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Text: | Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling |
Author: | Will L. Thompson |
Tune: | SOFTLY AND TENDERLY |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
calling for you and for me.
See, on the portals he’s waiting and watching,
watching for you and for me.
Refrain:
“Come home, come home!
You who are weary, come home.”
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
calling, “O sinner, come home!”
2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
mercies for you and for me? [Refrain]
3 O for the wonderful love he has promised,
promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
pardon for you and for me. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling |
Title: | Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling |
Author: | Will L. Thompson (1880) |
Refrain First Line: | "Come home, come home! |
Meter: | 11.7.11.7 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Confession; Forgiveness; Invitation(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SOFTLY AND TENDERLY |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson (1880) |
Meter: | 11.7.11.7 with refrain |
Key: | G Major |
This 19th-century gospel hymn has often been used as a hymn of invitation at evangelistic services. Its imagery is primarily based on Jesus’ parable in Luke 15:11–32, commonly called “The Prodigal Son.” Each singer thus becomes a wandering child who is urged to return home.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |