Introduction
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Gems of Song, edited by Ira D. Sankey & Hubert P. Main (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1901), number 59.
Music: Charles H. Gabriel (🔊 pdf nwc).
I will set out and go back to my father and say to him:
Luke 15:18Father, I have sinned against Heaven and you.
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Gems of Song, edited by Ira D. Sankey & Hubert P. Main (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1901), number 59.
Music: Charles H. Gabriel (🔊 pdf nwc).
I have heard the welcome story
Of redemption, full and free;
I have wandered, O my Father,
But Thy child I long to be.
Refrain
I am coming home to Thee,
Coming home to Thee;
I have heard the invitation,
And I’m coming home to Thee,
I am coming home to Thee,
Coming home to Thee;
I have heard the invitation,
And I’m coming home to Thee.
I have heard the welcome story
And it makes my heart rejoice;
I have heard the gentle pleading
Of the Spirit’s warning voice.
Refrain
I am coming, gladly coming,
For I can no longer stay
From Thy loving arms of mercy,
And Thy precious fold, away.
Refrain