;...
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Welcome home, O wandering child,
Leave sin’s mountain dark and wild;
...Thy Father’ll clasp thee to His breast—
He loves His wandering child.
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Thy Father’ll clasp thee to His breast—
He loves His wandering child.
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...See, the Father meets him out upon the way,
Welcoming His weary, wandering child.
Glory! Glory! How the angels sing:...
See, the Father meets him out upon the way,
Welcoming His weary, wandering child.
Glory! Glory! How the angels sing:
...In the kingdom of Thy grace,
Give Thy wandering child a place,
By Thy grace, Oh save me....
In the kingdom of Thy grace,
Give Thy wandering child a place,
By Thy grace, Oh save me.
...In the kingdom of Thy grace,
Give Thy wandering child a place,
By Thy grace, Oh save me....
In the kingdom of Thy grace,
Give Thy wandering child a place,
By Thy grace, Oh save me.
...And canst Thou let the rebel live
And own Thy wandering child?
All sin, all rags, just as I am,...
And canst Thou let the rebel live
And own Thy wandering child?
All sin, all rags, just as I am,
...To love someone more dearly every day,
To help a wandering child to find his way,
To ponder o’er a noble thought and pray,...
To love someone more dearly every day,
To help a wandering child to find his way,
To ponder o’er a noble thought and pray,
...And I know God’s promise is true.
I was a wayward, wandering child,
A slave to sin and fear,...
And I know God’s promise is true.
I was a wayward, wandering child,
A slave to sin and fear,
...And I know God’s promise is true.
I was a wayward, wandering child,
A slave to sin and fear,...
And I know God’s promise is true.
I was a wayward, wandering child,
A slave to sin and fear,
...Give Me thy heart, give me thy heart;
O weary, wandering child, give Me thy heart.
Slight not that voice so kind, but gladly hear,...
Give Me thy heart, give me thy heart;
O weary, wandering child, give Me thy heart.
Slight not that voice so kind, but gladly hear,
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