There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Luke 15:10
Words: James Morrow, 1891.
Music: John R. Sweney (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Morrow (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Lift up your ringing songs tonight,
On mountain top or shore;
For angel hearts will throb in joy,
With glad news flowing o’er.
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They’re coming home, coming home,
The Savior bids them come;
Praise God, the weary, wandering ones,
The lost are coming home.
Some cheeks are seamed by years of sin,
And some are flushed in youth;
But all have known their need of Christ,
And all have found the truth.
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From those who knew the Savior’s love,
They heard the Gospel Come
;
In Him they trust, and kept by Him,
They will no longer roam.
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Hosannas ring from every voice,
They reach to Heaven’s dome;
Angels and saints, rejoice, rejoice,
The lost are coming home.
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