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. Refrain 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. Refrain 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. Refrain 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. Refrain
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