The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7115

7115. The Wanderer

1. I had wandered off from Heaven,
On the mountains cold and gray,
When I heard my Savior calling,
To His lost sheep far away;
How I listened as the tear drops
Coursed adown like falling rain,
While His tender words of promise,
Made my spirit glad again.
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Come, oh, come to Me, said Jesus,
Come and I will give you rest,
I will take away the burden
From the heavy laden breast.
No matter who the wand’rer,
Nor how far he’s gone astray,
Behold, whosoever cometh,
I will comfort him today.

2. I was working in the temple
With the Savior by my side,
Where the multitude assembled,
In its misery and pride;
Glancing upward from my labor
I just caught His distant smile,
You have placed your work between us,
Come and talk with Me awhile.
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3. Many early friends had left me,
While the vacant room and chair,
Were reminders of the prices
I had paid down to be there;
I was brooding o’er my losses
When the Savior spoke to me,
You have let your sorrows settle,
Like a cloud ’tween Me and thee.
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4. Then I saw at once that Jesus
Could be better far than all;
He could lighten up the pathway,
Could surround me like a wall;
He could take the place of loved ones,
Wipe the falling tears away,
Turn my sorrows into laughter,
Change the night-tide into day.
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5. So I heard the Savior calling,
Come thou weary one away,
And my answer quickly followed,
Lord, I’m coming home today;
Now His loving arms are round me,
And my head is on His breast,
While I catch His faintest whisper,
And my spirit is at rest.
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Text Information

• First Line: I had wandered off from Heaven
• Title: The Wanderer
• Author: Beverly Carradine (1899)
• Language: English
• Source: Beverly F. Carradine, in The Revival No. 3, by Charles D. Tillman (Atlanta, Georgia: Charlie Tillman Song Book Company, 1899)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [I had wandered off from Heaven]
• Composer: Beverly F. Carradine (1899)
• Incipit: 13556 53211 11111
• Key: C Major
• Source: The Revival No. 3, by Charles D. Tillman (Atlanta, Georgia: Charlie Tillman Song Book Company, 1899)
• Copyright: Public Domain