Christian Service Songs #242
Tune Title: [Come to the Father, O wanderer, come] (Miles) First Line: Come to the Father, O wanderer, come Composer: C. Austin Miles Key: F Major Date: 1939
Christian Service Songs #242

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >| Title: | [Come to the Father, O wanderer, come] (Miles) |
| Composer: | C. Austin Miles (1907) |
| Incipit: | 56712 34143 56532 |
| Key: | F Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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