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THE
PRODIGAL
SON.
C.
M.
"
Many
are
the
afflictions
of
the
righteous:
but
the
Lord
delivereth
him
out
of
them
all."-Ps.
34:19.
Key
of
A
Major.
Baptist
Harmony,
p.
227.-E.
J.
KING,
1844.
CHORUS.
1.
Af
-
flic-tions, tho'
they
seem
severe,
They
stopped
the
prodigal's
ca-reer.
Oh!
I
die
with
Are
oft
in
mer-cy
sent;
And
caused
him
to
repent.
hun-ger,here,
he
cries,
And
starve
in
a
for-eign
land,
My
Father's
house
hath
large
supplies,
Oh!
I
die
with
hun-ger,
here,
he
cries,
And
bounteous
are
his
hands.
2
Although
he
no
relenting
felt
Till
he
had
spent
his
store,
His
stubborn
heart
began
to
melt,
When
famine
pinched
him
sore.
3
What
have
I
gained
by
sin,
he
said:
But
hunger,
shame
and
fear,
[bread
My
Father's
house
abounds
with
Whilst
I
am
starving
here.
4
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.
5 He
saw
his
son
returning
back,
He
looked,
he
ran,
he
smiled,
And
threw
his
arms
around
the
neck
Of
his
rebellious
child.
The
words
in
the
above
tune
appear
in
the
"
Zion
Songster,"
page
21
by
Thomas
Mason,
Seventh
Edition,
1832,
also
in
the
"
Baptist
Harmony,"
page
227,
and
in
the
Southern
Harmony,"
by
Walker,
page
70.
Prof.
King
re-arranged
the
tune
for
the
"
Sacred
Harp"
in
1844.
No
Auther
is
given
of
the
words
in
any
of
the
books
referred
to