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The Prodigal Child
Come home, come home, You are weary at heart
Author: Ellen M. H. GatesTune: [Come home! come home] (Doane)
Published in 39 hymnals
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Author: Ellen M. H. Gates
Gates, Ellen, née Huntingdon, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is the author of several popular pieces in the American Mission and Sunday School hymn-books. Of these the following have passed from the American books into Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos:—
1. Come home, come home, you are weary at heart. Invitation.
2. I am now a child of God. Saved through Jesus.
3. I will sing you a song of that beautiful land. Concerning Heaven.
4. O the clanging bells of time. Yearning for Heaven.
5. Say, is your lamp burning, my brother. Watching and Waiting.
Concerning her poem which is used as a hymn in America, "If you cannot on the ocean" (Duty), Duffield says her account of its origin is as follows:—"The lines were written upo… Go to person page >Instances
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Gospel Music #69
Display Title: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Mrs. E. H. Gates Date: 1877
Gospel Music #69
A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d38
Display Title: Come home, come, O come home First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1879
A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d38
Christian Endeavor Edition of Gospel Hymns No. 6 #161
Display Title: Come home, come, O come home First Line: Come home, come home Date: 1891
Christian Endeavor Edition of Gospel Hymns No. 6 #161
Gospel Music #d22
Display Title: Come home, come, O come home First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1884
Gospel Music #d22
Select Songs No. 2 #87
Display Title: Come home! Come home! First Line: Come home, come home! Tune Title: [Come home, come home!] Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1893
Select Songs No. 2 #87
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #215
Display Title: Come home! come home! First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: PRODIGAL CHILD Author: Ellen H. Gates Date: 1910
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #215
Precious Hymns #418
Display Title: Come home! come, oh, come home! First Line: Come home! come home! Date: 1885
Precious Hymns #418
Gospel Tent Hymns #30
Display Title: Come home! Come! oh, come home! First Line: Come home! come home! Date: 1889
Gospel Tent Hymns #30
The Mission Hymnal #d15
Display Title: O prodigal child, come home First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1885
The Mission Hymnal #d15
Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #398
Display Title: O prodigal child! Come home! First Line: Come home! come home! Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1892
Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #398
Kingdom Songs #188
Display Title: Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1915
Kingdom Songs #188
Light and Life Songs #87
Display Title: Prodigal Child First Line: Come home, come home Tune Title: [Come home, come home] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1904
Light and Life Songs #87
Popular Hymns Number 2 #145
Display Title: Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1901
Popular Hymns Number 2 #145
Redemption Songs #777
Display Title: Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Ellen H. Gates Date: 1937 Subject: Special Solos |
Redemption Songs #777
The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #59
Display Title: Prodigal Child First Line: Come home, come home Tune Title: [Come home, come home] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1904 Subject: Invitation |
The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #59
The Gospel Call #131
Display Title: Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! You are weary at heart Tune Title: [Come home! come home! You are weary at heart] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1895
The Gospel Call #131
A choice collection of popular songs with some standard hymns for young people's meetings (Silver and Gold No. 1) #d23
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1898
A choice collection of popular songs with some standard hymns for young people's meetings (Silver and Gold No. 1) #d23
Brightest and Best #d20
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1875
Brightest and Best #d20
Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Hymnal #74
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1878
Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Hymnal #74
Free Methodist Hymnal #215
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home! come home! Author: Ellen H. Gates Date: 1915
Free Methodist Hymnal #215
Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs #38
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home Tune Title: [Come home, come home] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Scripture: Luke 15:18 Date: 1875
Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs #38
Gospel Hymns No. 6 #161
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home, come home Tune Title: [Come home, come home] Author: Mrs. Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1891
Gospel Hymns No. 6 #161
Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #627
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1894
Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #627
Hymns and Songs #34
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home, come home! You are weary at heart Tune Title: [Come home, come home! You are weary at heart] Date: 1887
Hymns and Songs #34
Kingdom Songs #d28
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1916
Kingdom Songs #d28
Living Hymns #103
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1890
Living Hymns #103
Notes of Gladness #d17
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1899
Notes of Gladness #d17
Pentecostal Hymns No. 3 #49
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Tune Title: [Come home, come home, You are weary at heart] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1902 Subject: Invitation |
Pentecostal Hymns No. 3 #49
Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #49
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Tune Title: [Come home, come home, You are weary at heart] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1907 Subject: Invitation |
Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #49
Sacred Songs & Solos #13
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Date: 1880
Sacred Songs & Solos #13
Sacred Songs and Solos #13
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home] Author: Mrs. E. H. Gates Scripture: Luke 15:18 Date: 1890 Subject: Invitation |
Sacred Songs and Solos #13
Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d70
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1923
Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d70
Salvation Army Music #327
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home, come home! Tune Title: [Come home, come home!] Date: 1880
Salvation Army Music #327
Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #624
Display Title: The prodigal child First Line: Come home, come home, You are weary at heart Author: Ellen M. H. Gates Date: 1870
Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #624
The Alleluia #152b
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Mrs. Ellen Huntington Gates, 1835- Date: 1880
The Alleluia #152b
The Cyber Hymnal #5680
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home Tune Title: [Come home! come home] Author: Ellen Maria Huntington Gates Source: Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs, by Philip P. Bliss & Ira D. Sankey (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 38
The Cyber Hymnal #5680
The Gospel Temperance Hymnal and Coronation Songs #74
Display Title: The Prodigal Child First Line: Come home! come home! Tune Title: [Come home! come home!] Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Date: 1886
The Gospel Temperance Hymnal and Coronation Songs #74
Small Church Music #5967
Display Title: Приди сыи заблудший к Отцу (Come home! come home!) First Line: Приди сыи заблудший к Отцу (Come home! come home!) Tune Title: [Come home come home]
Small Church Music #5967
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