Hymn
"Return, return!"
Return, O wanderer, to thy home,
Thy Father calls for thee;
No longer now an exile roam
In guilt and misery.
Return, O wanderer, to thy home,
'Tis Jesus calls for thee:
The Spirit and the Bride say, Come;
O, now for refuge flee.
Return, O wanderer, to thy home,
'Tis madness to delay;
There are no pardons in the tomb,
And brief is mercy's day.
"Return, return!" — Text from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/return-return
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote "Return, return!"?
The words of "Return, return!" were written by Thomas Hastings; the version here was published in 1917. The library holds 10 more hymns by Thomas Hastings, including Harvest Time and Now Be the Gospel Baner.
Is "Return, return!" public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1917. 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.