Hymn

Come Home

Joseph Swain

Brethren, while we sojourn here,

Fight we must, but should not fear;

Foes we have, but we've a Friend,

One that loves us to the end;

Forward, then, with courage go;

Long we shall not dwell below;

Soon the joyful news will come,

"Child, your Father calls come home!"

In the way a thousand snares

Lie, to take us unawares;

Satan, with malicious art,

Watches each unguarded part:

But, from Satan's malice free,

Saints shall soon victorious be;

Soon the joyful news will come,

"Child, your Father calls come home!"

But of all the foes we meet,

None so oft mislead our feet,

None betray us into sin,

Like the foes that dwell within;

Yet let nothing spoil our peace,

Christ shall also conquer these;

Soon the joyful news will come,

"Child, your Father calls come home!"

Come Home — Text from Laudes Domini, 1890. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/come-home

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote Come Home?

The words of Come Home were written by Joseph Swain; the version here was published in 1890. The library holds 2 more hymns by Joseph Swain, including How Sweet, How Heavenly and O Thou, in Whose Presence.

Is Come Home public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from Laudes Domini, published in 1890. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.