WAYFARING STRANGER

Tune Information

Meter: 9.8.9.8
Incipit: 11554 54311 34413
Key: c minor
Source: American Traditional Melody

Texts

Psalm 126: When God First Brought Us Back from Exile


When God first brought us back from exile,
we were as dazed as those who dream.
Then were our mouths brimming with laughter;
joy from our lips gushed like a stream.
The godless cried in envious wonder,
“Look what the Lord has done for them!”
Indeed our God has greatly blessed us;
rejoice and sing, Jerusalem!
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Wayfaring Stranger

From Highest Heaven

The call goes out from highest Heaven,
From that great Voice whose vast decree
Calls out of nothing all creation,
And brings to birth eternity.
Go down, My Son, go down from Heaven,
Bring My belov&#;d home to Me.
Go find her, lost, abandoned, ruined,
Storm-tossed in sin&#;s relentless sea.
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Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #725
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)