Are You Coming Home Tonight?

Are you coming home, ye wandr’ers,
Whom Jesus died to win,
All footsore, lame and weary,
Your garments stained with sin;
Will you seek the blood of Jesus
To wash your garments white;
Will you trust His precious promise,
Are you coming home tonight?

Refrain

Are you coming home tonight,
Are you coming home tonight,
Are you coming home to Jesus,
Out of darkness into light?
Are you coming home tonight,
Are you coming home tonight,
To your loving, heav’nly Father,
Are you coming home tonight?

Are you coming home, ye lost ones?
Behold your Lord doth wait;
Come, then no longer linger,
Come ere it be too late;
Will you come and let Him save you,
O trust His love and might;
Will you come while He is calling,
Are you coming home tonight?

Refrain

Are you coming home, ye guilty,
Who bear the load of sin;
Outside you’ve long been standing,
Come now and venture in;
Will you heed the Savior’s promise,
And dare to trust Him quite;
“Come unto Me,” saith Jesus,
Are you coming home tonight?

Refrain

Author: Fanny Crosby

Year: 1879

Commonly attributed to Fanny J. Crosby (Frances Jane Crosby, 1820-1915). The text first appeared in publications such as 'Gospel Hymns No. 5' and 'The Gospel Hymn Book' around 1879-1880. Some early printings list her under the pseudonym 'Fanny Van Alstyne' or simply as 'F. J. C.'; a few later collections credit the words to 'E. W. Gates' or leave them anonymous, but the large majority of hymnological sources name Fanny Crosby.