The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

Return, O wanderer, return

No. 395
Metre C. M.
Tune BALERMA.
Words Wm. B. Collyer.
Music Arr. by R. Simpson.
Key A major
Singing key G major
Time 3/4
5 stanzas

Words

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Return, O wanderer, return,And seek thy Father's face;Those new desires which in thee burn,Were kindled by his grace.

Return, O wanderer, return,He hears thy humble sigh;He sees thy softened spirit mourn,When no one else is nigh.

Return, O wanderer, return;Thy Saviour bids thee live;Come to his cross, and, grateful, learnHow freely he 'll forgive.

Return, O wanderer, return,And wipe the falling tear;Thy Father calls—no longer mourn;'Tis love invites thee near.

Return, O wanderer, return;Regain thy long-sought rest;The Saviour's melting mercies yearnTo clasp thee to his breast.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—WARNING AND INVITATION.»; hymn number «395» (large), tune name «BALERMA. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «ARR. BY R. SIMPSON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Re». Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «227, 889.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 227 or 889). «Wm. B. Collyer.» in italics after stanza 5. The print sets a thin space before «;» («face ;», «sigh ;», «return ;», «live ;», «tear ;», «mourn ;», «rest ;»); it is closed up here. «he 'll» (stanza 3) is set with a gap between «he» and the apostrophe and is written so, as «I 'll» in HT_0122 and other deliveries of this book; «'Tis» (stanza 4) is set closed. The long dash of stanza 4 («calls—no») is written as one em dash, as in HT_0121. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight. The stanza numbers of the text column are printed without a period («2» … «5»); they are written «2.» … here, like the interlinear «1.», as in the other deliveries of this book. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.