Out In The Wilderness Wild And Drear

Out in the wilderness wild and drear,

Sadly I've wandered for many a year,

Driven by hunger and filled with fear,

I will arise and go;

Backward with sorrow my steps to trace,

Seeking my heavenly Father's face,

Willing to take but a servant's place,

I will arise and go.

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Back to my Father and home,

Back to my Father and home,

I will arise and go

Back to my Father and home.

Why should I perish in dark despair,

Here where there's no one to help or care,

When there is shelter and food to spare?

I will arise and go;

Deeply repenting the wrong I've done,

Worthy no more to be called a son,

Hoping my Father His child may own,

I will arise and go.

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Sweet are the memories that come to me,

Faces of loved ones again I see,

Visions of home where I used to be,

I will arise and go;

Others have gone who had wandered, too,

They were forgiven, were clothed anew,

Why should I linger with home in view?

I will arise and go.

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O that I never had gone astray!

Life was all radiant with hope one day,

Now all its treasures I've thrown away,

Yet I'll arise and go;

Something is saying, "God loves you still,

Tho' you have treated His love so ill,"

I must not wait, for the night grows chill,

I will arise and go.

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