Why Will Ye Wander?

O ye thirs­ty ones that lang­uish

On life’s drift­ing sand!

’Tis the Sav­ior bend­ing o’er you

Reaching out His toil-worn hand.

Why will ye wan­der

Far away from home?

To the lov­ing arms of mer­cy

Whosoever will may come.

From the riv­er gent­ly flow­ing

Drink a full sup­ply;

Free to all its bless­èd wa­ters

Wherefore will ye faint and die?

O

the bliss of life eter­nal

You may al­so share!

Come to Je­sus

and be­liev­ing

Enter thro’ the gate of pray­er.

Lo

the sum­mer days are end­ing

They will soon be o’er;

While the Spir­it still is plead­ing

Grieve your dear­est friend no more.