The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7435

7435. Whosoever Will

1. Whosoever heareth, shout, shout the sound!
Spread the blessèd tidings all the world around;
Spread the joyful news wherever man is found;
Whosoever will may come.

Refrain
Whosoever will, whosoever will,
Send the proclamation over vale and hill;
’Tis a loving Father, calls the wanderer home:
Whosoever will, may come.

2. Whosoever cometh need not delay,
Now the door is open, enter while you may;
Jesus is the true, the only Living Way;
Whosoever will may come. [Refrain]

3. Whosoever will, the promise secure,
Whosoever will, forever must endure;
Whosoever will, ’tis life forevermore:
Whosoever will may come. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Whosoever heareth, shout, shout the sound
• Title: Whosoever Will
• Author: Philip P. Bliss (1870)
• Refrain First Line: Whosoever will, whosoever will
• Language: English
• Source: In the Prize, by George F. Root (Cincinnati, Ohio: John Church & Co., 1870)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: "Who­so­ev­er Will may Come" was writ­ten dur­ing the win­ter of 1869 and ’70, af­ter hear­ing Hen­ry Moor­house, of Eng­land, preach from the text, "God so loved the world that He gave His on­ly be­got­ten son, that who­so­ev­er be­liev­eth in Him should not per­ish but have ev­er­last­ing life," John iii, 16. Mr. Moor­house preached ev­ery night for a week from this same text, and the new views of the free­ness and full­ness of the in­vi­ta­tion of the Gos­pel to sin­ners that ma­ny Chris­tians in Chi­ca­go [Il­li­nois] at that time re­ceived, are well exp­ressed in Mr. Bliss’ hymn. Whittle, p. 129

Tune Information

• Name: [Whosoever heareth, shout, shout the sound]
• Composer: Philip Paul Bliss (1870)
• Incipit: 56531 11655 65313
• Key: D Major
• Source: In the Prize, by George F. Root (Cincinnati, Ohio: John Church & Co., 1870)
• Copyright: Public Domain