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[Weit, weit, dem Vaterhause fern]

Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Incipit: 53722 16551 11671 Used With Text: Komm' heim!

Author: Julia H. Johnston Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Afar from home, beset by fear Refrain First Line: Come home! Thy Savior calls thee Topics: Invitation; Salvation; Solos and Duets; Solos and Duets Used With Tune: [Afar from home, beset by fear]

Komm' heim!

Author: Julia H. Johnston; J. J. F. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Weit, weit, dem Vaterhause fern Used With Tune: [Weit, weit, dem Vaterhause fern]

My Thankful Song

Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: To Thee, O Lord, I humbly cry Refrain First Line: Be Thou my Saviour, O my Lord Scripture: Psalm 142 Used With Tune: [To Thee, O Lord, I humbly cry]

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Come Home

Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 #65 (1910) First Line: Afar from home, beset by fear Refrain First Line: Come home! Thy Savior calls thee Lyrics: 1 Afar from home, beset by fear, O straying one, by guilt oppressed, Thy Saviour’s tender pleading hear He calleth, “Come to Me and rest!” Refrain: Come home! Thy Saviour calls thee; Come home! No more in darkness roam; Come home! Thy Father loves thee; Come home! O wayward child, come home! 2 Arise, and seek thy Father’s face; The feast of love is spread for thee; His pardon, free His boundless grace, Are all for thee; O come and see! [Refrain] 3 The homeward path take then today; Thou art not left to walk alone; The Spirit waits to show the way, He safely guides and keeps His own. [Refrain] 4 Why longer wait? Thou art a son, Thy Father’s house should be thy place; Thy birthright claim, O wand’ring one; Return, and see thy Father’s face! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Afar from home, beset by fear]

Come Home!

Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: The Tabernacle Hymns #43 (1918) First Line: Afar from home, beset by fear Refrain First Line: Come home! Thy Savior calls thee Topics: Invitation; Salvation; Solos and Duets; Solos and Duets Tune Title: [Afar from home, beset by fear]

Come Home

Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: The Voice of Thanksgiving #52 (1913) First Line: Afar from home, beset by fear Refrain First Line: Come home! Thy Savior calls thee Tune Title: [Afar from home, beset by fear]

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Julia H. Johnston

1849 - 1919 Author of "Come Home" in The Voice of Thanksgiving Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[Afar from home, beset by fear]" in The Voice of Thanksgiving Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives