TURN BACK

Several have ask about this song.  Someone was looking for the music.  I have the music to this and would be glad to send it to you.   

TURN BACK, MY CHILD
I strolled along the road one day,

But it was not the narrow way, 

I met a stranger, He spoke to me.

 He said "My child, where goest there?"

I said"I seek the road just now 

 To worldly pleasures along the way." 

                                             

There is so much to see, 
I cannot turn back,

I must be free

  New fields to conquer as on I go." 

I never shall forget that day, 

How sad He looked as He turned away!

  He bowed His head and He dropped a tear. 

 

And as I journey'd on my way, 

I stooped to pick a lovely spray,

But it was sorrow that looked so gay.  

And then a dark cloud rolled my way, 

"Twas then I heard my Savior say

 "Turn back, my child, come home with with me."  

And then He gently took my hand, 

He lifted me from sinking sand, 

He said, "My child, believe in me."

And then such beauty I beheld,

 I'm sure that I could never tell,  

"Turn back, my child, come home with me.

 

Chorus

   "Turn back, my child - for the way is very steep  

The things you find out there, you cannot keep. 

The way is filled with thorns and the things you find are cheap, 

Turn back, my child, come home with me."