100 TENNESSEE - Christian Harmony N.C.
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Afflictions, tho' they seem severe, are oft in mercy sent.
They
stopped the prodigal's career and caused him to repent.
Although he no
relenting felt 'til he had spent his store,
His stubborn heart began to melt
when famine pinched him sore.
"What have I gained by sin," he said, "but
hunger, shame, and fear?
My father's house abounds with bread whilst I am
starving here.
I'll go and tell him all I've done, fall down before his
face,
Not worthy to be called his son, I'll ask a servant's
place."
He saw his son returning back; he looked, he ran, he
smiled.
And threw his arms around the neck of his rebellious
child.
"Father, I've sinned, but O forgive!," and thus the father
said:
"Rejoice, my house! my son's alive for whom I mourned as
dead."
"Now let the fatted calf be slain, go spread the news around,
My
son was dead, but lives again; was lost, but now is found."
'Tis thus the
Lord himself reveals to call poor sinners home,
More than a father's love he
feels and bids the sinner come.