The Hymnal ‎#227

227. Sinners Jesus will receive

1 Sinners Jesus will receive;
Tell this word of grace to all
Who the heavenly pathway leave,
All who linger, all who fall;
This can bring them back again:
Christ receiveth sinful men.

2 Shepherds seek their wandering sheep
O'er the mountains bleak and cold;
Jesus such a watch doth keep
O'er the lost ones of His fold,
Seeking them o'er moor and fen:
Christ receiveth sinful men.

3 Sick and sorrowful and blind,
I with all my sins draw nigh;
O my Saviour, Thou canst find
Help for sinners such as I;
Speak that word of love again:
Christ receiveth sinful men.

4 Christ receiveth sinful men,
Even me with all my sin;
Op'neth to me heaven again;
With Him I may enter in.
Death hath no more sting nor pain:
Christ receiveth sinful men.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Sinners Jesus will receive
• Translator: Emma Frances Bevan (1827-1909)
• Author: Erdmann Neumeister (1671-1756)
• Refrain First Line: Sing it o'er and o'er again
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Life in Christ: The Call of Christ; Christ: Call, Answering Christ's; Christ: Calling Us; Christ: Friend, The; Christ: Love of; Christ: Saviour, Our; Evangelistic Services; Forgiveness; Invitation; Redemption; Voice of Jesus
• Copyright: Used by permission of James Nisbet and Company, Ltd.

Tune Information

• Name: BERLIN
• Composer: Claude Goudimel, d. 1572
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7.
• Key: G Major