The Prodigal Son HymnHere feast I at my Father’s board Who starved among the swine; For me must every foot be fleet And every lamp must shine; For me the merry music sounds, The dancers dip and twine.
My heart beats fast against my robe, The best robe, soft and red; With sobbing breath and tightening throat And tears in rapture shed, I feel His ring upon my hand, His blessings on my head.
Ah, bitter was the way, and oft My blood my path would trace; And guilt and grief and stabbing shame With all my steps kept pace; And yet I famished not for bread So sore as for His face.
The road seemed endless. On I fared, Wresting each mile from death; Then such an awe upon me fell I scarce could draw my breath; My spirit felt His coming as Of one that succoreth.
Blind, fainting, to His mighty breast He caught and held me fast; I knew the fortress of His arms About my weakness cast; And, when He kissed my traitor cheek, I guessed His heart at last.
The piteous words I oft had conned I trembling strove to say; But sudden glory round me poured A brighter, richer day. In wonderment I lifted up My head that drooping lay.
The glory streamed from out His eyes, As from all Beauty’s throne. O depths of love unthinkable That in that splendor shone! O pain of love that travaileth And bleedeth for its own.
O gleam of wisdom hoar with eld Ere sang the stars of morn! O shifting, blending, dazzling lights That thrilled my hope forlorn To undreamed miracles of joy And surge of life reborn!
He brought me home, and here I sit, Even in my boyhood’s place; And on my very soul is stamped Each largess of His grace; But still transfiguring all I see That radiance of His face! |
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