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[On a desert bleak and dreary]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. E. Hawes Incipit: 55536 65312 36532 Used With Text: Child, Come Home
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Child, Come Home

Author: Mrs. L. M. B. Bateman Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: On a desert bleak and dreary Refrain First Line: He is calling, calling ever Lyrics: On a desert bleak and dreary, Dost thou wander sad and lone? Hear the Savior calling, calling, “Child of want and woe, come home.” Chorus: He is calling, calling ever, Calling tenderly to thee, “I’ll forsake thee never, never, Weary wand’rer, come to me.” Art thou doubting? doubt no longer, For the word of God is sure; Jesus came to save the sinful, he will cleanse and make thee pure. Do the world’s delights entice thee? Greater joys in Christ abound; Does the love of earth invite thee, Perfect love in Him is found. Wait no longer, life is fleeting, Thou hast only this today; Time is precious; oh, to Jesus Give thyself without delay. Used With Tune: [On a desert bleak and dreary]
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Child, Come Home

Author: Mrs. L. M. B. Bateman Hymnal: Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One #60 (1900) First Line: On a desert bleak and dreary Refrain First Line: He is calling, calling ever Lyrics: On a desert bleak and dreary, Dost thou wander sad and lone? Hear the Savior calling, calling, “Child of want and woe, come home.” Chorus: He is calling, calling ever, Calling tenderly to thee, “I’ll forsake thee never, never, Weary wand’rer, come to me.” Art thou doubting? doubt no longer, For the word of God is sure; Jesus came to save the sinful, he will cleanse and make thee pure. Do the world’s delights entice thee? Greater joys in Christ abound; Does the love of earth invite thee, Perfect love in Him is found. Wait no longer, life is fleeting, Thou hast only this today; Time is precious; oh, to Jesus Give thyself without delay. Languages: English Tune Title: [On a desert bleak and dreary]
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Child, Come Home

Author: Mrs. L. M. B. Bateman Hymnal: Bethany Hymns #126 (1908) First Line: On a desert bleak and dreary Refrain First Line: He is calling, calling ever Languages: English Tune Title: [On a desert bleak and dreary]
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He is calling, calling ever

Author: Mrs. L. M. B. Bateman Hymnal: Hymni Ecclesiae #431 (1911) First Line: On a desert bleak and dreary Languages: English Tune Title: CHILD, COME HOME
He is calling, calling ever

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Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman

1843 - 1943 Person Name: Mrs. L. M. B. Bateman Author of "Child, Come Home" in Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One Pseudonym: Grace Glenn; Lucinda M. Beal Bateman lived in Ionia, Michigan. She wrote A book of rhymes to suit the times published about 1886 by N. Chapin & Son (Chicago); Gleams of gold published about 1889, and The prohibition speaker: a collection of readings, recitations, dialogues, tableux and songs for temperance and prohibition entertainments published in 1889 by Filmore Bros. (Cincinnati). She married Zadoc Henry Bateman in 1875. They had one daughter, Grace. Dianne Shapiro, from "A book of rhymes to suit the times" and "The Genealogy of Dennis Bowen Caskey and Michelle Lynn Smith" (caskey-family.com/genhome, retrieved 7-1-2018)
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James E. Hawes

1862 - 1933 Person Name: J. E. Hawes Composer of "[On a desert bleak and dreary]" in Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One James Edward Hawes was born in Vermillion County, IL, near Danville, on Aug. 18, 1862. While growing up, he was nicknamed “the preacher” because of his exceptional moral life. Evidently he became a well-known song leader among churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, as well as a preacher. Hawes formed an evangelistic team about 1885, after the example of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey, with Jacob V. Updike (1850-1907). They met with great success before disbanding to become located ministers. According to The Christian Evangelist of Dec. 16, 1901, Hawes was located as minister with the Church of Christ in Greenwich, OH. Also, Hawes edited a hymnbook entitled The Gospel Invitation: Book of Songs and Hymns which was published in 1892 by Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati, OH. He composed a 1900 tune for the hymn “Have You Not a Word for Jesus?” written in 1871 by Frances R. Havergal. While travelling to Columbus, OH, he died after being hit by a train near Upper Sandusky, in Wyandot County, OH, on Aug. 23, 1933, at the age of 71, and was buried at Ada in Hardin County, OH, where he had served as minister with the Church of Christ for over twenty years. http://hymnstudiesblog.wordpress.com
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